Ranking the NBA's best players, from No. 10 to LeBron

For the ninth season in a row, ESPN.com is predicting the top players in basketball with NBArank.

Who will be the best player this season? To get the final prediction, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players.

We asked, "Which player will be better in 2019-20?" To decide, voters had to consider both the quality and the quantity of each player's contributions to his team's ability to win games in the regular season and postseason.

Here are Nos. 10 to 3. Nos. 1 and 2 drop on Friday.

NBArank: 10 to 3

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