Since 2014, Sports Illustrated [SI] has published a list of the NBA’s Top 100 players. The publication of this year’s list has resulted in much sound and fury.
Four members of the Toronto Raptors are on the list. The #73 ranking for DeMarre Carroll, despite his injury-addled season, seems generous to me. Conversely, naming Jonas Valanciunas as the sixty-second best displays insufficient respect to JV’s improvement at both ends of the floor.
The ranking which rankles the most is that of DeMar DeRozan at #46. DeMar has made no secret of his anger, and we’ll turn to him another time.