D.J. rose nine spots in Sports Illustrated's annual ranking of the 100 best players in the Association.
On Monday, Sports Illustrated revealed the bottom-half of their annual "Top 100 NBA Players" list for the upcoming season, with Josh Smith, J.J. Redick and Paul Pierce all making the cut. They then unveiled Nos. 50-31 on Tuesday, and Nos. 30-11 Wednesday morning.
Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, he of the fairly noteworthy summer, found himself ranked as the 29th-best player in the league, per SI.