Athletic Ranking Features Three Jazz Bigs — But Omits a Dynamic Guard

The player rankings that start to pop up at this time of year are time-consuming endeavors and very subjective, but they also do a fantastic job of sparking conversation. I would imagine that even those who compile the rankings would admit that you could easy change or adjust certain rankings, and they wouldn’t blame you. It does start to give you a good idea of each team’s potential and starpower, though. For example, heading into the 2020-21 season, the Utah Jazz finished had more players in Sports Illustrated’s ranking than any other team. They also finished with the league’s top record that season, after having seven of their players named in SI’s top 100: Derrick Favors, Jordan Clarkson, Mike Conley, Joe Ingles, Bojan Bogdanovic, Donovan Mitchell, and Rudy Gobert.

In one of the first player rankings of the year, The Athletic’s Seth Partnow does things a little…