ESPN Ranks Lakers’ LeBron James No. 3 In The NBA

LeBron James is the greatest player of all times, but ESPN ranks him No.3. Well, we believe that LeBron’s fans won’t be too happy about this.

ESPN also noted that this is the first time in the nine-year history of their ranking that LeBron isn’t the No. 1 player on their list. LeBron will turn 35 this season, and Father Time will catch up with him any time now. Is this the reason why ESPN ranked him No.3?

How long can he keep it up? Though James’ averages of 27.4 points, 8.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists while playing a career-low 35.2 minutes per game last season suggest he is still in dominant form, his VORP (value over replacement player) and PER (player efficiency rating) were both the lowest they’ve been since his rookie season,” the article reads. “If James keeps defying Father Time with some younger talent in Anthony Davis and Kyle Kuzma to help share the load, L.A. should be a force. If he can’t, then the Lakers could have real challenges.”

Houston Rockers superstar James Harden is No. 4, and Anthony Davis is No. 5. The top two players will be revealed in the next article. We didn’t see Gannis Antetokounmpo and Kawhi Leonard on this list, so they are probably taking the first two spots.

Sports Illustrated released the annual Top 100 list of NBA players ahead of the upcoming season. Antetokounmpo is the top player, and Leonard is right behind him.

“Budging LeBron James from the top of this ranking—a spot he has occupied since the inception of SI’s Top 100 in 2013—required a confluence of factors,” SI’s article read. “One of them is the unprecedented sum of minutes James has accrued in regular season, playoff, and international basketball, and the toll that takes on the 34-year-old’s body. Another is the rise of a new class of stars, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo. There’s also a penalty in the fact that James disregarded one side of the ball for the bulk of last season. And somewhere in all of this, we have to account for the reality that James played at least some role in the dissolution of his team and the alienation of the people who were his teammates.”

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