Jarrett Allen was a proven commodity in Brooklyn, but there were pieces that had to give to engineer the trade of James Harden to the Nets.  Allen was one of those components, and as part of a four-team trade, he was off to Cleveland.

The move seemed like a step down in terms of overall talent for Allen, but time is telling a different story.  Allen’s numbers in his first full season with the Cavaliers (2021-22) were the best of his career, where he added his first All-Star Game appearance, and posted career-highs in Points (16.1), Rebounds (10.8) and PER (23).  Allen slipped a bit the following season (14.3 PPG and 9,8 RPG), but came back with a double-double average two years ago (10.5 Rebounds & 16.5 Points).   More importantly, he anchored he Cavs to a decent playoff run, and did so again last year, where he led the league in Field Goal Percentage (.706).

As he is still young, and on a contending squad, Allen has an outside shot at being an all-time top five player for the Cavaliers.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Toronto Raptors.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Toronto returned to the playoffs, but were bounced in the first round.  The impact of 2021-22 yielded three elevations and one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Kyle Lowry

2. Chris Bosh

3. Vince Carter

4. DeMar DeRozan

5. Jose Calderon

You can find the entire list here.

Notably, last year’s All-NBA Third Team Selection, Pascal Siakim, was unable to advance from #7.

Last year’s first-time All-Star, Fred Van Vleet, advanced from #12 to #8.

Big man, Chris Boucher, continues his surprise ascendence on this list, moving three spots to #18.

Small Forward, O.G. Anunoby, moves to #20 from #23.

The only new entrant is Scottie Barnes, last season’s Rookie of the Year who debuts at #36.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Atlanta Hawks.

As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Atlanta returned to the playoffs, but they were not the same team that made the Eastern Conference Finals the year before.  The impact of 2021-22 yielded two elevations and one new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Bob Pettit

2. Dominique Wilkins

3. Cliff Hagen

4. John Drew

5. Mookie Blaylock

You can find the entire list here.

Trae Young, the two-time All-Star, moved up to #21 from #29.

Power Forward, John Collins, advanced from #28 to #25.

The lone new entrant is Swiss Center, Clint Capela, who debits at #41.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

A Gold Medalist in the FIBA U-19 World Cup in 2019, Scottie Barnes turned heads in his lone season at Florida State, winning the ACC Freshman of the Year, but it was a little puzzling that he went fourth overall in the 2021 NBA Draft.  Toronto knew exactly what they were doing.

The Power Forward became a starter for the Raptors on day one, and he would become the third Raptor following Damon Stoudamire and Vince Carter to win the Rookie of the Year.  Barnes averaged 15 Points with 7.5 Rebounds in his debut campaign, with him showing typical numbers with a defensive deficiency in advanced metrics, but that is typical of youth.  Barnes regressed in his second season, while although matching his PPG of 15.3, his other stats across the board dipped, though was poised for a breakout in his third season.

In 2023-24, Barnes made it to his first All-Star Game, and with the mid-season trade of other stars (Pascal Siakam and O.G. Anunoby) he became the face of the team.  Barnes should be able to build on his 19.9 PPG year.  Last season, Barnes had his second straight season with at least 19 Points per Year, and the Raptors look to be a much better squad in 2025-26.