It's that awkward time on the calendar where the start of a new season is near, but there are still a few more weeks before training camp gets underway.
With little else to talk about, national outlets have started to use this time of year to release multi-day stories that rank the best players in the NBA. These pieces are sheer click-bait designed to prompt angry responses on Twitter and inane arguments on sports talk radio. So, of course, we love them.
We've tracked ESPN's multi-week #NBARank series, which ranks the top 500 players in the NBA, for the past few seasons.