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 210 Notinhalloffame Cup Points:
1. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics, 211 Cup Points: 57 Games, 30.4 PPG, 8.7 RPG, 4.6 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 23.8 PER, 8.0 WS. (#1 on last ranking)
Tatum remains at #1 and while there are other players who can make a statistical claim as this year’s MVP, Tatum is the best player on the NBA’s best team, and that often translates into an MVP. This looks to be his first year where he will finish with a PPG over 30.
2. Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets, 208 Cup Points: 53 Games, 24.5 PPG, 11.6 RPG, 10.0 APG, 1.3 SPG, 0.7 BPG, 31.7 PER, 11.7 WS. (#4 on last ranking)
Jokic again climbs up two spots and the two-time and defending MVP winner (and NIHOF Cup Champion) is leading the league in PER (31.7), Win Shares (11.7), VORP (6.8) and Box Plus/Minus (13.2). He is also averaging a triple-double, and is probably the biggest threat to Tatum for the MVP.
3. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers, 206 Cup Points: 47 Games, 33.1 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.1 SPG, 1.6 BPG, 30.6 PER, 8.4 WS. (#5 on last ranking)
Embiid rockets into number three, and is a bona fide MVP contender. He is currently second in PPG (33.1) and is second in PER (30.9).
4. Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks, 204 Cup Points: 51 Games, 33.2 PPG, 8.8 RPG, 8.2 APG, 1.5 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 30.4 PER, 8.9 WS. (#3 on last ranking)
Doncic drops again, and is now at number 4. The now four-time All-Star reclaimed the scoring lead from Joel Embiid His PER of 30.4 also ranks him third. He now has Kyrie Irving as a teammate, which will prove intriguing.
5. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks, 203 Cup Points: 48 Games, 31.3 PPG, 12.0 RPG, 5.4 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.8 BPG, 28.4 PER, 6.5 WS. (#2 on last ranking)
The two-time MVP would have probably been on the top had he not missed a series of Games earlier in the season, but has also been a little hurt lately, dropping him three spots. He is now a six-time All-star.
6. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder, 200 Cup Points: 54 Games, 31.0 PPG, 4.7 RPG, 5.7 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.1 BPG, 27.3 PER, 9.1 WS. (#5 on last ranking)
Gilgeous-Alexander went to his first All-Star Game, and is shattering last year’s averages, which were already good. He is currently fifth in PPG and SPG, and is second in Win Shares (8.7). How great will this Canadian be?
7 (Tie). Julius Randle, New York Knicks, 196 Cup Points: 62 Games, 25.1 PPG, 10.6 RPG, 4.2 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 21.2 PER, 7.3 WS. (#8 on last ranking)
Randle continues to climb the list, and currently has a higher PPG (24.9), than his All-Star year two years ago.
8. Ja Morant, Memphis Grizzlies, 191 Cup Points: 50 Games, 27.0 PPG, 5.9 RPG, 8.1 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.3 BPG, 23.4 PER, 5.2 WS. (#7 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. Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks, 179 Cup Points: 53 Games, 26.9 PPG, 2.9 RPG, 10.2 APG, 1.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 22.1 PER, 4.9 WS. (#9 on last ranking)
Young is the face of an intriguing Hawks squad, but was unable to make the NBA All-Star Team.
10. Lauri Markkanen, Utah Jazz, 174 Cup Points: 56 Games, 25.2 PPG, 8.5 RPG, 1.8 APG, 0.6 SPG, 0.6 BPG, 22.7 PER, 7.6 WS. (Not on last ranking)
Markkanen is now the first player from Finland to be an All-Star and after two months, he returns to the top ten in Cup Points. This the year of his life.
LeBron James, of the Los Angeles Lakers, has fallen off the top ten
Our next update will happen after the first player breaches 220 Cup Points.
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