As August comes to a close and the NBA moves from the offseason phase into the preseason phase it becomes the perfect time for rankings. Whether it be ESPN’s NBA Rank, the Eye on Basketball Elite 100 or the Sports Illustrated Top 100 Players list, every place covering the NBA seems to have a ranking of players that gets fans talking. Today Sports Illustrated released the first part of their Top 100, and the New Orleans Pelicans saw three members of the team land in the rankings.
The first was backup power forward Ryan Anderson, who ranked 72 on the list which was down from number 59 a year ago.