D’Angelo Russell only Net in top 100, per ESPN and SI

Everyone seems to be upset with the ESPN and Sports Illustrated rankings of NBA players. Well, everyone but the two news outlets who are getting a lot of clicks.

More than one NBA player has taken to social media to shake their fists at the gods of the media. (We had a nice tete-a-tete with C.J. McCollum on Twitter the other night.)

But preseason rankings are preseason rankings and mean, well, nothing.

Still, for the Nets, there’s only one top 100 player, D’Angelo Russell, who’s ranked No. 100 on Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 list and No. 83 on ESPN’s list. That’s lower than Lonzo Ball, the rookie who will replace him in L.A., and Brook Lopez, for whom he was traded. That November 3 showdown in…