Lately ESPN has been very un-tough.
They ranked every NBA player all the way from number 500 to number 1.
Mostly I had no problems with the list until the top 15. Then things really got out of hand.
Here is the top 15 for you uneducated folks.
15. Russell Westbrook
14. Steve Nash
13. Amare Stoudemire
12. Carmelo Anthony
11. Pau Gasol
10. Blake Griffin
9. Deron Williams
8. Derrick Rose
7. Kobe Bryant
6. Kevin Durant
5. Chris Paul
4. Dirk Nowitzki
3. Dwyane Wade
2. Dwight Howard
1. LeBron James
Okay a ridiculous list I know. Lets review this debacle.
1) Amare and Carmelo both should be higher. Especially Carmelo. Easily a top ten player.
2) Blake Griffin is way to high at number ten. He's good for 20 points and a hand full of rebounds a night. But in no possible way is he the tenth best player in the NBA. To be in the top ten you HAVE to be able to carry a team to the playoffs single handedly. Blake was watching the playoffs at home this year, despite the fact that he has some nice, young talent around him.
3) Kobe at 7. Stop it. He's unquestionably a top 5 player in the world. The man has lost one playoff series in the past 3 years. Just because you get bounced in the second round by the eventual world champs doesn't mean you're suddenly to old to carry a team like you used too. If you think that you need to stop. He is only 33 years old. This guy has a few more years left in him. Number 7 is straight disrespectful. He has more rings that the other six ahead of him combined. Like I said. Disrespect. Don't hate the Mamba. You'll regret it if this lockout ever ends.
4) Chris Paul? Ahead of Durant, Rose and Kobe? And the highest offense, at NUMBER 5?? I feel like I don't even have to explain myself on this one. Put him in the top ten, but no where close to number 5. More like 9 or 10.
5) Number 2 kills me. Try saying Dwight Howard is the second best player in the league with a straight face. He is simply not good enough yet to be labeled number 2. He wont get that distinction until he gets more consistent offensively, learns how to shoot better than 60% from the line, and wins a championship. He can't be number 2 until he is putting up 25 and 15 a night.
6) Number 1. I'm not going to say a word. I'll let Magic, Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless do the talking. Check out the rant here.
There is my rant on the joke ESPN called a top ten list. Sorry if its long, but I had to get it out.
Stay tough my friends
