Oh you’re late pal

Cool! let's hold him to that standard then

What is that standard? Cause the current guy at number 1 is an awful defender and his team sucks on that end as a result which left them unable to get out of the first round. Just trying to establish consistency within the standard.

sure! Let's do it! he has to be the most impactful player towards winning. victory lapping when Jalen's defense is legit bad about 80% of the time is a little silly, though

When the Nuggets are able to have a Top 5 defense maybe that’s a conversation that can be had. You guys haven’t been rating based on being most impactful toward winning because you’re putting losers in front of him.

Just so we're clear, I'm not a Nuggets fan. So we're also clear, schedule-adjusted the Knicks were 7th in defense after playing out of their minds for two months. And who exactly are losers above him?

Jokic is rated number 1, I’m going on the ESPN rankings you seem to stand by. He clearly impacted more winning than Wemby and Luka. Giannis hasn’t been out of the first round since 2022.

So Jayson Tatum was the best player in the world going into 2024?

Tatum wasn’t the best player on his team if we’re being as technical as you’re attempting to be here. Since we’re talking about winning, who has been the BEST playoff performer in the NBA over the past 4 years?

@HPbasketball Not even the #1 point guard in the East