Ranking BELOVED NBA players

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Derrick Rose, the 2011 NBA MVP, is known for his explosive athleticism and dynamic playmaking abilities. Despite numerous injuries throughout his career, Rose's resilience and determination have allowed him to continue contributing effectively, particularly as a valuable veteran presence off the bench for the New York Knicks.
Steph Curry, widely regarded as the greatest shooter in NBA history, revolutionized the game with his incredible range and quick release. As a two-time MVP and a multiple-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors, Curry's impact extends beyond the court, influencing a new generation of players and altering how the game is played.
Steven Adams, a formidable presence in the paint, is known for his physicality, rebounding, and screen-setting. The New Zealand native has been a key defensive anchor for teams like the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Memphis Grizzlies, providing toughness and reliability in the center position.
Nikola Jokic, the back-to-back NBA MVP in 2021 and 2022, is a unique talent with his exceptional passing, scoring, and rebounding abilities. As the centerpiece of the Denver Nuggets, Jokic's versatility and basketball IQ have made him one of the most dominant and efficient players in the league.
Tyrese Maxey, a rising star for the Philadelphia 76ers, is known for his speed, scoring ability, and infectious energy. Since entering the league, Maxey has quickly established himself as a crucial part of the 76ers' backcourt, showcasing significant improvement and potential as a future All-Star.
Anthony Edwards, the first overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, has quickly become a standout player for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Known for his athleticism, scoring prowess, and charismatic personality, Edwards has shown flashes of becoming one of the league's premier shooting guards.
Jrue Holiday, renowned for his elite defensive skills and steady offensive contributions, played a crucial role in the Milwaukee Bucks' 2021 NBA championship run. His ability to guard multiple positions and make clutch plays has earned him a reputation as one of the best two-way guards in the NBA.
Mike Conley, a veteran point guard known for his leadership and consistency, has been a steadying force for teams like the Memphis Grizzlies and the Utah Jazz. Conley's playmaking, defensive acumen, and professionalism have made him a respected figure both on and off the court.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP and 2021 NBA champion, is celebrated for his extraordinary athleticism, versatility, and relentless drive. Known as the "Greek Freak," Giannis's ability to impact the game on both ends of the floor has solidified his status as one of the premier players in the league.

[@j.gilbert5757]

I met Tyrese Maxey in Disney, despite me getting way too edited to see him, he was EXTREMELY nice. He asked me my name, he took time to talk briefly even though his family was waiting for him. Ultimate nice guy, I’ll always be a fan of his for that

[@whatshorts]

he seems like a good dude.

[@bladeefan37]

perfect vid to relax to after my 12 hour shift at the gangstalking factory 👍

[@whatshorts]

get some rest, playa. you earned it.

[@TheSaltiestPickle]

Gangstalking factory??

[@keebo_]

yo stop making them im always seeingfh them at my house dawg stop it

[@koobl6520]

You and Kofie are my favourite NBA youtubers. Long ass shifts at work but now i can chill and watch someone who knows more basketball than me ramble about topics i didnt know i wanted to learn.

[@whatshorts]

I tried to Colab with him a while back, but I think he got too busy. Great creator, very thoughtful guy.

[@inhop2443]

Watching D Rose cry when he got that traded call damn bear broke my stoney heart.

[@whatshorts]

yeah poor guy

[@Theuploader5555]

Love the vid. But the Larry David story you mentioned was not what he said on Larry king. He said that he used to have this part of his brain that was always stressed about money, but when he got his bag, that part of his brain didn’t go away. It just became filled with other things to stress about that weren’t money related, often harder to solve problems.

[@whatshorts]

I knew I had a detail wrong about it. good call.

[@gnm4]

You didn't have to drop another banger edit: This is now one of my favorite nba youtube videos great work u friggin stud

[@whatshorts]

Sometimes you bang when no one is even asking you to bang.

[@cabbage2943]

Mike Conley man seeing the latter stages of his career play out has been beautiful. First All Star appearance a few years ago and now a central role in this Minnesota team it’s really great

[@whatshorts]

Mike Conley rules.

