Booker, Bridges rise up the ranks as Paul, Ayton fall down
Once a year, ESPN puts out their Top 100 list of NBA players. Players are ranked by more than 200 of their basketball staff in a series of ‘who will be better in 2022-23’ questions.
The Phoenix Suns did well, placing four of their players among the top 51 ranked, which would put all four among the top 10% of NBA players.
I know many of you don’t pay for the $$ access, so here’s a breakdown for you.
First, let’s do this by team:
- No players in the Top-100 (1 team): Spurs
- One player in the Top 100 (4 teams): Pistons (Cade Cunningham), Hornets (LaMelo Ball), Rockets (Jalen Green), Magic (Paolo Banchero - R)
- Two players (4): Clippers (Leonard, George), Thunder (Giddey, Shai-Gilgeous Alexander), Wizards (Porzingis, Beal), Jazz (Conley, Clarkson)
- Three players (4): Mavericks (Doncic, Wood, Dinwiddie), Pacers (Hield, Turner, Haliburton), Bucks (Middleton, Holiday, Antetokounmpo), Lakers (Westbrook, Davis, James)
- Four players (12): Suns (Ayton, Bridges, Paul, Booker), Knicks (Robinson, Randle, Brunson, Barrett), Nets (Curry, Simmons, Irving, Durant), Kings (K.