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[QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 3508618, member: 60"]
Think you have to look at players in tiers since the positions matter more for the all nba teams.

Here are my tiers:

[B]LeBron tier:[/B]
LeBron

[B]Someone you are banking on to be a title contender every year once they hit their prime or are now in their prime: [/B]
Giannis
Luka
Kawhi
Steph*
KD*

[I]*Assumes these guys have prime years left post-injury. [/I]

[B]Guys that are good enough for MVPs, but you aren't really sure they can get you to the promised land (winning the Finals) with them being THE GUY:[/B]
Harden
AD
Dame
Jokic

[B]Guys that might make a jump, but right now you're talking about hoping or are just better than the guys in the next tier: [/B]
Butler 
Tatum
Klay (note, I'm assuming Klay can be back to 100%. I don't care what the guys in the next group can do, Klay can get you 60 on 11 dribbles and go NBA Jam from three. That matters nowadays).

[B]Guys that will or might make All NBA teams but have a hard ceiling at this point in their careers:[/B]
CP3
Mitchell
Embiid
Simmons
PG 13
Kyrie
Siakim

Yes, I purposefully omitted Russ, Middleton, Lowry, etc.

Tough to pick between Tatum and Jimmy. Both good to have on your team. Tatum is younger and a better scorer, Jimmy probably checks more boxes total.
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