We, as a sports community, are obsessed with rankings. We have weekly power rankings, we rank the top-100 NBA players, we even rank the starters at every position.
For the most part, this is a very flawed process. The game just doesn’t work that way. A player’s environment and situation impacts so much of their game, it is impossible for us to truly rank players.
Futhermore, a player’s ranking is highly dependent on what you require from them. Julius Randle has far less value in Utah alongside Rudy Gobert, than he does in New Orleans paired with Anthony Davis.