Kobe
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant held last fight in a career. He scored 60 points, spending 42 minutes on the court, Kobe converted 22 of 50 from the field (6 of 21 from beyond the arc) and 10 of 12 from the line.
At 37 years and 235 days, he became the oldest player in NBA history to record at least 50 points per game.
The previous oldest basketball player to score 60 points per game was Wilt Chamberlain, who with the Lakers scored 66 points against Phoenix in 1968/69 at the age of 32 years and 172 days.
Bryant (twice), Chamberlain (three times) and Tom Chambers are the only players to achieve 60 points per game while being over 30.
Kobe became the NBA record holder for points scored in a farewell fight.
Karim Abdul-Jabbar recorded 7 points in his last meeting, Magic Johnson - 8, Larry Bird - 12, Michael Jordan - 15, Wilt Chamberlain - 23. At the same time, everyone, except Jordan, played farewell games in the playoffs
60 points is the fifth best in Bryant's career.
Golden State
In an NBA regular season match reigning champions Golden State Warriors beat Memphis at home (125: 104).
This victory was the 73rd for the Californians in the current NBA regular season. Thus, they surpassed the legendary record of Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls team, which won 72 meetings in the 1995/96 season.
Note that Main coach Warriors Steve Kerr played basketball for Chicago in the 1995/96 season.
Also on account of the team from Auckland, a number of other notable achievements:
- 54 wins in a row at home
34 away wins this season
24 wins at the start of the championship
1077 realized three-pointers
Never lost twice to the same team
Never lost twice in a row
Golden State leader Stephen Curry scored 10 three-point shots against Memphis, bringing their total for the season to 402. Note that before this season, no player in history has implemented even 300 long-range shots.
In addition, Curry entered the so-called club 50/40/90, as a player who implemented 50% of shots, 40% of shots from long distance and 90% of shots from the foul line at the end of the season. The club includes basketball players such as Larry Bird, Steve Nash, Mark Price, Reggie Miller, Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant.
In addition, Curry is one of only three players in history to score 50% from the field, 45% from beyond the arc and 90% from the foul line.
Curry has averaged 30.1 points per game in the current regular season, making him his first ever scoring title in the championship. His achievement is remarkable in that he spent an average of 34.2 minutes on the court, becoming the first player in NBA history to score more than 30 points in less than 35 minutes on the court on average.
The three-point shot appeared much later than basketball itself, and only a few decades later it became a powerful weapon in the arsenal of teams. But now in basketball it should be owned by any player who claims to be a superstar. American sports names 5 players who have scored the most three-pointers in NBA history.
These basketball players (the best three-point shooters in the NBA) have most often sent the ball into someone else's basket from behind the same arc in history.
- Who: legendary point guard
- Career years: 1994-2013
- Number of threes scored: 1988
- Most 3-pointers in a single season: 176 in the 2009-10 season
The current head coach “” was one of the best point guards of his generation, competing for the title with Steve Nash for many years. And one of Jason's advantages over the Canadian was precisely a more stable three-pointer shot.
It is noteworthy that in his youth, Jason preferred dagger passes, but already in his mature years, at 30 or more years old, when the sharpness began to leave him, Kidd began to devote much more time to three-ruble notes and as a result became one of the best long-distance snipers in history.
- Who: one of best lungs 21st century forwards
- Career years: 1998 - today
- Number of threes scored: 2,133
- Most 3-pointers in a single season: 210 in 2001-02
The cast has always been business card Paul Pierce, and from beyond the arc, he also attacked steadily.Therefore, it is not surprising that in 20 years of his career, he threw over 2,000 three rubles.
- Who: A tough attacking defender
- Career years: 1999 - present
- Number of threes scored: 2,178
- Most 3-pointers in a single season: 172 in 2001-02
Jason was never considered a star of the first magnitude, but any team would not mind seeing him in their lineup.And this is understandable: Terry has not scored less than 100 three-pointers in 13 consecutive seasons. He is number 3 on the list of Best NBA Shooters in 3-pointers.
