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I was curious about ESPN’s #NBA Rank Rising Stars, where they rank the top 50 players under 25. I watched as Tobias Harris was ranked No. 36 — pretty cool. Then came Kentavious Caldwell-Pope at No. 26 — not too shabby. I then sat waiting for where 23-year-old Andre Drummond would fall. When it came down to the top 5 and he was still not ranked I was pretty impressed.
Then it came out today, and what the hell? No Dre? At all?
I went through the list about 10 times and didn’t believe my eyes so I typed it out to make sure. You can Ctrll-F this thing all you want, you want find Andre Drummond (see update below list):
50. Elfrid Payton
49. Bismack Biyombo
48. Larry Nance Jr.
47. TJ Warren
46. Gary Harris
45. Marquese Chriss
44. Cody Zeller
43. Jahlil Okafor
42. Emmanuel Mudiay
41. Jaylen Brown
40. Malcolm Brogdon
39. Jusuf Nurkic
38. Kris Dunn
37. Evan Fournier
36. Tobias Harris
35. Jamal Murray
34. Dario Saric
33. Marcus Smart
32. Jordan Clarkson
31. Nerlens Noel
30. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
29. Clint Capela
28. Aaron Gordon
27. Rodney Hood
26. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
25. Brandon Ingram
24. Victor Oladipo
23. Julius Randle
22. Enes Kanter
21. Dennis Schroder
20. Otto Porter Jr.
19. Harrison Barnes
18. D’Angelo Russell
17. Zach LaVine
16. Ben Simmons
15. Jonas Valanciunas
14. Steven Adams
13. Devin Booker
12. Myles Turner
11. Andrew Wiggins
10. Jabari Parker
9. Bradley Beal
8. Nikola Jokic
7. Rudy Gobert
6. Kristaps Porzingis
5. Kyrie Irving
4. Joel Embiid
3. Karl-Anthony Towns
2. Giannis Antetokounmpo
1. Anthony Davis
Yep. ESPN forgot about Dre. Look, I know Drummond and the Pistons are struggling this year, but we can all agree he’s better than Dennis freaking Schroder (no offense, Dennis). This has to be an ESPN error right? Or is it a colossal dis?
What do you think DBB?
UPDATE: ESPN acknowledged and fixed their error, putting Drummond at No. 14.
Unfortunately, this means Elfrid Payton is no longer an official BBVA Compass #NBARank Rising Star. Sorry for your luck, Elfrid. Also, #NBARank is stupid.