Top 20 Best NBA Players In 2024

the top 20 NBA players in 2024 number 20 James Harden now we all know how good a prime James Harden was but the truth is since the hamstring injury with the Nets he just hasn't been the same player as in games one and three versus Boston he dropped 40 points in both games but for Hardin those performances are few and far between especially in the postseason Harden is still a very good three-point shooter off the dribble as he shot 38 from deep in 2023 while also drawing a lot of attention on his drives he was playing more of a point guard passing role for the Philadelphia 76ers which was very beneficial for the team's success as he averaged 10.7 assists per game for me if I had to pick between James Harden and Drew Holly I'm taking Drew holiday and that's all we have at number 19. everyone knows how good Drew holiday is on the defensive side of the ball as he's widely accepted to be the best defensive guard in the NBA however the offense is still there too his holiday average 19.3 points 7.4 assists 5.1 rebounds 1.2 Steals on 47.9 from the field helping Milwaukee to a 58 win season the Box however did fly him out in the postseason losing to the Miami Heat in the first round as holiday scoring numbers did drop to about 40 percent from the field and averaging 17.8 points however his regular season numbers were good enough to make him an All-Star over the likes of Harden and Jalen Brunson Drew holiday has been underrated for many years now but we finally believe that he's not underrated anymore as fans now respect Drew's game and what he brings to the Bucks number 18 bam out of Bio Miami Heat center bear matabara helped Jimmy Butler and led the eight-seated heat all the way to the NBA finals with averages of 17.9 points nine rebounds 3.4 assists on 48.1 percent from the field however most of his scoring comes with easier looks as the offense he provides is not as good as advertised as bam does not have a go-to post game and he relies on open dunks and mid-range shots m is a great defender though as he gets deflections and blocks while also being a great screener in the handoff or the roll man number 17 Kyrie Irving Kyrie Irving is still one of the best point guards in basketball as in the 2023 season Irving average 27 points five rebounds six assists 1.3 Steals on 51 from the field it was thought that kairu was going to leave Dallas in free agency but he signed on for three more years 126 million dollars with the Dallas Mavericks Which is less than fredman flight got with Houston Kyrie Irving is the best fourth quarter scorer in the NBA as clutches his middle name Corey is starting to be a little bit overlooked but personally I'm excited to see how well Dallas does in 2024 as if Kyrie continues to put up these solid numbers alongside Luca the future is going to be very bright for Kyrie and the Mavs number 16 Donovan Mitchell the leader of the Cleveland Cavaliers had his best regular season today as Donovan Mitchell has taken another leap into becoming the second coming of Dwyane Wade as Spider possesses the speed and athleticism of wide while being a better shooter leading the Cavaliers to the playoffs where they would loot to the Knicks in the first round some flaws that Mitchell has in his game is that he's undersized standing at only six foot one not a great defender and takes too many bad shots as he was only shooting 43 and averaging 23 points per game during the postseason while in the regular season he averaged 28.3 points 4.3 rebounds 4.4 assists 1.5 Steals on 48.4 shooting Mitchell's ability to be effective just about anywhere on the court is a special talent though as he can play off the ball while being a solid playmaker and possessing a lethal First Step but speaking of a quick First Step we've got the quickest first step in the NBA and that is at number 15 John Morant now jar is definitely going through some off-court stuff but when he's on the court he's one of the best offensive players in the league and has an MVP caliber potential as Marine strengths are clear as his ability to attack the cup is unmatched in the NBA he's also an elite finisher an insane athlete with a high IQ and a good playmaker now the drawbacks to Marantz game is he does not have a go-to jumper as he was only shooting 42 from the floor during the playoffs and he was left wide open from Beyond The Arc for the majority of the time his offense is pretty one-dimensional as he's going to drive the ball pretty much every single time he's also not a great defender which may be his biggest weaknesses don't let his athleticism for you jar gets bullied on the defensive end of the floor by of any bigger guard and wings due to the lack of size and he tends to be a little bit of a ball Watcher at times as he doesn't fight over strains well and this explains why his teams do better when he isn't on the floor as they can keep up due to the lack of Defense number 14 Kawhi Leonard it's really difficult to rank Kawhi as he's one of the best player of risers in the league as he consistently lifts his performances during the postseason landed is one of the best mid-range scorers the NBA has ever seen and is an improved playmaker too while the on-ball defense has been worse since her time he still