- Who: the best player in the history of “Indiana” who could score 8 points in 9 seconds
- Career years: 1987 - 2005
- Number of threes scored: 2560
- Most 3-pointers in a single season: 229 in 1996-97
Although Miller is considered the main choker (the player who fails important endings) of his time, he was still a top player all the years of his career.Top player who could destroy you with his threes even in 9 seconds:
- Who: A star attacking defender who dominated the endings
- Career years: 1996 - 2014
- Number of threes scored: 2,973
- Most 3-pointers in a single season: 269 in 2005-06
Prior to Steph Curry's appearance in the league, the very definition of “three-point shot” was firmly associated with Ray Allen.Throws from corners, from a lead, from a static position - Ray threw from everywhere and did it with a decent percentage.
Even at 38, he saved his team with three-pointers in the final match:
Current players who are likely to surpass Jason Kidd in the near future:
Jamal Crawford
How many have scored: 1,962 shots
Vince Carter
How many have scored: 1,961 shots
Kyle Korver
How many have scored: 1,922 shots
Someone to be Mentioned: Stephen Curry
- Who: the main sniper of our time
- Career years: 2009 - today
- Number of threes scored: 1,679
- Most 3-pointers in a single season: 402 in 2015-16 (NBA record)
Curry Jr. turned the tide on the importance of three-pointers. It was thanks to him that there was a boom in this type of throw in the league. It is thanks to him that all children dream not to dunce, like young Carter, but to score after dribbling, like Steph.Last season, he set new record NBA, having realized 402 shots from beyond the arc in one season, and three seasons before that scored 250+ threes.If health allows Curry to play for another 10 years, then he will undoubtedly be the first player to score over 3,000 three-pointers in his career.Or maybe even 4 or 5 thousand.
These were the best three-point shooters in the NBA's history. It's only the beginning.
Wilt Chamberlain
The Boston Celtics have won the NBA championship 16 times: 1957, 1959-1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984 and 1986.
Highest score in the NBA
The highest aggregate score was 370 when the Detroit Pistons defeated the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in Denver, Colorado, USA on December 13, 1983. Overtime was played after 145: 145 in regular time.
The maximum accumulator score in the main time was 320 when the Golden State Warriors defeated the Denver Nuggets 162: 158 in Denver, Colorado on November 2, 1990.
Most points per game
Individuals won Wilt Chamberlain, who scored a record 100 points in Philadelphia v New York at Hershey, PA on March 2, 1962. This includes 36 field points and 28 free throws from 32 attempts. as well as record number 59 points from the middle of the site.
Chamberlain's record number of free shots is equal to the number of shots by Adrian Dantley in Utah's game against Houston in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 1984.
Most points in a season - 4029 - typed by Wilt Chamberlain (nicknamed "Stilt"). The record was set in the 1961/62 season, with Chamberlain playing for the Philadelphia Warriors.
Most hit field goals in a season - such a record was set by Wilt Chamberlain (USA), who in the 1961/62 season. made 1597 accurate throws... During this time he played for the Philadelphia Warriors club.
Most free throws made by Carl Mellone (USA), who scored 9443 free goals in 1405 appearances for Utah Jazz between 1985 and 2003.
Most accurate field goals in an NBA game made Wilt Chamberlain (36 effective field goal). The record was set on March 2, 1962, in an NBA championship match between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks.
Record for the most accurate three-point shots per season owned by Orlando Magic player Denis Scott, who in the 1995/96 season. scored 267 three-point shots.
Record for the highest average player performance in a season is 50.4 (!) points and belongs to Wilt Chamberlain, who played for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961/62 season.
Most NBA wins in a season
The Chicago Bulls won 72 NBA games in the 1995/1996 season, the highest in a single NBA season.
Most NBA games
Robert Parish played 1,611 games in 21 sessions for the Golden State Warriors (1976-1980), Boston Celtics (1980-1994), Charlotte Hornets (1994-1996) and the Chicago Bulls ( 1996 -1997).
Record for most games played in a single season , equal to 79. It belongs to Wilt Chamberlain, who played for Philadelphia in 1962. During this period he was on the court record number time - 38882 min. Chamberlain is also unique in that he has never been fined in his 1,045-game career.
Most points in the NBA
Karim Abdul-Jabar brought his teams 38387 points in the NBA games, of which 15837 points from the field during the calendar games (24.6 points per game on average) and 5762 points in the final matches of the "playoffs"
Highest average points per game for a group of players with more than 10,000 points Michael Jordan has 31.7 points per game, reaching 26,290 points in 748 games for the Chicago Bulls from 1984 to 1997.
Highest average playoff points per game is 33.6 and is owned by Michael Jordan, who earned 5307 points in 158 games from 1984 to 1997.
