#NBArank: Players Nos. 161-180
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September 29, 2015, 2:13 PM ET
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-- It's Year 5 for #NBArank!
ESPN is ranking (almost) every NBA player and counting them down on Twitter ( @ESPNNBA), from No. 400 to No. 1.
Who will be the best player this season?
To get the final ranking, we asked the panel to vote on pairs of players.
LeBron James vs. Stephen Curry. James Harden vs. Kevin Durant. Kobe Bryant vs. Pau Gasol.
We asked "Which player will be better in 2015-16?" To decide, voters had to consider both the QUALITY and the QUANTITY of each player's contributions to his team's ability to win games. Over 100 voters weighed in on nearly 30,000 pairs of players.
We'll roll out the results over the next five weeks. If you want to get involved in the discussion or just follow along, #NBArank is the Twitter hashtag to use. You also can follow along @ESPNNBA and on Facebook.
Today we'll be unveiling players Nos. 161-180 -- five names at a time -- starting at noon ET.
#NBArank: 161-180
Last year's rank: N/A2015-16 projected RPM: N/ALast year's rank: 1512015-16 projected RPM: 3.52Last year's rank: 1612015-16 projected RPM: 1.24Last year's rank: 1582015-16 projected RPM: -3.04Last year's rank: 1432015-16 projected RPM: 0.15Last year's rank: 1522015-16 projected RPM: 2.74Last year's rank: 2082015-16 projected RPM: 0.05Last year's rank: 2162015-16 projected RPM: -2.40Last year's rank: 1352015-16 projected RPM: -1.41Last year's rank: 1472015-16 projected RPM: -1.19Last year's rank: 2342015-16 projected RPM: 0.13Last year's rank: 1162015-16 projected RPM: 1.85Last year's rank: 2102015-16 projected RPM: 1.26Last year's rank: 1172015-16 projected RPM: 1.57Last year's rank: N/A2015-16 projected RPM: N/ALast year's rank: 1722015-16 projected RPM: -0.72Last year's rank: 2942015-16 projected RPM: -0.88Last year's rank: 1762015-16 projected RPM: -0.38Last year's rank: 762015-16 projected RPM: -1.67Last year's rank: 2202015-16 projected RPM: -2.75