Compiling a list of the best players in any sport or league is always going to create discussions and debates. They could be about whether a player deserves to be on the list, who got left off that should have been on, is someone ranked too high or too low? Everyone has an opinion and are usually not afraid to share it, particularly in the social media era. Defining what makes an NBA player great is not a science; people can look at players' statistics and make an opinion based on that. They can look at how players perform in the biggest games or how they make players better around them. Like I said before, it is not an exact science. Limiting this list of the best NBA Basketball players to 25 is not an easy task. You always have your certainties to make this list, while there are others that are more of an opinion based on the way they are playing right now. As a result, a number of All-star calibre players, All-NBA team players, past champions, former Most Valuable Player award winners have been left off the list, as we are arguably in the most competitive era, in terms of teams competing for a championship and players competing for All-Star and All-NBA team recognition, in the history of the NBA. Here goes with the list of the top 25 players in the NBA today...
Freelance journalist and Sport Journalism graduate from the University of Sunderland. Season ticket holder at West Ham. Also a fan of the NFL, NBA, Cricket and most other sports.