Jordan has made the most endorsement deals than any other basketball player.
Record of the highest average performance in an NBA career - 30.1 points belongs to Michael Jordan (USA). H has 32,292 points in 1,072 games for the Chicago Bulls (1984-1998) and the Washington Wizards (2001-2003).
All-Star Points Record belongs to Michael Jordan (USA), who scored 262 points. In his 14th match in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on February 9, 2003, Michael scored 20 points.
Most assists in a career was made by John Stockton (USA). From 1984 to 2003, Stockton, with the Utah Jazz, had 15,585 assists in 1,475 games.
Record for the number of rebounds (23,924 in 1,045 games) Wilt Chamberlain's career. Chamberlain achieved this result while playing for the Philadelphia Warriors (1959-1962), the San Francisco Warriors (1962-1965), the Philadelphia 76ers (1965-1968) and the Los Angeles Lakers (19968 -1973).
Most block shots in an NB career Hakim Olajuwon did (3380 blocks in 1238 matches), who played for the Houston Rockets (1984-2000) and the Toronto Raptors (2001-2002). In fact, according to unofficial data, this record belongs to Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain. The thing is that in their time this type of statistics was not counted.
Most interceptions (3216 in 1475 matches) made by John Stockton (USA), playing for Utah Jazz from 1984 to 2003.
Largest Victory Reserve
The record winning stock is 68 points. He was recorded playing the Cleveland Cavaliers v Miami Heat (148: 80) on December 17, 1991.
The best winning streak in the NBA
The Los Angeles Lakers won a record 33 straight games between November 5, 1971 and January 7, 1972 in the 1971/1972 season.
Youngest NBA Player
Germaine O'Neill was 18 53 days old when he first entered the NBA court in the Portland Trail Blazers game against the Denver Nuggets on December 5, 1996. O'Neill played for 3 minutes and threw well, earning 2 points in his opening.
Los Angeles Lakers' Cob Bryant entered the NBA for the first time on November 5, 1996 at the age of 18 and 63 days. He played for 6 minutes. And he made an unsuccessful throw.
Oldest NBA player
Robert Parish of the Chicago Bulls played at the age of 43 years 231 days on April 19, 1997, making him the oldest player in the NBA regular season.
Most played in a row in the NBA - such a record belongs to AC Green (USA), who entered the site 1177 times from November 19, 1986 to March 20, 2001.
The largest number full games for the NBA season equals 79. They were played by Wilt Chamberlain (USA) for the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1961/62 season. Chamberlain was on the site for a record total time of 3882 minutes.
Tallest NBA player
Gheorghe Mureson (Mureshan) of Washington Wizards is 2.31m tall. He first played for the team in 1994. He was born in Transylvania (Romania) in 1971, and his growth is due to the peculiarities of the action of the pituitary gland. He has a nickname - "Gitz", which translates as "Little Gheorghe".
The most popular and profitable professional basketball league in the world. The tournament, which is played by clubs in the USA and Canada, attracts millions of fans from all over the world every year on TV screens. The association has existed since 1946, becoming a record holder in this league is a truly outstanding achievement for every athlete, comparable to getting into the Guinness Book of Records.
Now there are 30 teams in the NBA, divided into two conferences on a geographical basis - Western and Eastern. Each team plays 82 matches per season, so there is more than enough time to show their skills.
Absolute record holder
The best scorer in NBA history is center Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He began his career in 1969 with a team from Wisconsin, and in 75th moved to the City of Angels, where he achieved major successes in the NBA. The records he set in the 70s have not been broken until now.
During his career, Abdul-Jabbar scored 38 387 points. It took him 1,560 matches. Thus, the average performance was 24.6 points per game. Karim had the makings of a future basketball star even at birth - the baby was 57.2 cm tall and weighs almost 6 kilograms.
His list of personal achievements in the NBA is impressive. Abdul-Jabbar's individual records seem incredible - 60.4 percent of field hits. This figure was established in the “Lakers” in the 1979/80 season. During his career, Karim became the champion of the National Basketball Association 6 times, the same number of times he was recognized as the most valuable player in the NBA, for 4 seasons he held the title of the leader of the regular championship in block shots, in the 76th he became the best in rebounds. In both teams, in which Abdul-Jabbar played, he is assigned number 33.