gets into passing lines and as a good defensive possession every once in a while Kawhi played very well again in the playoffs and he was on track for another great run but he only managed to play two games as he suffered an MCL sprain during game two the lack of durability is insane as he only managed to play 52 games in the regular season due to the ACL spraying two seasons prior which is the reason his defense has dropped and his first step is dramatically slower now making it harder for Kawhi to get to the room meaning the room pressure that he used to be able to reply is just not there anymore for me choir is still a top 20 player but he could slip out in the next few years number 13 Damian Lillard game always flies under the radar a little bit as he had another fantastic regular season although the Blazers didn't make the playoffs it's hard to say that's his fault as look at the players that he has around him Dame truly had one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time in 2023 as he put up averages of 32.2 points 4.8 rebounds 7.3 assists on 46.3 percent from the field game is Elite when it comes to scoring as his jump shot is one of the best in league history he can score no matter where he is on the court and is a crafty finisher with a good mid-range game too but there's so much talent in the NBA right now and it feels crazy to say that Dame isn't top 10 but the truth is he currently isn't number 12 Shay giljas Alexander for me I've got Shay over Dame knowing full well how controversial that is but the truth is I'm just that high on Shay and OKC as a matter of fact with Chet holmgrim and Josh giddy this team has such a bright future Jay in the past season cemented the fact that he's one of the best offensive players in the league as he averaged 31.4 points 4.8 rebounds 5.5 assists 1.6 Steals on 51 shooting in 2023 he's a very crafty squirrel with a good mid-range game and finishing ability as he puts so much pressure on the room while having that mid-range game to fall back on he has a good first step with good handles while also drawing fouls to get to the line whenever he wants now the drawbacks for Shay is the three-point shooting not being a great playmaker and the defensive side of the ball Shay gorgeous Alexander shot the three ball well in these early seasons in the NBA with the Clippers and even though he still shoots 35 from Deep he doesn't take too many threes per game therefore not spacing the floor maybe as well as he could while defensively his size and strength just aren't good enough to battle some of the other point guards in the NBA number 11 Jimmy Butler now Jimmy Butler outside of the top 10 is another controversial take even though he's coming off the best playoff run of his career too many people put him in a tear that he just isn't on as he's a poor floor spacer an inconsistent jump shooter making him very limited as an on-ball scorer while Jimmy is a great defender moves well off the ball is a solid player maker gets to the free throw line at will and is a playoff Horizon at the offensive side of the ball can be a problem at times he tends to be quite inconsistent at that end giving out 40 Point triple doubles in one game and then 15 points in the next on the defensive side of the ball he gets Steals and even when he's beat off the dribble he's proven he can recover and block shots Jimmy has shown us time and time again that he's a player of horizon as in the regular season he averaged 29.9 points 5.9 rebounds 5.3 assists 1.8 Steals on 53.9 from the field and the playoffs he upped those numbers to 26.9 points 6.5 rebounds 5.9 assists 1.8 Steals on 46.8 shooting Jimmy is a great player no doubt but for me he's not top 10 worthy number 10 Anthony Davis A.D has become a much worse offensive player with the Lakers than he was on the Pelicans but the defensive side of the ball has made up for that and he can still get you a bucket when needed the defense is Generation noise he might be the best room protector in the game as he gets block Steals and deflections as in the playoffs there were no shots in the pain against A.D as he helped the Lakers to the West finals in 2023 Anthony Davis put up 25.9 points 12.5 rebounds 2.6 assists and two blocks on an efficient 56.3 shooting however the setbacks for Davis continues to be the consistency on offense as Davis has never been able to string back-to-back 20-point games in the playoffs and although he had some great playoff games and moments his number still dropped as he only averaged 22 points per game this postseason many thought the 80s should have taken over as the best player on the Lakers by now it's LeBron ages but the truth is he still hasn't been able to do so number 9 Devin Booker Devin Booker and the sons are going to be scary in 2024 as pairing Booker with Durant and bill is going to be a deadly offense for sure Booker proved to be the best player on the Suns during this postseason as he put out 33.7 points 4.8 rebounds 7.2 assists 1.7 Steals on a really efficient 58.5 shooting Booker is one of the most complete scorers in the NBA today as he scores from Beyond The Arc in the mid-range and in the paint Booker missed a lot of time last season but when he did apply the sun's had a record of 34 and 19 as he dominated anyone who tried to guard him personally I'm super excited to see how good of a season he has 2024 with a newly signed Durant and Beale as the sons looked to get their first title in franchise history I've heard people say that the suns were falling off before Durant came but the truth was that had more to do with Booker being out number eight LeBron James in 2016 if you had told me that LeBron James in 2023 would still be a top 10 player in the NBA and leading a team to the Western Conference Finals I'd first say the West finals then I'd say I didn't believe you but all of that is true LeBron James became the all-time leading scorer passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on averages of 28.9 points 8.