LeBron James was one of the major names who failed to make the Top 10 of The Ringer’s player rankings.
The sports site released its rankings following the end of this past season, with Nikola Jokic listed as No. 1. James was placed 12th and that had fans putting their arms up in protest, while some had their own take on the list that had a notable absentee in Kyrie Irving.
The Ringer’s player rankings:
1. Nikola Jokic
2. Stephen Curry
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
4. Kevin Durant
5. Joel Embiid
6. Jayson Tatum
7. Luka Doncic
8. Kawhi Leonard
9. Jimmy Butler
10. Devin Booker
11. Anthony Davis
12. LeBron James
13. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
14.…
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) July 24, 2023
Here’s a full list of the Top 25 players ranked:
1. Nikola Jokic
2. Stephen Curry
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
4. Kevin Durant
5. Joel Embiid
6. Jayson Tatum
7. Luka Doncic
8. Kawhi Leonard
9. Jimmy Butler
10. Devin Booker
11. Anthony Davis
12. LeBron James
13. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
14. Damian Lillard
15. Donovan Mitchell
16. Jamal Murray
17. De’Aaron Fox
18. Ja Morant
19. James Harden
20. Domantas Sabonis
21. Bam Adebayo
22. Jaylen Brown
23. Trae Young
24. Anthony Edwards
25. Paul George
With the Nuggets winning their maiden championship and Jokic winning his first Finals MVP, there’s no doubt that the site deservedly put him on top of the list.
James and Davis were outside of the Top 10 despite their consistent contributions in the Los Angeles Lakers Conference Finals run last season.
NBA Fans React To LeBron James Outside Of The Ringer’s Top 10 List
Soon after the list, fans shared their thoughts on the Lakers superstar placed outside of the list.
One of the fans slammed the rankings. “You gotta be mentally challenged to take any of these guys over Ja Morant or Lebron James.”
You gotta be mentally challenged to take any of these guys over Ja Morant or Lebron James https://t.co/swoAco6WFW pic.twitter.com/jQdukt0kij
— JJ (@FLEXIN3X) July 24, 2023
Some couldn’t believe that AD was placed over the four-time NBA champion.
Having AD over bron is absolutely insane https://t.co/FSLD6c1yrB
— vsn 🥷🏾 (@hennythingiz) July 24, 2023
No Irving in the list baffled fans.
Sabonis over bam is wild. Murray pretty high, Trae pretty low. No Kyrie is crazy https://t.co/RILEXXJFns
— D (@Yeaderr) July 24, 2023
“People are too low on Embiid for his last two playoffs,” a fan wrote.
People are too low on Embiid for his last two playoffs.
Durant has been bad in the last two playoffs as well, and he hasn't sniffed Embiid's regular season production.
Giannis was also terrible in the playoffs last year and significantly below Embiid in the regular season. https://t.co/nWNoUPzkOy
— Dean (@deanondraft) July 24, 2023
This was also shared by another fan with the same opinion.
Luka at seven and Kyrie not in the top 25 tells me all i need to know. https://t.co/Gm0DlwQuNg
— All Things Mavs (@All_Things_Mavs) July 24, 2023
Clippers fans weren’t far behind. “Putting PG at the bottom of the top 25 rankings while putting Kawhi top 10 when they averaged the same numbers the past season is comical.”
https://twitter.com/RealLathan/status/1683510817310875659
This will be quite the debate and at the time of writing, the post had over 1.3 million views on Twitter, and now that number will only have more thoughts and opinions flowing in.
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