Interestingly, at birth his name was Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr. He changed his name at 24, after converting to Islam. In this, his fate is similar to life famous boxer Muhammad Ali.
After the end of his professional career, Karim began acting in films. He made his debut in The Game of Death while still playing in the NBA. It is noteworthy that the main role in this picture belongs to Bruce Lee, who did not live to see the premiere. The release of the film was timed to coincide with the 5th anniversary of his death.
Abdul-Jabbar has played in more than 20 feature films in total. The latter, the television series Boys with Children, was released recently, in 2012.
Number 2
The second place in the ranking of NBA record holders in terms of points scored is taken by a player who also retired. played for the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers from 1985 to 2004. By the way, five of the seven best snipers in the NBA set points records in the team from the city of Angels.
Karl Malone played as a heavy forward. the main task such a player - the selection of the ball in attack and defense. In 19 years of professional career, Malone managed to earn 36,928 points. At the same time, he played almost 100 games less than Abdul-Jabbar, so his average performance per match is higher - 25 points per game.
Karl owns another absolute record- by the number of executed and realized free throws. There were 9 787 of them.
In third position
On the third line of our rating is a player whose professional career ended just a few days ago. For 20 years, he has not betrayed one of the strongest clubs in the league, the Los Angeles Lakers. The two-meter basketball player nicknamed Black Mamba has long dreamed of making NBA history. The records of this athlete are as follows. To date, Bryant has 33,643 points.
He ended his career in the spring of 2016 on a positive note. In the last match with “Utah” Bryant scored 60 points. In general, gaining a lot of points per match is one of its main advantages. According to this indicator, he is the second in the association - in 2006, in the game against the Toronto Raptors, Kobe Bryant earned 81 points.
Records per game
During one match, another eminent basketball player, Wilt Chamberlain, earned the most points. The peak of his career came in the 60s and 70s. Having started playing in Philadelphia, he ended his career, like most stars, in Los Angeles, becoming a two-time NBA champion. Records on points per match, he can safely enter into an asset.
The most outstanding was the 1961/62 season. Chamberlain scored 100 points in one game, produced a streak of 35 shots without a single miss, and scored 4,029 points in 80 games this season. In the NBA, he owns the records for rebounds. During his career, Chamberlain has made 23,942 successful rebounds.
Chamberlain is ranked 5th on the National Basketball Association's sniper list, earning 31,419 points in his career. Like Abdul-Jabbar, after finishing his professional career in sports, he went to the cinema. In the 1984 film "Conan the Destroyer", Chamberlain has one of the main roles - Bombats.
His Air
Perhaps many were surprised, but where in this rating is perhaps the most famous basketball player Planets - Michael Jordan? The attacking guard and the Washington Wizards, nicknamed "His Air", have the 4th line.
Jordan earned not as much as the top three - 32,292 points, but played an order of magnitude fewer matches - only 1,072. So, on average, this player remains the most productive in the NBA per game. Michael Jordan began to set records for points for his career in his youth, eventually achieving an indicator of 30.1 points per game, to the envy of opponents.
In 2009, Jordan got a spot in Basketball hall Fame for Outstanding Achievement - Double Olympic champion, 6-time NBA champion, participated in the All-Star game 14 times. He is rightfully considered one of the best defenders in world basketball history, who played a key role in the fact that today it is one of the most popular types sports on the planet.
The record can still be broken
Of the current NBA players, whose records have not yet been completed, the German stands out. He is the best sniper in the history of the league among Europeans and white basketball players. After all, all the athletes we talked about earlier are African Americans.
Nowitzki plays for the Dallas Mavericks team and is in the 6th position in the list of the best NBA snipers. He began his career in the league in 1999, and has not changed the team since. He has already earned 29,491 points, but, unlike the previous heroes, he is still continuing his career, despite his age - he is 38 years old.
It was Nowitzki's outstanding performance that was the defining factor behind which Dallas won the NBA championship in 2011 for the first time in their history. IN final series he was voted the most valuable player. He is a versatile heavy forward with a good shot from both close and long range.
Record holders among current players
Another basketball player, and today continues to set records in the NBA, remains the Cleveland and Miami Heat forward have already chalked up 26,833 points, an average of 27.2 per game. He is not going to stop there. Especially in last season he became the NBA champion with the Cleveland Cavaliers for the 3rd time in his career.
