Tier of the NBA players right now

[The Franchise]

According to some rocketfan, Clyde would be as good as Kobe if he was around now.

He would because none of the players you named would be as good as they are if they played in that era. I think if half the weak calls this generation of players get were taken away, there effectiveness on the court would be diminished greatly.

[DAF86]

LMAO @ everyone ranking Dwight Howard so high. guy is an average straight man defender, and is very mediocre offensively. his game revolves around help defense, rebounds, and put-backs. anyone that puts him over guys like Durant, Dirk, Wade, CP3 is nuts. I love D-12, but he has become the most overrated player in the NBA.

He still makes a huge difference on a basketball court, Put D-12 on the Warriors and his mere presence makes that team go from a crappy defensive one to an above average one.

[Darthkiller]

No particular order within tiers.

1. Lebron
2. Kobe, Wade
3. Melo, CP3, Dirk, Howard
4. Durant, Gasol, Deron, Roy, Bosh, Duncan

Agree/disagree.

why is wade above durant. Durant better stats, team better record.

[Delonte West]

1. Lebron
2. Melo / Durant / Kobe
3. Wade / Howard etc.

[Delonte West]

1. Lebron


2. Durant / Melo / Kobe
3. Wade / Howard etc.

[picc84]

Durant better than D-Wade now.

[HarlemHeat37]

Durant hasn't even played a playoff game, so it's too early to be putting him as high as many of you are..Wade isn't even trying this year, you can tell when watching him, he's already looking to 2010..

I'll try to make mine in order too, a lot of the order is basically a toss-up..

Tier 1: Lebron James
Tier 2: Kobe Bryant
Tier 3: Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony
Tier 4: Bosh, Nowitzki, Durant, Gasol, Duncan, Williams, Roy
Tier 5: Randolph, Johnson, Billups, Rose, Rondo, Boozer, Pierce, Nash, Stoudemire

Probably forgetting somebody..

[Smooth Criminal]

No particular order within tiers.

1. Lebron
2. Kobe, Wade, Durant
3. Melo, Dirk, Howard
4. Gasol, Deron, Roy, Bosh, Duncan, CP3

Agree/disagree.

[cobbler]

There are only 2 tiers.

Fisher.... and the entire league above him.

[namlook]

First Tier::- Lebron, Kobe, (Those are the only 2 superstars who people debate about being equal or better than Michael Jordan.

No one has ever debated that Lebron was equal to or better than Jordan. He hasn't won squat. How do you debate a guy with 6 rings and a guy with zero rings?

And now that Lebron has a loaded team if he doesn't win it this year no one will ever debate that he's at Jordan's level.

[Metheny]

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High Tier 1a - Magic , Bird , Wilt the stilt , Hakeem the dream , Oscar , Russell

High tier 1b - Shaq, Duncan
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Tier 1- Lebron James


Tier 2- Melo , Wade , Kobe



















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Tier 0- Scalabrine

[XFactor]

No one has ever debated that Lebron was equal to or better than Jordan. He hasn't won squat. How do you debate a guy with 6 rings and a guy with zero rings?

And now that Lebron has a loaded team if he doesn't win it this year no one will ever debate that he's at Jordan's level.

You may not, but there are plenty of people who use the "at this age Lebron is better" theory.

[mavsluva]

On some nights, a very low grade player can look like an allstar. And then an allstar can look like a d-league player at times. NBA players and teams are like the stock market; very unpredictable. They have their ups and downs and all you can do is hope that the team/player that you're rooting for is on an upswing at the right moment.

(And FYI - your lucky socks really have nothing to do with the outcome.)

[Ghazi]

cp3 isnt even the best pg on his team, let alone a tier 1-4 guy.