NBA Pre-Postseason Player Tiers 1 and 2: Wembanyama quickly rising; Giannis, Jokić steady at top

Yesterday, I largely focused on setting the table for the updated NBA Pre-Postseason Players Tiers before revealing Tier 3 and Tier 4. For starters, a consistent bit of feedback — and one I’ve gotten from multiple sources since the release of Tiers 3 and 4 — is the always difficult evaluation of which player is more valuable between an elite role player and a good-but-not-great primary or secondary creator. Team ATL BKN BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NOP NYK OKC ORL PHI PHX POR SAC SAS TOR UTA Postion C PF PG SF SG Tier Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Expand all Collapse all Loading Try changing or resetting your filters to see more. Tier 1 1A Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL Tiers over time MIL PF Tier 1 1A Nikola Jokić DEN Tiers over time DEN C Tier 1 1B Stephen Curry GSW Tiers over time GSW PG Tier 1 1B Luka Dončić DAL Tiers over time DAL PG Tier 1 1B Kevin Durant PHX Tiers over time PHX PF Tier 1 1B Joel Embiid PHI Tiers over time PHI C Tier 1 Tier 2 2A Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC Tiers over time OKC SG Tier 2 2A LeBron James LAL Tiers over time LAL PF Tier 2 2A Kawhi Leonard LAC Tiers over time LAC PF Tier 2 2A Jayson Tatum BOS Tiers over time BOS SF Tier 2 2B Devin Booker PHX Tiers over time PHX SG Tier 2 2B Jimmy Butler MIA Tiers over time MIA SF Tier 2 2B Anthony Edwards MIN Tiers over time MIN SG Tier 2 2B Victor Wembanyama SAS Tiers over time SAS C Tier 2 2C Bam Adebayo MIA Tiers over time MIA C Tier 2 2C Jalen Brunson NYK Tiers over time NYK PG Tier 2 2C Anthony Davis LAL Tiers over time LAL C Tier 2 2C De'Aaron Fox SAC Tiers over time SAC PG Tier 2 2C Paul George LAC Tiers over time LAC SF Tier 2 2C James Harden LAC Tiers over time LAC PG Tier 2 2C Donovan Mitchell CLE Tiers over time CLE SG Tier 2 2C Ja Morant MEM Tiers over time MEM PG Tier 2 2C Jamal Murray DEN Tiers over time DEN PG Tier 2 Tier 3 3A Rudy Gobert MIN Tiers over time MIN C Tier 3 3A Tyrese Haliburton IND Tiers over time IND PG Tier 3 3A Chet Holmgren OKC Tiers over time OKC C Tier 3 3A Kyrie Irving DAL Tiers over time DAL PG Tier 3 3A Damian Lillard MIL Tiers over time MIL PG Tier 3 3A Zion Williamson NOP Tiers over time NOP PF Tier 3 3A Trae Young ATL Tiers over time ATL PG Tier 3 3B Jaylen Brown BOS Tiers over time BOS SF Tier 3 3B DeMar DeRozan CHI Tiers over time CHI SG Tier 3 3B Jrue Holiday BOS Tiers over time BOS PG Tier 3 3B Lauri Markkanen UTA Tiers over time UTA PF Tier 3 3B Kristaps Porziņģis BOS Tiers over time BOS C Tier 3 3B Pascal Siakam IND Tiers over time IND PF Tier 3 3C Paolo Banchero ORL Tiers over time ORL PF Tier 3 3C Bradley Beal PHX Tiers over time PHX SG Tier 3 3C Brandon Ingram NOP Tiers over time NOP SF Tier 3 3C Tyrese Maxey PHI Tiers over time PHI PG Tier 3 3C Derrick White BOS Tiers over time BOS SG Tier 3 3C Jalen Williams OKC Tiers over time OKC SF Tier 3 Tier 4 4A OG Anunoby NYK Tiers over time NYK PF Tier 4 4A Desmond Bane MEM Tiers over time MEM SG Tier 4 4A Scottie Barnes TOR Tiers over time TOR PF Tier 4 4A Mikal Bridges BKN Tiers over time BKN SF Tier 4 4A Darius Garland CLE Tiers over time CLE PG Tier 4 4A Aaron Gordon DEN Tiers over time DEN PF Tier 4 4A Draymond Green GSW Tiers over time GSW PF Tier 4 4A Jaren Jackson Jr. MEM Tiers over time MEM C Tier 4 4A Brook Lopez MIL Tiers over time MIL C Tier 4 4A CJ McCollum NOP Tiers over time NOP SG Tier 4 4A Khris Middleton MIL Tiers over time MIL SF Tier 4 4A Brandon Miller CHA Tiers over time CHA SF Tier 4 4A Evan Mobley CLE Tiers over time CLE PF Tier 4 4A Michael Porter Jr. DEN Tiers over time DEN SF Tier 4 4A Julius Randle NYK Tiers over time NYK PF Tier 4 4A Domantas Sabonis SAC Tiers over time SAC C Tier 4 4A Alperen Şengün HOU Tiers over time HOU C Tier 4 4A Fred VanVleet HOU Tiers over time HOU PG Tier 4 4A Franz Wagner ORL Tiers over time ORL SF Tier 4 4B Jarrett Allen CLE Tiers over time CLE C Tier 4 4B Herbert Jones NOP Tiers over time NOP SF Tier 4 4B Trey Murphy NOP Tiers over time NOP SF Tier 4 4B Dejounte Murray ATL Tiers over time ATL PG Tier 4 4B Karl-Anthony Towns MIN Tiers over time MIN C Tier 4 4B Myles Turner IND Tiers over time IND C Tier 4 4C LaMelo Ball CHA Tiers over time CHA PG Tier 4 4C RJ Barrett TOR Tiers over time TOR SF Tier 4 4C Miles Bridges CHA Tiers over time CHA PF Tier 4 4C Kentavious Caldwell-Pope DEN Tiers over time DEN SG Tier 4 4C Alex Caruso CHI Tiers over time CHI SG Tier 4 4C Mike Conley MIN Tiers over time MIN PG Tier 4 4C Cade Cunningham DET Tiers over time DET PG Tier 4 4C Jerami Grant POR Tiers over time POR PF Tier 4 4C Josh Hart NYK Tiers over time NYK SG Tier 4 4C Tyler Herro MIA Tiers over time MIA SG Tier 4 4C Zach LaVine CHI Tiers over time CHI SG Tier 4 4C Malik Monk SAC Tiers over time SAC SG Tier 4 4C Immanuel Quickley TOR Tiers over time TOR PG Tier 4