Considering his age (he is only 31 years old), he is quite capable of, if not breaking Abdul-Jabbar's record, then placing himself in the top three. While James has 11th line.
Next to him is another eminent basketball player, a 5-time NBA champion playing for the San Antonio Spurs. He earned only a few hundred points less than James, but his age (Duncan is 40) suggests that soon professional career he has to complete.
Highest scoring position
If we analyze the list of the 50 most productive NBA players by position, an interesting pattern emerges. It is not possible to establish at what position in the NBA the records of the players are set most often. The fact is that exactly 11 athletes each had the main roles of a light forward, a heavy forward, a center and an attacking defender. That is, there is not even a minimal advantage for any of the positions.
For obvious reasons, only point defenders remain in disfavor, since they are the least likely to be at the forefront of the attack. Only 6 representatives of this role got into the coveted rating, the most productive of them - Oscar Robertson - is in 12th place, his career fell on the 60-70s.
It's safe to say that Steph Curry grabbed hold of this season's Most Valuable Player title back in January. But where are the other top players in the runner-up race?
ESPN.com is committed to providing a weekly ranking of the best players in the league at the moment.
Every week until the end of the season, we will be identifying the top 20 players. Past achievements and forecasts for the future are irrelevant. Long-term injured players (Blake Griffin, Jimmy Butler) don't count.
Only those who play best basketball right now, this season. And which of them, if any, will compete with Curry for the top spot?
Let's discuss this.
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1. Stephen Curry
Golden State Warriors point guard.
Real Plus-Minus: 10.35 (1st place). Quotes on MVP: 1-100
Last season, he became the league's most valuable player, perhaps not the best. And now he has achieved recognition in both paths.
He is the best sniper in the history of the game, and not only his range remains elusive. The fact is that he does not pull on the blanket as much as most modern stars on the perimeter do. His teammates always make their throws, even when Steph throws 30s per game. He influences the team's play like no other.
2. LeBron James
Cleveland Cavaliers, light forward.
RPM: 8.30 (5th place). Quotes on MVP: 30-1
But still, if you put him in any team in the league, the playoffs - and in most cases the fight for the championship - are guaranteed to her. The same cannot be said for any other player, not even Curry.
3. Kevin Durant
Oklahoma City Thunder, light forward.
RPM: 5.96 (11th place). Quotes on the MVP: 20-1.
Somehow, people are oblivious to one of the greatest, one of the most irrepressible scorers in NBA history. People call him "Robin" or "Number 2" after his hurricane partner (see fourth place), not realizing that he is still the leader of "Thunder".
He again scores more than half of his shots and has a career-high 8.1 bounces per game. These are numbers that should clear your doubts.
4. Russell Westbrook
Oklahoma City "Thunder" point guard.
RPM: 9.22 (2nd place). Quotes on MVP: 28-1.
An incredible miracle of nature, which carries with its outstanding athleticism not only the point guard of the opponent, but also the entire defense as a whole. He goes hiking for a triple double in every game. Westbrook is the most bouncing PG since Jason Kidd.
Just look at his performance in February: 25.2 points, 12.2 assists, 8.6 rebounds per game. His height is 191 centimeters.
5. Kawhi Lenard
San Antonio Spurs, light forward.
RPM: 8.93 (3rd place). Quotes on the MVP: 18-1.
Remember 2004: for seven games, Metta World Peace (then just Ron Artest) played as a true candidate for the MVP - tenacious, instilling fear into the opponent and throwing powerful three-ruble notes - thereby raising the Pacers into the NBA elite. This is Kawhi Lenard, playing at a level worthy of the MVP race this season.
6. Chris Paul
Los Angeles Clippers point guard.
RPM: 7.26 (6th place). Quotes on the MVP: 100-1.
If you are the third point guard in the current NBA, then you are the best but a handful of players. With Griffin dropping out due to injury (and his own stupidity), Paul was forced to unleash his inner scorer and that saved the Clippers season.
If Curry hadn't been hitting howitzer shots from a distance, and Westbrook hadn't been an alien from another planet, Chris could have been the best playmaker on Earth.
7. Damian Lillard
Portland Trail Blazers point guard.
RPM: 2.65 (51st place). Quotes on the MVP: 150-1.
He has a terribly low real plus or minus, despite the fact that Damian makes the public regret for all the mistrust in him: he was not taken to the league right after school, left outside the top five in the draft, and also not taken to the All-Star Game. ...
