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College Basketball Rankings 2022-23 - AP Top 25

NCAA College Basketball Rankings: AP Top 25 Basketball Poll

Virginia had the difficult task of playing two ranked teams while grieving a tragedy that shook the Cavaliers and the rest of their campus. Playing a week after three football players were shot to... Read more

Others receiving votes:

TCU 82, Saint Mary's 59, Ohio State 56, Michigan 24, Xavier 22, Charleston 17, Toledo 16, Miami (FL) 10, Dayton 9, Villanova 7, Arizona State 5, Virginia Tech 5, Saint Louis 5, UNLV 5, Oregon 4, West Virginia 3, Texas A&M 2, Utah State 1, Penn State 1, Mississippi State 1

Point values in parentheses indicate the number of first place votes.

College Basketball

Clingan lifts UConn past Iowa State for Phil Knight title

• Reeves and No. 15 Kentucky host Bellarmine

• Weber State visits Tarleton State on 4-game road skid

• Bowling Green faces Queens, seeks to halt 4-game slide

• Saterfield, Portland St. beat in-state rive Oregon St. 83-71

• Reeves and No. 15 Kentucky host Bellarmine

• Weber State visits Tarleton State on 4-game road skid

• Bowling Green faces Queens, seeks to halt 4-game slide

• Saterfield, Portland St. beat in-state rive Oregon St. 83-71

Saterfield, Portland St.

beat in-state rive Oregon St. 83-71

TOP 10 Best NBA Basketball Players

TOP 10 Best NBA Basketball Players
We offer you the TOP 10 best modern basketball players in the world, which was collected by the casinozeus.by/ru portal.

#10. Karl-Anthony Towns, center for the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Born November 15, 1995 Member of the team since 2015. During this time, at the end of 2021, he played 412 games in the NBA games and 5 games for the NBA playoffs. The average number of indicators per game is 23.0 points. In 2015, he was the winner of the NBA Skills Contest.

#9 Russell Westbrook point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Born November 12, 1988. Is the most controversial player in the NBA. On May 10, 2021, he scored 183 triple-doubles. Egoist - Most shooters in the league and most misses (21. 1 shot attempts and 11.6 misses per game).

#8. Draymon Jamal Green Sr.

Born on March 4, 1990. He primarily plays as a forward for the Golden State Warriors. He was the NBA champion in 2015, 2017, 2018. 2nd symbolic five in 2016, 3rd in 2017. Member of the All-Star Team in 2016-2018. Received the title of "Mr. Castle" in 2017.

#7. Kyrie Irving.

Born March 23, 1992. Guard for the Boston Celtics until 2019. He has been with the Brooklyn Nets since 2019. He was called the most crystal of the NBA superstars. He has been plagued by injuries throughout his career. In 2012 he received the title of "Rookie of the Year". Winner of the 3-Point Shot Contest in 2013. 2013-2015 - participant and in 2014 MVP of the NBA All-Star Game. In the same year, World Championship MVP. 2015 - member of the third team of all stars.

#6. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Milwaukee Bucks forward.

Has the nickname "Grik Freak" (Greek psycho). Born December 6, 1994. Participant of the All-Star Game in 2017-2021. In 2019-2021, a member of the symbolic league team. In 2018 he received the Euroscar award and the title of the best basketball player of the year.

#5. Anthony Davis. Power forward for the New Orleans Pelicans.

Born March 11, 1993. In 2012 member of the London Olympics winning team. 2014 World Cup in Spain. In the 2014-2015 season, in his first playoff series, he scored an average of 31.5 points. In 2012, he was the NCAA champion.
Moved to Los Angeles Lakers in 2019.
Member of NBA winning team in 2020.

#4. James Harden.

Born on 08/26/1989 point guard. Played the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2009 to 2012 and the 2012 Houston Rockets. Nickname "Beard". Member of the winning team of the 2012 Olympics. and World Cup 2014 90,005 2018 NBA Regular Season MVP.
Member of the 3rd NBA All-Star Team in 2013 Member of the 1st in 2014, 2015, 2017 2018.
Participated in all All-Star Games 2013-2019year.
NBA 6th Man of the Year 2012.
NBA assists leader in 2017.

#3. Stephanie Curry.

Born March 14, 1988 Golden State Warriors. Playing defender. As of April 2021, he has the most points scored - 17818. He is the NBA champion in the number of three-point shots made. 7 times scored 50+ points and 10+ three-pointers. Member of the association winning team in 2015, 2017, 2018)
Named NBA MVP (2015, 2016)
Member of the 1st team in 2015, 2016, 2019, 2nd member in 2014 and 2017, member of the 3rd NBA All-Star Team in 2018.
NBA Athletic Conduct Award in 2011.
The best in the "Competition of skills" of the association in 2011.
Best in 3-Point Contest 2015
Made more three-point shots in 2013, 2015, 2016.
All-time top scorer in 2016.
NBA RC leader in steals (2016).
ESPY Athlete of the Year Award in 2015.

