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2014 NBA Player Rankings 21-25
For the fourth straight year, ESPN.com and the TrueHoop Network are ranking every NBA player and counting them down on Twitter (@ESPNNBA) from No. 500 to No. 1.
We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to predict the overall level of play for each player for the upcoming NBA season. This includes both the quality and the quantity of his expected contributions, combined in one overall rating.
As the rankings are announced, you also can find them here on the pages of ESPN.com.
The players on our list keep getting better and better. We're counting down five more players Tuesday, revealing them one at a time on Twitter. We'll continue the countdown until Oct. 28, opening night in the NBA. Today we roll out players 21 through 25.
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Tim Duncan | @Spurs San Antonio Spurs | PF | Age: 38 | 2013 rank: #16 |
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Tim Duncan is 96 points away and 168 assists away from joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, Karl Malone and Kevin Garnett as the only big men to accumulate at least 25,000 points and 4,000 assists in their careers. -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)
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Al Jefferson | @hornets Charlotte Hornets | C | Age: 29 | 2013 rank: #52 |
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Al Jefferson led the NBA with 11.0 post-up points per game last season and was second in the NBA with 13.5 paint points per game. -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)
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Kyrie Irving | @KyrieIrving Cleveland Cavaliers | PG | Age: 22 | 2013 rank: #8 |
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Kyrie Irving has averaged at least 18 points per game and 5 assists per game in each of his first three seasons. Only Oscar Robertson, Magic Johnson, LeBron James, Grant Hill and Steve Francis have accomplished that feat. -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)
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Kawhi Leonard | @kawhileonard San Antonio Spurs | SF | Age: 23 | 2013 rank: #34 |
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Kawhi Leonard was one of four players last season to average at least 12 points per game, shoot 50 percent from the field and 35 percent from the 3-point line (minimum two 3-point attempts per game). The other three players were Kevin Durant, LeBron James and Goran Dragic. -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)
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Serge Ibaka | @sergeibaka9 Oklahoma City Thunder | PF | Age: 25 | 2013 rank: #39 |
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Serge Ibaka led the league in blocks (219) last season for the fourth straight season. Only Dikembe Mutombo had a longer such streak in NBA history (five straight, 1993-98). -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)
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What is #NBArank?
#NBArank is the Twitter hashtag to use if you want to get involved in the discussion or just follow along.
You also can follow along @ESPNNBA.
How did we rank the players?
We asked our ESPN Forecast panel to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale, in terms of "the overall level of play for each player for the upcoming NBA season."
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