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists on 50 shooting in year 20. the strength of LeBron James are well known by now as he's great at getting down the lane an elite passer and playmaker while being capable to lead a team in scoring but the weaknesses of his game are glaring in the playoffs as LeBron was struggling from three now I really mean he was struggling from three LeBron shot a gross 26.4 from deep in the postseason LeBron also appeared to be out of gas in the west finals versus the nuggets as he missed shots he would normally hit and even missed a wide open dunk the playoff LeBron that we've seen in the past may just now be in the past as next off-season when I made this video I wouldn't be surprised if he's now out of the top ten number seven Kevin Durant many say that KD is still a top five player in the NBA and others say that he's still in the conversation of being the best player in the world KD is a cheat code and we all know this he's jump shot in the handles along with his height make him unlike any player the game has ever seen Durant's critics say that he's not able to be the boss driver or in other words lead a team however personally for me if Harden and Kyrie don't get injured in 2021 I think he might have proved them wrong however that ship has sailed now for Durant as he's a part of another super team wow big shock I know in 2023 he averaged 29.1 points 6.7 rebounds five assists and 1.4 blocks on 56 shooting KD is now one of the best room protectors in the NBA and you could argue he's now a two-way player but over the last few seasons Durant has been very injury prone as he only just made it to 45 games last season due to another knee problem while on the other hand he was traded mid-season to the Suns and had to adapt to a new system but that's the thing with KD he doesn't need to adapt and he's the best plug-in and player player the league is ever seen as he will consistently take two to three dribbles and pull up for a mid-range shot his play making is also not bad as his five assists per game is a testament to that however he's still not a top fire player in the NBA and neither is Joel embiid who comes in at number six the reigning scoring champion MVP isn't a top five player in the NBA now hear me out and beat is a great mid-range shooter for a seven footer he's also dominant in the post while being Elite on the defensive side of the ball however Ambit has continued to drop in the playoffs averaging 10 less points than He's 33 in the regular season the 10-point drop-off is largely due to a knee problem that he suffered in the opening round versus the Nets but that brings me to my second point for why he isn't a top five player as he's so dang injury Pro this man's durability is a problem as there isn't an injury that envied hasn't suffered as he consistently misses around 30 to 40 games per season due to these problems this season he struggled with feet problems during the regular season and then a knee problem in the postseason then you bring up the player making issues with ambide and it's clear why he's not top five when Jordan b gets doubled it's pretty much over as he just isn't able to make a pass out of a double like Giannis and jokic can leaving him outside of the top five the last time I was gonna make I had a Fresh coat but now I got crew same rules of plus when I get a cut I think I'm top five like the clip says Jason Tatum is top five I had to think about this room for a while but I believe Jason Tatum is a better player than MB due to the playoff difference Tatum dropped 51 points on M beating game seven to beat the sixes as Boston made it to another East finals Jason Tatum does have his playoff Warriors too but his playoff best is far better than mb's and it's not even close Tatum is a lethal scorer of the ball as his jump shot took yet another major leap this season as he put up 30.1 points 8.8 rebounds 4.6 assists 1.1 Steals on 46.6 from the field and 37 from three-point range on 9 attempts per game Tatum is also a very solid two-way player as he gets Steals and can stay in front of guards on the perimeter while his play making is super underrated as his driving kicks is the spark to the Celtics great ball movement as he draws a solid amount of gravity to make these reads however the drawback to his game is the lack of variety as Tatum is going to shoot aside step 3 or drive to the cup trying to draw a foul there is no mid-range game or post game that he puts out there and you can't forget about the