Bleacher Report's Top 100 Players

MY NOTE:  After MUCH work I found out this article was too long for the board.  So you're going to have to click on the below link to see the list.

At the bottom of the list it is summed up by team. You can go through the entire 100 and read why they rank each player where they do, or you can go down to the bottom and then go up and find the players in their chronological order.


https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10087588-predicting-nbas-top-100-players-for-2023-24-season


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https://us.yahoo.com/sports/boston-bigs-come-nos-27-200659571.html



Boston’s bigs come in at Nos. 27, 12 overall in new Bleacher Report analysis


Justin Quinn

Sat, September 2, 2023 at 1:06 PM PDT·3 min read



The Boston Celtics might have the best 1-2 punch of star wings of any team in the NBA, a point underlined by a recent ranking exercise of wings in the league by Bleacher Report that has Boston’s All-NBA forwards Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown Nos. 1 and 7 respectively in terms of wing stars.

The Celtics are also fairly capable in their frontcourt, with two of the league’s top 30 big men in Bleacher Report’s assessment of the league’s best bigs, but they are not quite so talented in the frontcourt as they are on the wing with both of their players coming in outside of the top 10 bigs in the Association coming into the league’s 2023-24 season.

Let’s take a look at which Boston bigs landed where.


No. 27 - Robert Williams III


“Robert Williams III has averaged at least 10 points, 10 rebounds, two blocks, and one steal per 36 minutes in all five of his seasons,” relates B/R. “Suffice to say, his per-minute impact is better than No. 27 among bigs.”

“But his lack of availability makes this ranking fair. Time Lord has missed 131 games in the last four seasons.”


No. 12 - Kristaps Porzingis


“Kristaps Porzingis had arguably the best season of his NBA career in 2022-23 when he put up career highs in points per game (23.2), assists per game (2.7) and effective field-goal percentage (56.5),” relates B/R. “His presence and production as a rim protector aren’t quite what they used to be, but those offensive numbers signify a game-changer on that end.”

“Porzingis’ combination of range and still solid (though maybe not great) interior defense should make him an easy fit with the Boston Celtics and solidify his spot in our rankings.”


Our assessment


With Timelord coming in just ahead of now-Utah Jazz big man John Collins and just behind fellow Jazz big Walker Kessler, even factoring in Williams’ spotty availability.

We would have him at No. 22 overall, ahead of Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez and behind Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Chet Holmgren.


As for Porzingis, a slot ahead of Golden State Warriors vet Draymond Green and behind Cleveland Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley, we think the Latvian center is more properly ranked.

One could make a case to put him as high as No. 10 overall ahead of Sacramento Kings big Domantas Sabonis — and as low as No. 15, behind New York Knicks forward Julius Randle and ahead of the current No. 16 big, Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner.


Bob
MY NOTE:  RWill is #27 out of 30 only because of his availability?  Ok, that's fair, we've all been concerned about his health.  If he was more dependably available Brad probably wouldn't have felt as compelled to trade for Porzingis.  In the last two years RWill has played in 96 games, 61 in 2021-2022 and 35 in 2022-2023.  35 games, all last year.  That's awful.  When he's healthy he's a game changer, the question is his health.  He averaged 23.5mpg last season, a total of 824 minutes.  824 minutes isn't even a rotation player's quota.  Sam only averaged 16.1mpg last season, modest rotation minutes, but he played in 80 games and as a result played 1690 total minutes.  RWill played 1/2 the minutes Sam did and Sam was the, what, 10th man?  Let that sink in.  A silver lining here might be that RWill is in the top 30.  Assuming that every team has at least one starting big that means that our 2nd or 3rd string center is better than 3 teams' starting center.


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