Every year all of the basketball and sports sites like to release their top however many players in the league. Some rank the top 50, 100, or the entire league. However, here at Basketball Society, we have decided to take a different route in our player rankings. We took a page out of the NCAA’s book and made our preseason all-division teams. These teams were all voted on, and each position was decided by a regular count of the tally marks. There were five society members(names listed below) voting on these teams, with the occasional sixth as a tie breaker, and these are the results:
Society Voters:
Alex Fischbein – @ThatKidFisch
Aram Cannuscio – @ACannus
Alec Walt – @AlecWalt
DJ Allen – @DJAllen23
Alfonso De Falco – @FonzyDeFalco
Atlantic Division:
PG – Kyle Lowry
SG – DeMar DeRozan
SF – Carmelo Anthony
PF – Nerlens Noel
C – Brook Lopez
Others receiving votes: Isaiah Thomas, DeMarre Carroll, David Lee, Jahlil Okafor
Central Division:
PG – Kyrie Irving
SG – Jimmy Butler
SF – LeBron James
PF – Pau Gasol
C – Andre Drummond
Others receiving votes: Monta Ellis, Paul George, Greg Monroe
Southeast Division:
PG – John Wall
SG – Dwyane Wade
SF – Tobias Harris
PF – Chris Bosh
C – Al Jefferson
Others receiving votes: Jeff Teague, Justise Winslow, Paul Millsap, Nikola Vucevic, Al Horford
Pacific Division:
PG – Russell Westbrook
SG – Gordon Hayward
SF – Kevin Durant
PF – Serge Ibaka
C – Rudy Gobert
Others receiving votes: Andrew Wiggins, Kevin Martin, Kenneth Faried
Southwest Division:
PG – Mike Conley
SG – James Harden
SF – Kawhi Leonard
PF – Anthony Davis
C – Marc Gasol
Northwest Division:
PG – Stephen Curry
SG – Klay Thompson
SF – Rudy Gay
PF – Blake Griffin
C – DeMarcus Cousins
Others receiving votes: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green