#2 Kevin Wayne Durant.

Born on 19. 09.1988 He began playing in the NBA in 2007. As part of the Seattle SuperSonics, he immediately won the title of the best rookie of the 2007-2008 season. In 2010 he was a member of the winning team at the World Cup and Championship MVP.
The most productive player of the NBA regular season in 2010-2012, 2014.
Member of the NBA All-Star Game from 2010-2019 and in 2021.
USA Basketball Athlete of the Year in 2010 and 2016
Member of the Olympic winning team in 2012, 2016, 2021
NBA All-Star Game MVP in 2012, 2019
NBA MVP in 2014
ESPY Athlete of the Year Award 2014
Member of the NBA winning team in 2017, 2018

#1. LeBron James.

Born on 12/30/1984. Small and heavy forward "Los Angeles Lakers" Started playing for the Cleveland Calvaliers club in 2003. In 2010 he moved to the Miami Heat and played there until 2014. In 2014 he returned to the Calvaliers. Since 2018 Plays for the Lakers.
The list of his achievements is very long.
Member of the association winning team in 2012, 2013, 2016.
Association Finals MVP in 2012, 2013, 2016.
NBA Regular Season MVP 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013.
NBA All-Star Game from 2005 to 2021. 90,005 Association All-Star Game MVP in 2006, 2008, 2018. 90,005 2008 NBA Highest Scorer.
NBA Rookie of the Year in 2004.
2006, 2008-2018 - 1st All-Star Team of the Association 2005, 2007 - 2nd, 2019 - 3rd.
2009-2013 - 1st NBA All-Star Defense Team, 2014 - 2nd.
Member of the winning team of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, bronze medalist of the 2004 Olympics.
World Championship bronze medalist in 2006.

Top 10 basketball players in the world right now. And a lot of cool videos

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Two months before the start of the new NBA season. The best time to argue about who will ignite the 2018/19 championship.

Two months before the start of the new NBA season. The best time to argue about who will ignite the 2018/19 championship.

10. Carl-Anthony Towns

Center, 22, Minnesota Timberwolves

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The Minnesota are the most unexpected team in the 2018 playoffs. And in general, in the NBA playoffs, where the Wolves have not appeared for 14 years, since Kevin Garnett. A big factor in the Timberwolves' rise was the signing of Chicago star Jimmy Butler last summer, but without Towns it wouldn't have been possible. At 22, he is already an established star and proves to Timofey Mozgov that the role of center in the NBA has not died. At the end of last season, Towns entered the league's top 5 in rebounding, and on March 28, he scored 56 points in a match against Atlanta. Nobody scored more in one match for Minnesota - not even Garnett.

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9. Russell Westbrook

Point guard, 29, Oklahoma City Thunder

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The most controversial position in this ranking. Some of you will wonder why the MVP of the 2016/17 season is so low, others will be outraged that in his place could be the conditional DeMarcus Cousins, who recently strengthened Golden State, or Joel Embiid from Philadelphia.

Westbrook is Mr. Controversy. Twice in a row he made a seasonal triple-double (at least 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists per game in the regular season), but both times in the playoffs, the Thunder were eliminated in the first round. You can blame Kevin Durant's departure to Golden State in the summer of 2016 for this as much as you want, only after that Russ became even more selfish. No one throws him more often in the league (21.1 tries per game on average), but no one misses that much (11.6). Westbrook is both a super sniper and an egoist. Both the main hope and the main problem of Oklahoma at the same time.

Well, at least he dresses brightly. At the end of last season, he even won the "Best Style in the League" award. Although this is also debatable.

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8. Draymond Green

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No, this is not the video. But look anyway. That's what invisible protection is, not what they show you in advertising.

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7. Kyrie Irving

Guard, 26, Boston Celtics

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The most crystalline of NBA superstars. In none of his seven seasons did Irving play all 82 matches. The Clevelands with and without him were two different teams. In the 2015 final, the team of David Blatt and Timofey Mozgov lost Kyrie already in the first match, nevertheless continued to cling to the Golden State, but still did not leave on LeBron alone. In the 2016 final, it’s a completely different matter: Irving first helped the King to snatch the fifth match (with a critical score of 1-3 in the series), and then scored a decisive three-pointer in the seventh.

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There are many theories as to why Kyrie asked the Cavaliers to trade him a year ago. Most likely, he is tired of being number two in a team where the main star is also trying to be the head coach. At the same time, LeBron himself, they say, was against the departure of Irving. Kyrie ended up in Boston, and the league waited all season for them to meet in the semi-finals. But Irving didn’t play until the main games of the season again, his Celtics lost to Cleveland, and after that LeBron and his team got 0-4 from Golden State.

