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 110 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 110 Notinhalloffame Cup Points:
1. Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks, 110 Points: 25 Games, 33.1 PPG, 8.6 RPG, 8.8 APG, 1.7 SPG, 0.6 BPG, 30.9 PER, 4.8 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 Minutes per Game (36.8), PER, Win Shares and VORP (3.0).
2. Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets, 107 Points: 28 Games, 30.0 PPG, 6.7 RPG, 5.5 APG, 0.7 SPG, 1.7 BPG, 26.8 PER, 4.6 WS. (#2 on last ranking)
Durant’s Nets were the most dysfunctional team in the NBA early in the season, but Durant remained calm and is flirting with finishing with his first 30 Points per Game season in years. He is currently leading the league in Minutes Played (1,028).
3. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics, 98 Points: 27 Games, 29.7 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 4.0 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 24.3 PER, 3.7 WS. (#3 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, which he was over until this week.
4. Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors, 97 Points: 24 Games, 30.0 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 7.0 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 26.3 PER, 4.0 WS. (#4 on last ranking)
Curry only played one Game in this period, but did enough to hold on to the fourth spot. The Warriors are only one game over .500, a disappointment for the defending champions, but Curry is as good as he has ever been.
5 (Tie). Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks, 95 Points: 22 Games, 31.1 PPG, 11.3 RPG, 5.4 APG, 0.9 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 28.3 PER, 3.1 WS. (#6 on last ranking)
Giannis is back where he belongs in the top five and the two-time MVP’s Bucks look ready to win it all. He is in the top five in Rebounds and Points per Game.
5 (Tie). Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder, 95 Points: 25 Games, 31.2 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 5.8 APG, 1.8 SPG, 1.0 BPG, 27.8 PER, 4.1 WS. (#5 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.
7. (Tie). Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics, 89 Points: 26 Games, 26.6 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 3.5 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.4 BPG, 20.9 PER, 2.4 WS. (#9 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. He also has two consecutive ranking updates where he elevated his position.
8. Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies, 88 Points: 22 Games, 27.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 7.8 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 24.3 PER, 2.5 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. Anthony Davis, Los Angeles Lakers, 87 Points: 23 Games, 27.7 PPG, 12.4 RPG, 2.7 APG, 1.3 SPG, 2.2 BPG, 32.3 PER, 4.7 WS. (Not on last ranking)
Davis returns to the top ten, and if Los Angeles will make the playoffs, it will mostly because of him and not LeBron James. He is currently the leading rebounder and his PER is also leading the league.
10. Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets, 86 Points: 23 Games, 23.8 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 9.1 APG, 1.2 SPG, 0.7 BPG, 31.5 PER, 4.6 WS. (Not on last ranking)
Jokic finally worked his way into the top ten, and needs others to falter to retain his Title.
Devin Booker of Phoenix and Donovan Mitchell fell off the top ten.
Our next update will happen after the first player breaches 120 Cup Points.
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