Over the past few days, SI.com's Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney have been unveiling their annual ranking of the top 100 players in the NBA. Today, they revealed the top 10, which includes Pacers All-Star Paul George.
Coming off the best season of his career that assuaged any lingering doubts about his ability to return to All-Star form after a 2014 leg injury, PG came in ninth in the SI duo's rankings, a sizeable leap from last year's rankings which had him at 20th.
Mahoney heaped praise upon the Pacers star's two-way game, writing, "How many players in the league are both their team’s primary shot creator and full-time defensive stopper?