[@marcjunay6653]

D rose retired i thought

[@richborn6700]

Bite Bite is that guy for sure

[@TobyKBTY]

I remember visiting family in Chicago more than a decade ago, around the time after D Rose won MVP. He was a religion in that city at that point. You could just yell out “D ROSE” to a random group of people and they’d cheer or say D ROOOOOOSE in turn. Everyone had a jersey.

[@whatshorts]

I remember that "the return" adidas ad. It went so hard.

[@Quatchi919]

Derrick Rose ❌ There Grows ✅

[@whatshorts]

Where the red fern grows ✅

[@dcatura1]

Derrick Rose’s contract not only pays his brother, Reggie, $250-300k a year as a “consultant,” Randall Hampton, DRose’s best friend & assistant, is paid $75k annually for “consulting services.” Adidas also has to pay $150k annually to what ever AAU Team D.Rose is sponsoring for that year.

[@whatshorts]

That's one of the best deals of all time imo. I like the security aspect of it. Not wanting a giant lump sum, but ensuring himself and his family stability.

[@bowbuckets6005]

ngl, you my fav youtuber rn. im excited whenever i see you pop up on my feed bro

[@whatshorts]

Good to hear, man! Glad you're diggin the content.

[@fesc9731]

Watching between sets rn thank you for resting me up

[@whatshorts]

pump it!

[@dongododongo]

Love your videos man!

[@whatshorts]

thanks for showing out brother

[@Dommyea]

Love your content. Keep it up.

[@whatshorts]

thanks man glad you're enjoying it!

[@TheRoguay]

Another banger to watch during lunch keep it up 🤝

[@whatshorts]

I make videos to masticate to.

[@stopclutchcards5080]

Excellent analysis once again

[@whatshorts]

I'm blushing

[@guestsarentcool]

eating dinner watching this after studying for 8 hours. Appreciate the content

[@whatshorts]

u better pass that exam, fam!

[@slothian7561]

Mike Conley and Greg oden actually went to the same high school in Indiana that I currently work at. They were national champs

[@whatshorts]

That's what's up! Lawrence North right (didn't look it up, straight off the dome.)

[@slothian7561]

@@whatshorts yup, they definitely were recruited to play here tho. Neither of them were born in anywhere near Indiana.

[@taylormarkwell2044]

Love the videos!

[@whatshorts]

videos love you back man!

[@nedtedjedfreded]

Excited to see the growth of the channel

[@whatshorts]

Me too brother me too

[@dcatura1]

1:41 Kobe left Adidas and signed with Nike in 2003, 8 years before D. Rose signed with Adidas.

[@whatshorts]

good call! thanks

[@cjpacholke3837]

After Steph’s March madness run at Davidson he went to a local Dick’s sporting good and I was one of 3 family’s that got to meet him. He later beat the Celtics (the team I go for) in the finals but I got to see the Celtics revenge game in person where it was 82 to 38 at half time

[@whatshorts]

Was he cool when you met him?

[@lucasmutzenbechergentilleo4715]

Love your content man, watching all the way from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, global channel right there!! On the D Rose take and all the potential I really think Kawhi is the one odd example of the "what if" scenario. All time great playoff player and top 3 perimeter defender ever two finals MVP and two DPOYs and I could well argue injuries still robbed us of a top 8ish all time player

[@whatshorts]

worldwide!! I agree, but he had such a great career people don't really even think about what could have been.

[@Hyabuzza1122]

Love your vids

[@whatshorts]

vids love you back baby

[@tristanlady]

It was 50 dross dropped in Minnesota

[@whatshorts]

that makes more sense. 40 wouldn't have been too crazy

[@ziggymcdougal]

Boban. Everyone loves Boban.

[@whatshorts]

facts.

[@metal--babble346]

there's been 1,784 Steph Curry comps .. but there's only been 1 Steph

[@whatshorts]

This is true, it's partly because guys covering the draft don't want to put the work into coming up with a legit comp. Everyone under six four and shoots 3s is the next Steph curry

[@user-vk6qj3nh8h]

I like how you don’t have an intro, we don’t need one here.

[@whatshorts]

you already know what it is.

