Pablo Laso reflected this week on the plenitude of his former pupil Luka Doncic and those debates about whether he is already the best player in the world. “It is very difficult because, in the end, they are going to judge you if your team wins. You can be the best player in the world and not win a game because you don't play alone. This doesn't happen in tennis,” said the Bayern Munich coach.. Precisely this Thursday, ESPN published its ranking of the best NBA players for the season that is about to begin and Doncic does not reign in it: the leader is, for the second consecutive season, Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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As a curiosity, none of the top four on the list is American. Because the Greek from the Bucks is followed by the Serbian Nikola Jokic (also repeating), winner of his first ring with the Nuggets, and then come the Cameroonian Joel Embiid and precisely Doncic, who is fourth.
The traditional list is drawn up according to the votes of a panel of experts made up of nearly 150 journalists, editors, producers and analysts.. According to ESPN, “the race for the top spot was one of the closest in NBArank history, as the gap between numbers two and three was nearly 16 times greater than that between numbers one and two.”
The best American player on the list is Stephen Curry, ranked fifth. Jayson Tatum and Kevin Durant follow him and Canadian Shai Gilgeous Alexander occupies eighth place, ahead of the Los Angeles Lakers duo, Lebron James and Anthony Davis.