: 825: The ranking is indeed unfair

Latest website: As time enters September, the NBA's fierce battle atmosphere has become more and more intense.
When the Cleveland Cavaliers finally acquired the "double-double machine" Kevin Love through a three-way trade, fans looked forward to the start of the new season.
Whenever the league structure changes, fans will be extremely eager for the arrival of the new season. After all, for everyone, everything in the new season is full of freshness and suspense.
What kind of results can James play after returning to Cleveland? Can the Memphis Grizzlies create the myth of three consecutive championships? In addition to Link and James, will there be other breakers?
Numerous suspense is brewing, and it has also aroused the appetite of fans.
ESPN will naturally not let go of the fans' expectations for the new season, so time has just entered September, and ESPN has begun to launch a series of rankings of the top 50 stars in the new season.
Like last season, ESPN will launch 10 stars every day, from the 50th to the first, in the order of 5 days from low to high.
Then, the same as last season. On the surface, the Grizzlies, which seems to have no stars except Link, have once again become the team with the most stars.
On the first day the ranking was announced, Grizzlies players were on the list.
This summer, Zach Randolph, who took the initiative to cut his salary and was 33 years old, was ranked 43rd by ESPN. Compared with the ranking before the start of last season, it has dropped 9 places, but it is still in the top 50 ranks. For a veteran who is no longer so famous, this ranking is already quite high.
The reason why Randolph's ranking dropped by 9 places was largely because his offensive efficiency was greatly reduced last season.
As the Grizzlies' top singles choice in the paint, the "Big Black Bears" had an assist rate of only 46% last season, which is much lower than that of players in the same position. He didn't have enough height, didn't have excellent running awareness, and the jumping height was basically a brick distance from the ground, and he was chiseled in by the terrifying upper body strength, which was easy to be encircled. More than 10% of Randolph's were blocked last season, and his jump shot was blocked by 8%.
These data all point to a problem-Randolph is really old.
The prodigal son who once dominated Portland, New York and Los Angeles is no longer young.
Although Randolph is still ranked 43rd among the top 50 stars in the new season, ESPN also expressed concern about Randolph's offensive performance in the new season. It is an indisputable fact that Randolph's offensive firepower is declining. As a result, Link's offensive pressure is bound to increase greatly.
Although Randolph's ranking has dropped a lot from the previous season, many fans still do not understand, "Now Randolph can still be on the list?"
The next day, there are still Grizzlies players on the list, and there are still two. However, these two people still caused great controversy.
Before the start of last season, Iguodala was ranked 29th, and Billillard was two higher.
But this year, Iguodala dropped 10 places directly, ranking 39th! The reason is very simple. Last season, Iguodala's data experienced a substantial decline, almost disappearing from the star halo.
But ESPN is not stupid, they know Iguodala's role in the Grizzlies cannot be judged by data. They know that Iguodala is a great help to the Grizzlies outside of the data.
But because of the decline in the data, Iguodala's ranking was downgraded by 10 places.
But as a player with mediocre statistics, many fans are puzzled by Iguodala's ranking. As far as Iguodala's performance last season, people think that he is still in the fortieth, and he can actually be in the top 40.
And ranked 31st is Mike Conley, he is currently the only player in the Grizzlies ranking upward, a little bit higher than 36 last season.
ESPN's evaluation of Conley is as unpretentious as his style of play. "Mike Conley is not the top guard in all aspects. He doesn't have Paul's cool ball handling and passing, and Curry's shooting range. Nor does he have the physical fitness of Westbrook. But his biggest advantage is that he has no obvious shortcomings."
Even if Conley's 31st ranking and ESPN's evaluation of him are low-key enough, he can't escape the doubts of fans.
The reason is simple, this year ESPN only ranked Kobe in 32nd place, and Conley just before Kobe... You know, in the past four years, Kobe's ranking has never been lower than 9th.
Conley is also very innocent. It is not good to rank ahead of him, but he ranks ahead of Kobe... But Conley still doesn't know that he is not the most controversial Grizzlies player.
The most controversial is Marc Gasol who was ranked 24th!
At first glance, the score of 24 does not seem to be too high. But when people discovered that Kawai Leonard was only 27th, Wade was 28th, and Ibaka was 30th, many people felt that Gasol’s ranking was a bit too high.
"Little Gasol's data is not very bright. Less than 16 points are scored every 36 minutes, and the rebound rate is only 12.7%. Although he is 2.16 meters tall, his card position is not good. Blocks are also ranked in the center position every 48 minutes. Middle and lower reaches. Can anyone tell me why he can wait before Ibaka?"
"ESPN kneeling and licking the defending champion is too obvious, the Grizzlies players are obviously inflated! The old guy Randolph can still be selected, Conley can actually be ahead of Kobe, Gasol can be ranked 24th! My God, this ranking list is not fair to a single point."
"If the halo of the defending champion is removed, these Grizzlies players don't know how many more players will appear here."
Gasol is like a fuse, completely detonating outside public opinion. From Randolph to Gasol, the four Grizzlies currently on the rankings have almost all been questioned.
On the contrary, Link, who ranked first in the end, received no criticism.
This year, the top three of the top 50 stars in the new season are the same as last year, with Link, James and Durant still standing together. Durant has become the third in ten thousand years since he was the second in the millennium.
But unlike last year, everyone seems to recognize Link's top spot. As a player who harvested almost all the heavyweight personal honors last season and broke a bunch of records, it is understandable that Link ranked first in the new season's 50 superstars list.
But people only admit that Link is alone. The other four selected by the Grizzlies were all labeled as "not qualified".
"Link is indeed a superstar, he is really amazing. But in my opinion, he is also the only superstar of the Grizzlies."
"Randolph, Conley, Gasol, and Iguodala are somewhat of Link's light. In this list, only Link is a Grizzlies player who deserves his name, and the others are indeed selected. It's confusing."
"ESPN wants to please the defending champion, but such a way of ingratiating is really disgusting. The Grizzlies' starting five are all selected to the top 50 of the new season... This is simply an exaggeration. Many of them are simply Not qualified!"
"The Cleveland Cavaliers have three players selected, James ranked second, Love ranked eighth, and Irving ranked eighteenth. In my opinion, this is the real objective ranking. If the defending champion last season was the Cavaliers, I guess The Cavaliers can also be selected for five or six players. But don’t worry. After the season begins, people will be able to see how weak the Grizzlies’ other four stars are in front of the Cavaliers’ three stars.

Once the ranking was announced, the Memphis Grizzlies once again became the focus of controversy. On the first day of the training camp of the new season, Link was also asked this question when interviewed by reporters at the entrance of the Federal Express Arena.
"How do you think about ESPN's ranking? Hmm...it must be admitted that this list is indeed unfair." Facing the camera, Link touched his chin seriously.
The reporters got excited in an instant~EbookFREE.me~ Could it be that even Link felt that the Grizzlies player rankings were inflated?
However, when the reporters happily held the microphone to Link’s mouth, Link told them with a serious face,
In my opinion, the Grizzlies should have at least 6 to 7 players selected for the new season’s top 50. However, ESPN only selected five. Isn't this unfair?"
Watching the reporters' expressions change from expectation to shock, Link smiled contentedly.
The day of the big villain is so simple and irrelevant!
Link knew that his words would definitely make him scolded bloody.
But that's okay, as the comments on the Internet say. Waiting for the new season to start in one and a half months, everyone will naturally know if what they are saying is true.
Speaking of, the first game of this year's new season opener, the league arranged for the Grizzlies and the Cavaliers to face off...
What a good opportunity to shut everyone up.