turnover problems as he's pretty shocking at times as the three turnovers he had against the heat light in game one in the final minute single-handley lost him in the game and then ended up being the reason that they lost the Series too these mistakes are just too bad for a player of his caliber however on a night-to-night basis Tatum is super durable and performs on a super high level that only few players in the league can replicate number four Luca dauntage Luger is the most elite young star in the NBA as there isn't anything Luca can't do on offense Lucas Court vision is a late with a deadly plan making ability while applying Elite Rim pressure having a post-up game and being one of the best playoff rises in the league he may not be an elite three-point shooter but he can still knock them down at 34 on eight attempts per game in a 2023 season he averaged 32.4 points 8.6 rebounds eight assists on 49.6 shooting they can also get downhill not to the level that Giannis can be still very effective he can run the pick and rolls of the ball handler and find an open shooter he really is a Swiss army knife on the offensive end but the defense is where he really struggles as opposing offenses will Target Luca over and over again as I wouldn't say he's a complete zero on defense maybe like a Trey young or a James Harden Luca does have some size and he averages 1.4 skills per game but Luca tends to be a bit of a ball watch and doesn't take the defense as seriously as he should at times number three Stephen Curry the best point guard in the NBA is still at the primary's career with averages of 29.4 points 6.1 rebounds 6.3 assists shooting 42.7 from Deep on 11 attempts per game while shooting 49.3 from the field as a whole being the best shooter the league has ever seen Curry has the best gravity of any player as when you watch Kari look at the Defenders as they are all somewhat following him as it's not as simple as to just run him off the three-point line as Curry has an elite floater while also being an elite finisher for his size yes you could definitely argue that Steph is the best part on the NBA right now as in the right situation he's very deadly even though the defensive side of the ball for curry has improved over the years he's still not good enough to stop opposing opponents from driving right by granted though he's still better than Luca Steph does battle on the defensive end and you have to give him that but the defense still isn't good when Curry matches up against Elite defenses who have solid guard Defenders and a room protector Curry's numbers drop as we saw versus the Lakers with Dennis Schroeder and Anthony Davis making his life very difficult we've seen this time and time again when Curry faces legitimate good defenses he tends to struggle number two is one of the best players in the world no doubt about it and you can make a very solid argument that he's still the best player in the league and I wouldn't really have a problem with that Giannis definitely will suffer with recency bias as how the postseason went down for him last season against the Miami Heat being eliminated in the first round was not good however in the closeout game five versus the Heat Yana still was able to put up 38 points and 20 rebounds this man is not going anywhere anytime soon and still in the discussion for the best player in the game he's far away the best two-way player in basketball and when he's locked in especially in the playoffs he's basically Unstoppable we've seen in the past that the only way to really beat him is to force him to beat you while taking away his teammates abilities sometimes Giannis does tend to Coast a little bit in the regular season on the defensive side of the ball but for me he's still the best defensive player in the league in a 2023 regular season Giannis averaged 31.1 points 11.8 rebounds 5.7 assists and 0.8 blocks on 55.3 percent from the field what sets Jana's apart on the defensive end is his help defense as he's arguably the greatest help defensive player in the history of the NBA we've seen time and time again him make ridiculous plays to block shots as a center and teammate Brook Lopez definitely allows the artist to play more of a help role something that's been overlooked is his mental attitude and leadership as you won't ever see Giannis involved in the controversy and he plays the game the right way and so does the best player on the NBA right now as number one we have Nicola jokic as we all know Nicola jokic and the Denver Nuggets just won the NBA Championship as during the postseason Nikola jokic basically averaged a triple-double as he put up 30 points 13.5 rebounds 9.5 assists one block on 54.8 from the field The Joker is pretty much renowned as the best offensive player in the league right now and it's not hard to see one of those averages every now and again when you scroll through Instagram or any kind of social media you'll see someone's five best NBA players and it doesn't have yokojana for me there shouldn't even be a top three list that doesn't have Yoki Jonah as of right now he's definitely the best player in the NBA

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Length: 15min 53sec (953 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 01 2023