If you are a regular visitor at Notinhalloffame.com, you know that we created the Notinhalloffame NBA Cup, where in every regular season game, we award points (5-4-3-2-1) to the top five performers. This is the third year that we have done this, and Denver’s Nikola Jokic won the first two.
To keep everyone regularly in the loop this time, we have decided to give regular updates, starting at when the first player cracked 100 Points, and tell all of you the top ten. We will this going forward with every update as the first player breaches the elevated ten-point threshold afterward.
Here is the current top ten, based on the first player to breach 100 Notinhalloffame Cup Points:
1. Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks, 100 Points: 23 Games, 32.9 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 8.7 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.7 BPG, 31.2 PER, 4.6 WS. (#1 on last ranking)
Doncic remains at the top and should be considered the top contender for the MVP. At present, he is the current scoring leader, and is also topping the stat line in PER, Win Shares and VORP (2.8).
2. Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets, 94 Points: 25 Games, 29.9 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 5.4 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.8 BPG, 26.5 PER, 4.0 WS. (#2 on last ranking)
Durant might play for the most dysfunctional team in the NBA, but the Nets struggles cannot be pinned on KD, who has been electric this year. He is currently leading the league in Field Goals (265).
3. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics, 91 Points: 24 Games, 30.8 PPG, 8.3 RPG, 4.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 25.8 PER, 3.8 WS. (#4 on last ranking)
Tatum continues to get better which should scare the hell out of anybody cheering against the Celtics. He has never finished a season averaging over 30 Points per Game, but he is currently over that now.
4. Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors, 90 Points: 23 Games, 30.0 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 7.0 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 26.3 PER, 3.8 WS. (#3 on last ranking)
Curry only played one Game in this period, but was not awarded any Cup Points, which cost him one spot to Tatum.
5. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder, 87 Points: 22 Games, 31.3 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 6.0 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.1 BPG, 28.0 PER, 3.6 WS. (#4 on last ranking)
Gilgeous-Alexander is going to be an All-Star this year, and is shattering last year’s averages, which were already good.
6. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks, 82 Points: 19 Games, 31.9 PPG, 11.3 RPG, 5.5 APG, 0.8 SPG, 1.1 BPG, 29.6 PER, 2.8 WS. (#7 on last ranking)
The two-time MVP missed a few Games, which dropped Antetokounmpo in the standings, but the Bucks are considered the top contenders to win it all this year.
7. Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns, 81 Points: 24 Games, 28.4 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 5.9 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.4 BPG, 23.6 PER, 3.6 WS. (#6 on last ranking)
Booker is on pace to have the highest PPG and PER of his career, though his last two Games dropped his stat line and two spots here.
8. Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies, 80 Points: 20 Games, 28.5 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 7.5 APG, 1.1 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 24.5 PER, 2.2 WS. (#8 on last ranking)
Morant is the face of the Grizzles, and he is posting similar numbers from last year, when he took Memphis to the next level.
9. (Tie). Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics, 79 Points: 23 Games, 26.7 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 3.7 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.4 BPG, 20.7 PER, 2.1 WS. (#10 on last ranking)
Brown’s appearance here gives Boston the only team to have two players in the top ten, and he currently has the highest traditional numbers of his career.
9. (Tie). Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers, 79 Points: 23 Games, 29.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 4.9 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.4 BPG, 24.6 PER, 3.9 WS. (#9 on last ranking)
Mitchell’s numbers in his first year in Cleveland are higher than his last year in Utah, and it is reflecting in the Cavaliers overall performance.
The Lakers’ Anthony Davis fell off the top ten.
Our next update will happen after the first player breaches 110 Cup Points.
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