Lillard is averaging 33.7 points per game after a stellar weekend. More importantly, he squeezes all the juice out of his own team to deliver one of the best interactions in the league and compete for the playoffs.
8. Anthony Davis
New Orleans Pelicans Heavy Forward.
RPM: 3.31 (35th place). Quotes on the MVP: 150-1.
The shock of moving from Monty Williams' defensive, disciplined basketball to Alvin Gentry's explosive approach dropped Davis a couple of spots. He looks like he's just waking up from a nap, even though he's averaging 28 points per game and hitting 20 rebounds twice in February.
With Steph seizing power, Anthony may never rise above the league as much as expected, but he can probably stake out the mythical status of "best big man".
9. Kyle Lowry
Toronto Raptors point guard.
RPM: 7.12 (8th place). Quotes on the MVP: 150-1.
I've always liked Lowry and his toughness, but I've always hesitated to rate him as the elite of the league. No more. Now Toronto are winning, their best player must get what they deserve.
Frustrated by his faded playoff performance recent years, he dropped excess weight, which was always with him, and began to improve from game to game. In February, he scored 43 versus Irving, 27 versus Rose, 25 versus Reggie Jackson and 30 versus Lillard - all of which he screams "I deserve it!" Accepted.
10. James Harden
Houston Rockets, attacking defender.
RPM: 4.97 (17th place). MVP quotes: 40-1.
Like Davis, Harden has lost some of his brilliance. His numbers are still wild, but frequent losses, absurd ball hold and lack of ability to use Howard knocked Harden off the list of annual contenders for the title of MVP and sent him to the squad of regular regulars of the stellar weekend.
It is to be hoped that the performance of one actor in the Houston theater did not deprive him of his ability to coexist and interact well with other top-level players.
The rest of the dozen
11. DeMarcus Cousins
Sacramento Kings, center
I've never been one of those people who hate rebels, so I love it when the Boogeyman's mind bursts out. But if he took out a little aggression and added a little discipline, he could knock on the door of a top-5 club, even in a league ruled by perimeter players. Its indicators are even ridiculous, they humiliate all other centers on planet Earth.
12. Paul George
Indiana Pacers, light forward.
Earlier this season, George climbed into the top five, but his realization has failed in the last three months. His three-point shooting numbers were head over heels, and this is a small part of his problems. Still, it's nice to see him back and remain an elite player.
13. John Wall
Washington Wizards point guard.
He is the most dealing and assisting among the splendor of today's shot-oriented point guards. If his perimeter partner Bradley Beal was healthy, things in the capital would be different. I expect from him even best game, in light of the fact that he needs to lead the Wizards spurt to advance to the playoffs.
14. Draymond Green
Golden State Warriors, heavy forward.
Many people quote him in the top ten, and I will not deny him attention. But, for all his brilliance, I doubt that he would have kept the given level in another team under a different system. It doesn't matter though, because it fits perfectly where it is. Last week, 14 rebounds, 14 assists, six steals, four blocks and 23 swear words in one interview underlined his superiority.
15. Clay Thompson
Golden State Warriors, attacking defender.
I had to put Thompson right behind Green because it would be unfair to see him as a third wheel. He's great, arguably the second best sniper (and versatile player as well) in the league. I've said it before, but this guy is half the best backcourt in the world.
16. LaMarcus Aldridge
San Antonio Spurs, heavy forward.
His numbers have dropped, but Aldridge is part of one of the best teams league. You cannot criticize him for choosing victories over personal statistics.
17. Dwyane Wade
Miami Heat, attacking defender.
He is still the maestro, the leader, the winner and the main reason the Heat fight for the home court advantage in the first round.
18. DeAndre Jordan
Los Angeles Clippers, center.
The only complaint against him is his free throws. But Wilt, Shaq, Dwight, and other big men before him were attacked in the same way. You can't be too cruel to him.
19. Pau Gasol
Chicago Bulls, center.
Rose is constantly being treated, Butler is out for a long time, and what is Gasol doing? Passing like a magician, averaging six assists per game in February, plus 18 points and 11 rebounds.
20. Kyrie Irving
Cleveland Cavaliers point guard.
If he defended just a little better than the orange traffic cone, he would be higher on this list. Still, he's an incredible attack finisher, the best lead in the league, and an unstoppable scorer.