US media commented on the 25th Stars in the 21st Century: Kobe failed to enter the top five, Jokic surpassed O Neal, Curry second
7:12am, 23 August 2025Basketball
As the offseason deepens, the league is now getting less and less news, and most teams have completed their operations, and the boring offseason will take a long time to end. In order to maintain traffic and attention during this period, US media will choose to make some rankings. Recently, US media Cbssports selected the 25 top stars of the 21st century. This list has also caused considerable controversy. Let's take a look together. Is it reasonable?
21-25
21 is McGrady, 22 is Lillard, 23 is Tatum, 24 Alexander, 25 Westbrook. After reading this ranking, there will probably be some fans who have an opinion. McGrady has indeed had a great influence and has won the scoring champion for two sessions, but it seems too unreasonable to rank him ahead of Westbrook. Moreover, Westbrook is still a triple-double king in history and has won the regular season MVP. As for these five, I think Westbrook is the highest ranked.
Alexander won the FMVP and MVP trophy, but his career data accumulation and influence are not enough. Under such circumstances, it is understandable that he cannot rank higher and his future belongs to him. Tatum won the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals. He would have been the first forward in the future, but he suffered a serious injury. I hope he can recover and return. The same is true for Lillard. Although Li's coach has no great honors, his influence and data accumulation are very good.
16-20
16 are Doncic, 17 Kidd, 18 Howard, 19 Davis, and 20 Iverson. Doncic has been selected as the Best Team for five consecutive years, which is rare in history, but after all, he is still young and has no personal honors. On the other hand, Iverson has won the regular season MVP and has four scoring champions. Such honors should be ranked very high, and the result is only ranked 20th. Shouldn’t he be even higher than Doncic now?
Kidd is the third in the history of assists and steals. He has led the team to the finals twice, and his ability is underestimated. Howard won the Best Defensive Player Award for 3 years. At his peak, he was called a single-swap player who could replace James alone, so it is acceptable for him to be in this position. Davis is one of the best players in history with offense and defense. He is currently the top 4 player. He has won the championship as a second in command and has been selected for the first defense and team many times.
11-15 digits
11 is Wade, 12 is Paul, 13 is Leonard, 14 is Nash, and 15 is Harden. Wade is the third point guard in history and he is only ranked 11th. It is estimated that many fans are already very interested in the top ten. Although Paul does not have a championship and MVP trophy, he is the second in the steals and assists list in history, and has 6 steals. He is the most versatile point guard in history, with scoring ability, top organizational ability and excellent defense.
13 is Leonard. Although Leonard's attendance rate is not very high due to injury, Leonard has won the FMVP twice, and only Durant, James and him have done it in service. Nash won two MVP trophys and is the first foreign player in history to achieve his goal. His elegant style is so cute. Harden is one of the most powerful singles players in history. He has won the MVP and scoring leader. His total career scores in the new season are expected to be among the top ten in history.
6-10
6th place is Kobe, 7th place is Antetokounmpo, 8th Durant, 9th Garnett, and 10th King of Nothing. Kobe is only ranked sixth, and it is estimated that many fans are already very interested in the top five. He is the second point guard in history and the top ten in history, but he cannot enter the top five in the 21st century. Antetokounmpo has won many honors in the past few years and has won MVP and DPOY in a single season. It is also very good. In the future, there is a chance to reach the position of the No. 1 power forward in history.
Durant is only ranked eighth. To be honest, shouldn't Durant be ranked first in the letter? After all, he is also a winner of two FMVPs, and he is also one of the top ten in history. Garnett is the second-in-command champion, but he was ranked first among King No. 1. It can only be said that he is a local American player, so he has the advantage. King No. 1 has led the team to win the championship with a single core. Looking at the only two players in the entire 21st century, and the total score is in the top six in history.
1-5th place
No. 1 is James, 2nd is Curry, 3rd is Duncan, 4th is Jokic, and 5th is O'Neal. This list is too friendly to these active players. O'Neal is still one of the top ten stars in history, but he only ranked fifth in this list, not as good as Jokic? It is true that Jokic has won a lot of honors in the past few years, but it is still early to put him ahead of O'Neal.
Curry is the number one shooter in history and has a great hope of being among the top ten in history in the future, but he has not surpassed Duncan yet, right? Duncan led the team to win 5 championships and 3 FMVP trophys. These are still advantageous compared to Curry's great honors. Curry can enter the top of this list, but it is still questionable to be the second place. Having said that, what do you want to say about the ranking given by the US media this time? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.
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