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Stephen Jackson Shares His Top Five Players This Season, Leaves LeBron James Off His List

For most of his career, LeBron James has always been considered as one of the top five players in the NBA, if not the best player in the NBA. However, a handful of basketball pundits now think that the 38-year old superstar has already dropped a few spots in the category.

For one, Stephen Jackson has nothing but respect for LeBron as one of the greatest players to ever grace the basketball court. But speaking of today, the former NBA forward doesn’t see a case for LeBron being a top five player.

Consequently, Jackson came up with an interesting list of his five best players this season that includes Kevin Durant, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid. Jackson also thought of Nikola Jokic before replacing him with Jayson Tatum.

 “Best in the league right now, Kevin Durant. I would go Giannis [Antetokounmpo], Luka [Doncic], Jokic and Embiid. Excuse me, I’ll take Jokic out and put in Jayson Tatum.”

“He [James] ain’t in my top 5 right now, not right now. He’s in my top 3 all-time but right now in the league, he is not the 5 best player in the league right now.”