[@SloppyFatBoy15]

Literally no video needs an intro ever. Just get into the content and it'll be obvious what you're talking about

[@jackafen]

Perfect timing

[@whatshorts]

excellent

[@Willisaint]

I’m 11 seconds in if Naz Reid isn’t mentioned I’m gonna be pissed

[@whatshorts]

😳

[@Willisaint]

@@whatshorts Alright yknow i love your videos. my precious sweet lebonbon not being #1 is slightly a let down. Also 100s of people are walking around minnesota with "Naz Reid" tattooed on themselves for the foreseeable future. Big Jelly is #11

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

ANT is actually in Adidas

[@whatshorts]

dude. I'm so embarrassed. by b

[@richborn6700]

Anthony Edwards has revitalized Minnesota in way we haven't had SINCE the Big Ticket. Even Melo says Tatum would be face of the league if he had half the *Aura* Ant possesses. Plus we got Conley who is basically the Anti CP3

[@whatshorts]

I have a buddy who lives in Minneapolis. He didn't even know about the basketball team until last year.

[@rigbythekhajiit]

Also had to comment again just to say the D-Rose/Amy Weinhouse comparison wasn’t on my 2024 bingo board but wow does it fit well

[@whatshorts]

you either die a legend or live long enough to be "washed"

[@JohnnyFales]

Thanks for being here because you mother ate a corn dog is wild 😂😂😂

[@whatshorts]

I'm a wild type of guy 😎

[@Monster69Cookie]

“Can’t say family guy” >says family guy 🤔

[@whatshorts]

people have that association of the TV show, so I had to roll it back then roll it forward. lol

[@bookaufman9643]

As soon as I saw the title of this I immediately thought of Steven Adams. One thing I really like about him is that if you ask any experienced NBA player who the strongest guy in the NBA is they will all say it's Steven Adams. Zion talks about how much stronger Steven Adams is than he is.😊 On top of that he's just a good dude. That's really rare in life and really really rare in sports where we're having to deal with a bunch of spoiled millionaires.

[@whatshorts]

I wonder how much Steven Adams works out. Does he even lift or is he just naturally jacked?

[@bookaufman9643]

@@whatshorts I think he's one of those dudes that never works out or maybe does the stuff to keep himself in condition to be able to do all the cardio but I don't think he works out to be stronger.

[@whatischampion]

I hurt my back playing basketball by myself yesterday

[@whatshorts]

I will pray for you brother

[@rigbythekhajiit]

Our favorite NBA Wook

[@whatshorts]

no doubt

[@Bkgiest]

Steph is my 🐐 a big part of that is dominating and winning while not being an ahole. Leading without all of that performative alpha bs.

[@whatshorts]

I think that was a big sentiment with new NBA fans circa 2016

[@ro-qw6nj]

idk if he's signed in a contract rn but i love isaiah thomas

[@whatshorts]

He'll probably sign a couple 10 days this season.

[@ethanh2560]

please add some background music 😭😭

[@whatshorts]

enjoy the ASMR brother.

[@UncleJrueForTue]

Jrue Holiday in my very much non-biased opinion, should be number 1.

[@whatshorts]

Agreed. I ain't even got Jrue in my handle.

[@mattm.5968]

strong disagree about drose, that whole 'consent' thing grossed me out and left taste in my mouth... Also, I'm starting a youtube and you've really inspired me to start making videos (on a different channel, don't wanna spam promo lol). It really feels like you have 'it', like in terms of presenting and sharing your opinion in an actually interesting way. I prefer this channel than the larger one just because there's air in-between what you gotta say, it's a much easier listen imo

[@whatshorts]

that's nice of you to say! I've got a few tips that I've learned over the years if you're interested, if not disregard the rest of this reply. 1. Make lots of shorts youtube gives a lot of exposure for shorts. 2. Make videos over 15 minutes, youtube likes that too. 3. Don't be afraid to make clickbaity thumbnails and titles (no shame) Good luck man!

[@mattm.5968]

@@whatshorts thank you so much man! appreciate it a lot :)

[@kylevail6630]

Honorable mention to Josh hart

[@whatshorts]

yeah him and Brunson.

