Zach Lowe on Get Up The top four players in the league when everyone is healthy are indisputably Luka Jokic Giannis and Embiid This year Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was No 5 Jayson Tatum is somewhere 6th 7th 8th

Bill Simmons I have him Jalen Brunson above Nash Kidd Sam Jones Harden Gervin and Luka

Jokic or LeBron James Luka Doncic Jokic Jokic or Larry Bird Luka Larry Bird

Stein Based on where we are as of 1208 Eastern on Monday the Sixers the Timberwolves the Heat your Nuggets based on everything I've been told all weekend they all still believe they're in with a chance for LeBron

Trae Young This is the most slept on Ive been in my whole lifeI understand there's a lot of recency bias going on in the media Imagine the Wizards as the No 1 team in the East next year What people gonna be saying

Jones Athletic's Jazz reporter on Kessler He's one of the 4 or 5 best rim protectors in the league He affects winning I think he can be another Rudy Gobert He's good enough defensively that he can be a walking top-10 defense He's a guy who can one day win a Defensive Player of the Year award

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is back in the gym as he begins preparing for next season