{"id":461308,"date":"2017-10-13T12:15:48","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T16:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=461308"},"modified":"2017-10-24T17:45:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:45:54","slug":"2017-slam-top-50-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/2017-slam-top-50-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 SLAM Top 50 Players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unveiling the\u00a0SLAM Top 50<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0one of the most time-consuming and\u00a0exciting projects\u00a0of the year. And it\u2019s become our tradition as we count down the days until a new season begins.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02017 SLAM Top 50<\/a>\u00a0features\u00a0LeBron James at the top<\/a> for a record ninth straight season\u2014a feat that may never be replicated again.<\/p>\n

And as we like to do at this time, here\u2019s a closer look at the Top 50\u2026<\/p>\n

SLAM Top 50 newcomers:<\/strong>\u00a0Dion Waiters<\/a> (50),\u00a0Harrison Barnes<\/a> (47),\u00a0Lonzo Ball<\/a> (45),\u00a0Myles Turner<\/a>\u00a0(44), Nikola Jokic<\/a> (29), Joel Embiid<\/a> (28)<\/p>\n

Highest Top 50 debut:<\/strong>\u00a0Joel Embiid<\/a>\u00a0(28)<\/p>\n

Biggest Jump:<\/strong>\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>\u00a0(+19 to No. 7)<\/p>\n

Biggest Fall:<\/strong>\u00a0LaMarcus Aldridge<\/a>\u00a0(-22 to No. 40)<\/p>\n

Youngest Player:<\/strong>\u00a0Lonzo Ball<\/a> (19 years, 351 days)<\/p>\n

Oldest Player:<\/strong>\u00a0Carmelo Anthony<\/a> (33 years, 136 days)<\/p>\n

Team With Most Top 50 Players:<\/strong>\u00a0Golden State Warriors (Curry<\/a>,\u00a0Durant<\/a>,\u00a0Thompson<\/a>,\u00a0Green<\/a>)<\/p>\n

We\u2019d be remiss not to give a big shout out to the SLAM community. We wouldn\u2019t keep doing this without the incredible comments, discussions and even, disagreements. You\u2019re the reason we put the effort into making the best list we can.<\/p>\n

We put the 2017 Top 50 list into the\u00a0gallery above\u2014a condensed version of the past month and a half. Like it? Hate it? That\u2019s why we made it.<\/p>\n

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Our Top 50 list isn\u2019t the only one out there, but it\u2019s the only list that really matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":456984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,36],"tags":[32614,2625],"yst_prominent_words":[14816,34852,14863,34851,14374,14544,16232,18474,14575,32648],"class_list":["post-461308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-slam-top-50","tag-2017-slam-top-50","tag-slam-top-50"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461308"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461436,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461308\/revisions\/461436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461308"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=461308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}