The best in the 21st century, there is no problem with having a teacher better than O Neal, and the other two are more controversial?

CBS Sports has awarded the best first, second and third lineups of the 21st century, and dropped another bomb in the offseason, which has sparked heated discussions among fans. However, this time the dispute is not large because most of them are reasonable and meet the fans' expectations. For example, there is no suspense in the first round of Curry, Kobe, James, and Duncan. There is no controversy in Wade, Durant and Antetokounmpo in the second round of teams, and there is no problem in Nowitzki, Nash, and Howard in the third round of teams. Let’s talk about the three controversial positions.

First place, Teacher Yo and O'Neal

This time, CBS Sports ranked Teacher Yo in the first team, and O'Neal was second, which caused the biggest controversy. First of all, it should be noted that 2000 does not belong to the 21st century. The 21st century starts from 2001 to 3,000, just like the 20th century starts from 1901 to 2000. O'Neal was selected by the Magic in 1992 and entered the NBA. His peak season was the 1999-2000 season. He directly won the honors of MVP, championship, FMVP, All-Star MVP, scoring champion, etc., and cannot be counted as in the 21st century. In addition, in the eight years between 1992 and 2000, O'Neal had one more scoring champion, six best-squad, and six All-Stars, which could not be counted as the honor of the 21st century.

Even so, O'Neal still won three championships, two FMVPs, six best first teams, and eight All-Stars honors in the 21st century, which is enough to compete with Teacher Yo. Teacher Yo's main honors include 3 MVPs, 1 championship, 1 FMVP, 5 Best First Team, 7 All-Stars. In terms of the most hardcore honors, MVP led O'Neal 3-0, FMVP fell behind 0-1, and the championship was 1-3. When other honors are similar and hardcore honors are each advantageous, Teacher Yo has a more advantage in data comprehensiveness. So to a certain extent, it is reasonable to ask Teacher to occupy this position, and his career is still at its peak, and he can accumulate more honors and data later.

Therefore, my conclusion is that throughout my career, I am certainly not as good as the shark at present, but compared with the situation in the 21st century, O'Neal "losed" for 8 years, so it is normal for me to be "squeezed out" by I am a while.

Second, Paul, Harden, Westbrook

As a player without a champion and MVP, why can Paul always be favored in the ranking list of major players? Maybe it is because he has accumulated other honors to the extreme. 11 Best Team, 9 Best Defensive Team, 5 Assist King, 6 Stealing King, and 12 All-Stars, ranking second in total assists and total steals in history, which is indeed a very solid resume.

However, when we talk about player rankings or historical status, we should give priority to hard-core honors such as MVP and championship. Even the "single statistics king", the value of the scoring king is far better than the assist king and the steal king. From this perspective, in the absence of a championship, Harden's MVP and three scoring champions are capable of defeating Paul. In addition, Harden has 8 honors such as the Best Team (6 of which are first team), 2 assists, 11 All-Stars and other honors. With three years less than Paul, his career total score and total assists are approaching the top 10 in history, which are all amazing achievements.

Westbrook is the best player in Harden, but because of his MVP and 2 scoring champions, he is no less than Paul. Westbrook also has 9 honors such as the Best Team, 9 All-Stars and 3 assists, as well as the achievements of averaging triple-double for three consecutive seasons. The accumulation of various career data is also ranked among historical guards, and there is no absolute difference between them and Paul.

Third, Leonard and Garnett

Leonard can enter the third team, relying on 2 championships and 2 FMVP honors, but he has few other honors. Due to frequent injuries, he has not played many games and has no advantage in data accumulation. Although Garnett entered the NBA in 1995, except for his first five years of his career in the 21st century, KG, after entering the 21st century, still has the honors of 1 MVP, 1 championship, 1 best defensive player, 7 best team, 11 best defensive team, 4 rebounding champion, 12 All-Stars, and 1 All-Star MVP. It can be said that small honors all surround small cards, and big honors also have MVP and championships to compete with it.

In summary, I think the best team in the 21st century should be (2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center)

Best first team: Curry, Kobe, James, Duncan, Teachers,

Best second team: Harden, Wade, Durant, Antetokounmpo, O'Neal

Best third team: Nash, Westbrook, Garnett, Nowitzki, Howard