Who was the best NBA player each year since 2000?

Jwill8

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Who was the best NBA player each year since 2000?

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2020: ( so far)
 

Neutrinos

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Not going to do all the seasons, but:

Shaq in 2000, 2001, 2002
Garnett in 2004, 2005
LeBron for about a decade
Durant in 2014
Curry in 2016
Harden in 2017, 2018
Antetokounmpo in 2019, 2020
 

nameless1

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2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Shaq
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Kobe
2007: Notwitzki
2008: LeBron
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: Lebron
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: Durant
2015: LeBron
2016: Curry
2017: Westbrook
2018: Harden
2019: Antetokounmpo
2020: Antetokounmpo

The years that gave me pause were 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2015.
Duncan had a better season in 2001 to 2002...
As he led every statistic category except point per game and field goal percentage...
But Shaq was still a living cheat code...
And a nightmare in the playoffs.
I relied more on the eye test for this year.

In the 2004-2005 season...
Garnett carried over his individual success from the previous season...
But Nash had that 50-40-90 season...
Along with the MVP.
This year was definitely close between the two...
But that was arguably Nash's best year as a pro.

Both the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons are close calls between Notwitzki and Kobe...
But I will give 2005-2006 to Kobe...
For his monster numbers and great efficiency...
And 2006-2007 to Notwitzki...
For his 50-40-90 season...
And that MVP trophy.
Garnett had another strong case in 2006-2007 too.

2014-2015 was one of those years that nobody really dominated...
As Durant only played in 27 games...
And Harden, Westbrook, and Curry had great seasons...
But I still went with LeBron...
Because he was the most complete player that year.
It was probably the hardest to decide out of all the years...
Since I had to rely on only the eye test.
 
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Maestro84

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2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Duncan
2006: Kobe
2007: Dirk
2008: Kobe
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: LeBron
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: KD
2015: Curry
2016: Curry
2017: LeBron
2018: LeBron
2019: Kawhi
2020: Giannis
 
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HisIceness

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I'll give this a shot

2000: Shaq
2001: Iverson
2002: Duncan
2003: McGrady
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Bryant
2007: Nowitzki
2008: Paul
2009: Howard
2010: James
2011: Rose
2012: James
2013: Anthony
2014: Durant
2015: Curry
2016: Curry
2017: Westbrook
2018: Harden
2019: Leonard
2020: Antetokounmpo
 

dahrougem2

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2000: Shaq
2001: Iverson
2002: Duncan
2003: McGrady
2004: Garnett
2005: Garnett
2006: Kobe
2007: Kobe
2008: Kobe
2009: Dwight
2010: LeBron
2011: Rose
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: KD
2015: LeBron
2016: Curry
2017: Harden
2018: Harden
2019: Kawhi
2020: Giannis
 

Bertuzzzi44

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2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Kobe
2007: Kobe
2008: Kobe
2009: Kobe
2010: LeBron
2011: Rose
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: Durant
2015: Curry
2016: Curry
2017: Westbrook
2018: Harden
2019: Kawhi
2020: Antetokounmpo
 

bambamcam4ever

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2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Nash
2007: Nash/Nowitzki
2008: LeBron
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: LeBron
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: LeBron
2015: LeBron
2016: LeBron
2017: LeBron
2018: LeBron
2019: Giannis
2020: Giannis/Lebron
 

Cassano

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GTA
2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Kobe
2007: Nowitzki
2008: Kobe
2009: Kobe
2010: LeBron
2011: LeBron
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: LeBron
2015: Curry
2016: Curry
2017: LeBron
2018: Harden
2019: Giannis
2020: Giannis​
 

KoozNetsOff 92

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2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Nash
2007: Nash/Nowitzki
2008: LeBron
2009: LeBron
2010: LeBron
2011: LeBron
2012: LeBron
2013: LeBron
2014: LeBron
2015: LeBron
2016: LeBron
2017: LeBron
2018: LeBron
2019: Giannis
2020: Giannis/Lebron

Almost 100% agree, just switch 06 to Kobe and 07 to just Nowitzki.
 

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2000: Shaq
2001: Shaq
2002: Duncan
2003: Duncan
2004: Garnett
2005: Nash
2006: Kobe
2007: Duncan
2008: Garnett
2009: Lebron
2010: Lebron
2011: Lebron
2012: Lebron
2013: Lebron
2014: Lebron
2015: Curry
2016: Lebron
2017: Curry
2018: Curry
2019: Giannis
2020: Giannis
 

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