[@miljanmatovic880]

I'm not sure what you wanted Jokic to do about the Morris guy, just take the hit and ivite more losers to hit him?

[@whatshorts]

He should have prayed for Markieef's salvation.

[@miljanmatovic880]

@@whatshorts I am sure he did... after he returned the favor the same way he was given one...

[@dionbomers1312]

Love the vid dad

[@whatshorts]

you are loved my child.

[@macabu1418]

JOHN WALL YERRRR

[@whatshorts]

yerr!

[@angozzie]

yeah bro i live like 90min away from rotorua (adam stevens hometown) and holy fuck that place smells like shit my goodness. i would say however, it’s worth a visit though if you do find yourself in NZ despite the smell.

[@whatshorts]

I had a friend growing up who had well water and his whole house smelled like diarrhea all the time. He didn't even know because he was used to it. I'll check out NZ this year or next.

[@sheesh944]

Did ur brain shut down at the sheer thought of jrue?

[@whatshorts]

nah nah, my camera only can record 30 minutes of video at a time. I had to push record again. Jrue did get me woozy though.

[@petershipman8391]

12:45 queer men watch your vids too brother

[@whatshorts]

I see you I see you 👀

[@gagereddish4831]

I don’t think the Giannis loves as wide spread as you think

[@whatshorts]

go on

[@thomasc269]

I get that he used to be hated but I think at this point Lebron should easily make this list

[@whatshorts]

we were talking about that in the chat today. Should have been there, man. We were wildin.

[@olegal11]

Maxey

[@whatshorts]

yerp!

[@lizard_man6947]

hehe family guy

[@whatshorts]

lol

[@kaeleigh_]

It's not all men that watch this show ♡ sincerly a woman

[@whatshorts]

I know. Doing the math it's you and 5 other women. haha

[@JakeyFreeHa]

Definitely sounds like you are criticizing embiid

[@whatshorts]

get in the chat fam. (Also if you think I'm criticizing now, check out the video on the other channel)

[@_Shae__]

12:38 hey you got one non-binary viewer here at least

[@whatshorts]

There's a few more they/thems out here in the comments.

[@_Shae__]

@@whatshorts hell yeah

[@keeganryan7481]

Kobe left Adidas and signed with Nike in 2003

[@whatshorts]

my timeline was way off. Remember the first kobe shoe? those were sick.

[@keeganryan7481]

@@whatshorts the crazy 1s? always wanted the taxi colorway as wacky as they are

[@whatshorts]

the space slipper

[@ajarnmichael1]

I think you forgot JALEN BRUNSON somehow.

[@whatshorts]

He's hot right now, but he needs time to stew before he's a loved legend.

[@kylevail6630]

Give him 2-3 years and he will be the hero of New York City

[@DanielTaylor-tz1rf]

Did u forget about the “we men” scandal

[@whatshorts]

I guess so. what's that? D rose?

[@DanielTaylor-tz1rf]

@@whatshorts D rose grape allegations, man

[@emi_fisher]

d rose loveable? lol

[@whatshorts]

people seem to ignore the civil suit (grape allegation)

[@bookaufman9643]

Russell Westbrook is a stats chaser. Nikola Jokic certainly is not. Just the accusation pisses me off. Come on man is this the Kendrick Perkins channel.? It was that kind of bullshit that actually cost him the 2023 MVP. I don't like this take.😊

[@whatshorts]

He's aware a bit of his stats. He's not going to jeopardize the game chasing stats, but he knows where he's at on score board.

[@bookaufman9643]

@@whatshorts yeah but that's every player in the NBA. I seriously think that's a 100% thing for all players. If you put it on a list of things about him then I think it comes off unfairly because it seems like he does it more than other players or is known for doing it which only Kendrick Perkins seems to think.

[@aron3481]

wemby bro

[@whatshorts]

yeah, that's true. we need to let him stew in the league for a few years though.

[@KenanUqe]

Only downgrade about this video is it doesn't include one n only Boban Marjanovic, most beloved giant ever.

[@whatshorts]

Somebody has gotta sign him before the season starts