Nick’s Top 5 Basketball Stars
Check out Nick’s top 5 list of the best basketball stars currently playing in the NBA.
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Irving is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named NBA Rookie of the Year after being drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the first overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft Kyrie is a 6-time NBA All-Star and won an NBA Championship with the Cavaliers in 2016.
LeBron James
Lebron James is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the greatest NBA players in history, James is frequently compared to Michael Jordan in debates over the greatest basketball player of all time. He has won four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA Finals MVP Awards and two Olympic gold medals James played High School basketball at St. Vincent–St. Mary high school in Akron, Ohio, where he was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA superstar A prep-to-pro, he joined the Cleveland Cavaliers straight out of high school in 2003 and led them to their first NBA Finals appearance in 2006.
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant is an American Professional Basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the University of Texas, and was selected as the second overall pick by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2007 NBA Draft nt Won numerous accolades, including the NBA Rookie of the Year Award and soon became one of the best players in the league. In 2012, he led his team to an NBA Championship and was named the Finals MVP After nine seasons with the Thunder organization, he moved to Golden State in 2016 and won back-to-back championships with them in 2017 and 2018. Durant helped lead Team USA to gold medals at two Olympic Games winning consecutive tournaments in 2010 and 2014.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is widely considered one of the best players in the NBA, and has won numerous awards, including two NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Awards and two NBA championships
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins and was selected as the fourth overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Oklahoma City Thunder He is a nine-Ime Nba All-Star, and two-time NBA All-Star game Most Valuable Player In 2017, he was named the NBA Most Valuable Player after averaging a triple-double for the second consecutive season. He has led the league in scoring three times and is the only player to average a triple-double for a season. Westbrook has also been selected to eleven All-NBA teams and led his team to victory in the 2014–15 NBA playoffs
