ESPN Ranks all current NBA Players; Morris & Harris
ESPN has released their rankings of the 500 current NBA players with a rating on a 0 to 10 scale. Their methodolgy is as follows:
We asked 91 experts to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale, in terms of "the current quality of each player."
And...
To decide which players to rank, we started with every player who played in the league last season, and then eliminated players who had signed overseas contracts that made them ineligible for the 2011-12 NBA season. Then we added the 60 members of the 2011 draft class, eliminating those not likely to play in the NBA by 2012. That left 500 players, according to our best information as of August 15.
Manny Harris comes in with a rating of 2.63/10 good for 405th out of 500. Darius Morris came in lower at 473 with a rating of 1.84/10 only besting 27 other NBA players according to the panel of experts detailed here.
The rankings of 401-500 can be found here.
Obviously this is all subjective, but hopefully they can prove the so-called experts wrong and make an impact next season.
August 15th, 2011 at 10:28 PM ^
No offense to Darius Morris but given the fact that he was drafted in the 2nd round of the NBA Draft and hasn't played a single NBA game yet, being ranked above a meager 30-something players in the league is probably fairly accurate until proven otherwise.
August 15th, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
How dare you display common sense
August 15th, 2011 at 10:26 PM ^
Kyle Singler> Darius Morris? Yea......no
August 15th, 2011 at 10:34 PM ^
I'd venture a guess that he falls a little higher than the 401-500 range...call me crazy
August 15th, 2011 at 10:40 PM ^
no.how does scalarbrine come in at 433 lol
August 15th, 2011 at 11:18 PM ^
Well for one he's proven he can play in the NBA?
Scalabrine is a big guy who can shoot it a bit and grab a board or two. Not useless.
August 16th, 2011 at 9:18 AM ^
Scalabrine has been in the NBA 10 years. Darius Morris was the 41st pick in the draft. Do you want to know how many 41st picks go on to have 10 year NBA careers? Here's a hint - not many.
I hope Darius bucks the odds and has a long and prosperous NBA career, but to suggest that a 2nd round draft pick who has yet to play a game should "obviously" be ranked ahead of a 10 year veteran shows a complete lack of understanding of basketball.
August 16th, 2011 at 9:47 AM ^
Morris wasn't just the 41st pick in the draft. He was the 41st pick in a very BAD draft.
August 16th, 2011 at 11:51 AM ^
Seriously. Le sigh.
Hopefully he's jacking up 1,000 jumpers a day.
August 15th, 2011 at 10:56 PM ^
I'm still confused about the lack of playing time Manny received last year for an abysmal cavs squad when he performed so solidly in the few minutes he received.
August 15th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
Darius has about as good as a chance as I do of making an impact in the NBA next season.
August 15th, 2011 at 11:37 PM ^
I heard you were really good...no?
August 16th, 2011 at 12:05 AM ^
People really should have seen this coming, but... the chances of having a real season this year look a bit grim, no? I think the owners are perfectly happy to wait out a full year if need be.
August 16th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
August 16th, 2011 at 1:24 AM ^
I wonder where Jamal Crawford will land? 100-200? He was sixth man of the year the year before last.