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According to ESPN, the best basketball player in the world is still LeBron James. The 35-year-old veteran edged out 27-year-old teammate Anthony Davis for second place.
The Los Angeles Lakers have become NBA champions this year. L. James has already earned his fourth ring.
Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was in third place. Behind him is another European, Luka Dončičius.
The 21-year-old Slovenian was ranked 16th on ESPN’s rankings last year.
Kawhi Leonard was fifth in the rankings, Kevin Durant was sixth, Damian Lillard was seventh, Stephen Curry was eighth, James Harden was ninth and Nikola Jokich was tenth.
Eleventh place went to Jayson Tatum, twelfth to Jimmy Butler, thirteenth to Bam Adebayo, fourteenth to Joel Embiid, fifteenth to Chris Paul, and sixteenth to Ben Simmons.
A Lithuanian was in the top 100. Domantas Sabonis, who was 63rd last year and 92nd last year, took a record 50th position in the standings.
Michael Porter, Deandre Aytonas and Jusufas Nurkičius were behind D. Sabonis in the ranking. Lithuanian Indiana Pacers club Myles Turner was 74th.
D. Sabonis, who played for the first time in the All-Star game last season, amassed an average of 18.5 points, 12.4 rebounds and 5 assists per NBA championship game.
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