6. Giannis Antetokounmpo

Forward, 23, Milwaukee Bucks

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The Greek Freak is what the NBA calls him. He is incredibly gifted athletically, but at the same time, even at 2.11, he knows how to handle the ball and is not inferior to shorter defenders in speed. And how it flies! It is impossible to believe it, so watch with repetitions.

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Already this season, many were waiting for Antetokounmpo to be included in the MVP of the season nomination. But the competition there is too high, and Giannis has his whole career ahead of him. Will definitely wait. Perhaps next season is his. If at 23 he's being compared to LeBron, what will happen when Giannis peaks?

5. Anthony Davis

Forward, 25, New Orleans Pelicans

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Another basketball player who can do it all on the court. And he is also still in line for the title of the most valuable player of the season - so far, Davis became the MVP only in the All-Star Game. For a big guy with a height of 208 and a weight of 115, he has excellent shots (sometimes he even scores three-pointers), a free throw, and the ability to handle the ball. Look at those dunks, passes and dribbles.

But what is the main feature of Davis? Someone will take this question literally and answer: "His unibrow." In fact, it's about his defense: Davis has already led the league in blocks three times (last season he covered opponents' shots 2.6 times on average per game!). Or maybe it's somehow connected and the opponents themselves just throw not into the basket, but into Anthony's hands at the sight of his unibrow.

4. James Harden

Guard, 28, Houston Rockets

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But if you have a phobia about facial hair, then you definitely shouldn't date the Houston defender. James Harden finally won the MVP title this season, which he had been close to for several years in a row. But all the time someone interfered: then Westbrook would make the first triple-double in 45 years on average per season, then Stephen Curry would score a cosmic 402 three-pointers for the regular season, then LeBron James . .. Yes, just LeBron James. This time, Harden jumped above his own beard and for the first time in his career scored over 30 points per game (30.4) in a season! Yes, and statistics are in hell. Look! How he does it?

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Adding another superstar to the Rockets is Chris Paul, and this pairing of defensemen deserves to be considered the best in the NBA. Even cooler than Steph Curry and Klay Thompson from Golden State.

As a result, Houston even won the regular season, which never happened to him at all. But still, as usual, the Warriors reached the NBA Finals from the Western Conference. Therefore, Harden - although, of course, a very tough player - remains outside the top three.

3. Stephen Curry

Guard, 30, Golden State Warriors

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It's pretty simple. Steph is a three-time NBA champion and simply the best shooter in history. Not the one who scored the most points (although this is possible over time), but simply the best sniper. Who doesn’t care where to score from – even from the center line, even from the tunnel under the stands.

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How does he do it?

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2. Kevin Durant

Forward, 29, Golden State Warriors

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Seven years ago, he and Harden played together in the NBA Finals against LeBron. Then Miami destroyed Oklahoma, and the King became the champion for the first time. But it was then that Kevin and James had championship ambitions.

By the way, all three have something in common in their biography: an unpleasant departure from their native team in search of a champion title. All three were criticized. Someone's T-shirts were even burned. Durant was the last to go through all this - two years ago. And now he is a two-time NBA champion and two Finals MVP. Such people are not judged.

Curry is said to have won the finals MVP this year. Just to be fair, based on the sum of three playoff victories, Steph certainly won at least one MVP. But it was Durant who covered his partner's back when his main weapon stopped working. Curry without three-pointers is as if Igor Akinfeev stopped hitting penalty shoot-outs.

In the third match of the final, Curry was denied a “cannon”. At all. Of the first 9 shots, 0 came from behind the arc. And Golden State without Steph's three-pointers is like Stanislav Cherchesov without a mustache. LeBron and Cleveland could break the series here and get 1-2 instead of a dead 0-3. It was then that Durant scored the most important three-pointer of the third game and the entire final. From 10 meters.

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Imagine Aleksey Shved with his technique, dribbling and jumping ability, with the ability to create an attack from nothing and with a killer shot. Now imagine the same player, only 15 cm taller and about the same wider at the shoulders. It's impossible to stop him at all!

1. LeBron James

Forward, 33, Los Angeles Lakers

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You can either admire him or hate him. Cheer for his next team or wish her defeat. The only thing you can't do is argue that LeBron is the best basketball player in the world.

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Donald Trump heard somewhere that many people hate LeBron for moving to the Lakers, and decided to hype on this. But he missed the moment - and tweeted just when James opened a super-cool school for poor children with his own money and his public rating flew into space. If LeBron ran for president of the United States right now, then Trump would have to move from the White House back to the hotel.

LeBron opened a $8 million school. Does anyone else hate him?

"Defending against LeBron is the hardest job in basketball," says Golden State head coach Steve Kerr.

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