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US media rankings 25th top stars in the 21st century (Latest): Embiid failed, Harden 15, Kobe 6th, Curry 2nd

2:42am, 4 September 2025Basketball

Are the media in NBA ranking objective? Here, we think the scores of the game and the players' data can be intuitive but the results are not completely objective! After all, the process of referee is inevitably accompanied by controversy, and disputes are subjective situations. The results of the

match and the players' data are still the same, and the media's ranking is also for reference only! Especially in recent years, the ranking of players has always sparked more discussions.

For example, the US media CBS SPORT ranked 25 players in the offseason around the 21st century before the start of the new season. They are the latest episode of the media's star selection of this century, namely the achievements and performances in the 200-25 years.

Embid failed the ranking, Westbrook ranked 25

MVP+ scoring champion. The reason why Embiid failed to select the 25th star in the 21st Century in the media is probably because his attendance rate is too low! In addition, it was not possible to prove that he was also very much in the playoffs.

Westbrook is a triple-double king in history. His current state is not as good as before, but he has been at the peak and still maintains his enthusiasm for basketball. Here, Alexander ranks 24th and Tatum 23rd!

Lillard Ranking 22

McDy ranked 21 and Lillard ranked 22. When it comes to honor and influence on the game, I personally think Westbrook's ranking should not be inferior to these two stars. Although McGrady seems to be enough to describe it as a white horse spear and a chic knight, Westbrook is even higher in terms of honor!

Harden Ranked 15

The Bearded Beard beats Doncic, Warcraft, Thick Brow, Kidd and Iverson. The controversy is also very large. He competes with Iverson. Which of the two is the fifth-placed point guard in history has also made many media confused.

Paul Ranking 12

As Cousins ​​said today, why can CP3 always be so high? This ranking of the media also shows that the media has their opinions, but this is by no means acceptable to fans and fans.

Durant ranks 8th,

KD has won the championship, but the process of winning the championship seems different from the feeling that FMVP and other superstars give the outside world. It can only be said that the Warriors, the champion team he joined, caused the league to collapse in terms of balance, which also made the meaning of these two championships to Durant a little different.

Kobe ranked 6th, with the first championship in 2000, and then won three consecutive championships. The OK combination is the only combination that has completed three consecutive championships since the 21st century, and the Lakers are also a real dynasty team in this century. However, in the media's opinion, Kobe is only ranked 6th!

Curry Ranked 2

Curry is one of the players with the most active championships. His 4 championships + 1FMVP + 2MVP are all valuable honors, but to be honest, it is inevitable that it will cause controversy to beat Duncan, O'Neal and Kobe.

In addition, Jokic 1 championship + 1FMVP + 3MVP ranks fourth, which also means that in the top ten rankings, it seems that MVP is more important than championship and FMVP?

If this logic is true, it is natural that James ranks first in the media. As he grows older and more players appear in social interactions and discusses the best players, he has been shaken in ranking recently.

The media's viewpoints are mostly still insisting that James is the best in the 21st century and is at least ranked second in history. More and more players believe that Jordan is not necessarily James afterward, which also makes GOAT and ranking topics continue to compete outside the NBA!

Personal opinion:

There is a lot of controversy about the rankings and the media does not seem to have a specific scope in terms of standards. If you say that you compare honors, the rankings of Harden and Westbrook should not be like this!

You talk about the strength of the players, so the rankings of the top ten are also questionable! What do we fans think about this?

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