If the drama from the team’s trades and contract negotiations was not enough, ESPN, with its list, stirred another debate. Despite leading the league in assists, Trae Young was ranked #29. Karl-Anthony Towns, with his career-high rebounding year, found himself at #27. But higher than them in rankings was somebody who scored fewer points than them on average–Derrick White. That’s why Gilbert Arenas was raging against such rankings.
Not only coming in support for KAT and Young, in fact, the Warriors star also defended Jrue Holiday and his ranking. “ ESPN really put Derrick White like 70 spots higher than Jrue Holiday on this top 100 list… 🤦🏾♂️ Bro, did y’all forget Jrue was locking up dudes while Derrick was just happy to get open corner 3s? ” For context, Jrue was not in the top 50 pl