Trae/McCain/PG/Yabusele/Embiid

Lowry/Oubre/Martin/Drummond

Thunder

SGA/Maxey/Wiggins/JDub/Chet

Caruso/Wallace/Kenrich/JayWill/Hartenstein…

Ja/Bane/LaVine/JJJ/Aldama

Pippen/Wells/VWJ/LaRavia/Edey

Kawamura/Spencer/Konchar/GG/Huff…

How this works

These rankings are based on how much of an impact these players will have on championship teams. Individual skills doesn't always mean you are the better player if the way you play the game is not going translate the best on a championship roster.

The tiers

Tier 1 (Creams of the crop)

The best of the best.

Tier 2 (Superstars)

These players are not necessarily making historical impact of the players above, but are still very much superstars in this league and can still be #1's on championship teams.

Tier 3 (Borderline Superstars)

These players I would not consider true superstars, but their impact on the game comes close to that. It's questionable if you want any of these players to be your best player on a championship roster, but it can happen if the team is just very well constructed around these said players.

Tier 4 (All Star Impact)

You for sure cannot build a team around these players but they can definitely have the impact of a 2nd best player on a title …

Pelicans

PG: CJ McCollum, Jose Alvarado

SG: Herb Jones, Dyson Daniels

SF: Trey Murphy, Naji Marshall

PF: Zion Williamson, Larry Nance Jr

C: Karl-Anthony Towns, Jonas Valanciunas

Timberwolves

PG: Mike Conley, Monte Morris

SG: Anthony Edwards, Nickeil Alexander-Walker

SF: Brandon Ingram, TJ Warren

PF: Jaden McDaniels, Kyle Anderson

C: Rudy Gobert, Naz Reid…

Cavaliers

PG: Donovan Mitchell, Immanual Quickley

SG: Max Strus, Caris LeVert

SF: RJ Barrett, Isaac Okoro

PF: Evan Mobley, Georges Niang

C: Jarrett Allen, Dean Wade

Raptors

PG: Darius Garland, Ty Jerome

SG: Gary Trent Jr, Gradey Dick

SF: Bruce Brown, Ochai Agbaji

PF: Scottie Barnes, Jordan Nwora

C: Jakob Poeltl, Kelly Olynyk…