Bleacher Report’s definitive opus on the 2019-20 season comes with a few hot takes.
Bleacher Report has spent the past week ranking the top 15 players at every position in advance of the NBA’s Orlando re-start. The Philadelphia 76ers were well represented — Ben Simmons at the point guard position, Tobias Harris at the power forward position, and Joel Embiid at the center position.
To cap things off, Bleacher Report has now released a ranking of the top-100 players from this season. Those last two words are important. This is not “best players in a vacuum,” but “best players based on value added in 2019-20.” Naturally, players who have been hurt — or who have performed below expectations — are painted in a less flattering light.
The Philadelphia 76ers as a whole have performed below expectations this season, which can make it difficult to get a proper read on some players. While Tobias Harris, for example, has produced, a slow start and the Sixers’ inability to properly position him has hurt his stock.
Even so, the Sixers are liberally included on this list, but not in the exact way you might expect. Few teams have more individual talent than the Sixers. Philadelphia is simply struggled to take advantage of its talent. To make the parts work as a whole.
Here’s where everyone landed, from lowest to highest.