The first-round series between the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies begins tonight.
There are thirty professional basketball players on the rosters for these two teams. Some players, take Kawhi Leonard for instance, are really really good at basketball; some players are merely good at basketball; and some players rarely play basketball on an NBA court because the other basketball players on their teams are better at basketball.
So let’s rank these 30 players in terms of importance to their teams winning this series. (This is a far different discussion than ranking the best players.