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For the sixth season in a row, ESPN.com is ranking the top players in the NBA. Who will be the best player this season?To get the final ranking, we asked our expert panel to vote on pairs of players.LeBron James vs. Stephen Curry. Russell Westbrook vs. Kevin Durant. Damian Lillard vs. Chris Paul.We asked, Which player will be better in 2016-17? To decide, voters had to consider both the quality and the quantity of each players contributions to his teams ability to win games.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.On to the list ...5. Russell WestbrookThunder | PG | @russwest44Last years rank: 72016-17 projected RPM: 7.21Insider profile:?With Kevin Durant leaving for the Golden State Warriors, the Thunder are Westbrooks team -- particularly after he agreed to renegotiate and extend his contract, keeping him under team control through the summer of 2018. Look out.?Read more ?#NBArank 1-51: LeBron James2: Stephen Curry3: Kevin Durant4: Kawhi Leonard5: Russell Westbrook#NBArank 2016: The Top 200 countdown Travis Lakins Jersey . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from. Gorkys Hernandez Red Sox Jersey . The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game. https://www.cheapredsox.com/111z-rick-porcello-jersey-red-sox.html . -- An ugly goal by Nick Bonino helped the Anaheim Ducks overcome the defensive-minded Phoenix Coyotes on a night when their ragged power play continued to struggle. Heath Hembree Jersey . James, who turned 29 on Monday, injured his groin Friday during the Heats overtime loss at Sacramento. He sat out the following game, a 108-107 win Saturday in Portland, before coming back to help send the Nuggets to their seventh consecutive loss. Rod Beck Jersey . They reached the 100-point plateau for the fourth time in five games, bested the visiting Trail Blazers by 34 in the paint and scored 19 of the final 25 points in regulation. This story is part of ESPN The Magazines Oct. 31 NBA Preview Issue. Subscribe today!Philadelphia FlyersOverall:?58 Title track: 66 Ownership:?24 Coaching: 55 Players: 56 Fan relations:?35 Affordability: 88 Stadium experience:?56 Bang for the buck: 101 Change from last year: +23The Flyers, those perennial playoff-makers -- outside of a five-year drought in the early 90s, Philadelphia has never missed the postseason in consecutive years -- were not supposed to make the cut last year. And then, on the second-to-last day of the season, they clinched a spot anyway. So what does a second-half surge (20-9-6 after the All-Star break) and a surprise playoff berth buy you? In Philadelphia, its good for combined leaps of 147 spots up all of our rankings.Whats goodEd Snider, the man who brought hockey to the city of Philadelphia 50 years ago, owner of the Flyers since the day they first skated down Broad Street, died in April, just one day after the team put the finishing touches on its unexpected run. Its not often that the suits in the suites endear themselves to the nobodies in the nosebleeds, but Snider -- whose enthusiasm and drive to bring the Stanley Cup back to Philly rivaled even the most fervent Flyers fans -- managed just that feat. Perhaps its no surprise, then, that just about six months after his passing, Philadelphia posthumously named the teams ownership as its most favorabble asset in our rankings: No.dddddddddddd 24 overall.Whats badFans leave the Wells Fargo Center with their wallets a little too light, it seems: A night out in South Philly runs Flyers fans $104.73, on average. That is sixth highest in the NHL and 20 percent higher than the league average. Philly fans just arent sold that the on-ice product warrants sky-high prices, though -- the teams No. 88 ranking in affordability gives way to an even more dire No. 101 in bang for the buck. Too many early-round playoff exits, too few Lord Stanley sightings. But can they interest you in a $170, gold-tinged, much-derided 50th anniversary jersey?Whats newCraig Berube for two years here. Peter Laviolette for four years there. John Stevens for three years here. Ken Hitchcock for three years there. Have the Flyers finally found a coach that will stick ... and stick for good? Dave Hakstol, on the precipice of Year 2 with the club, is the beneficiary of the Flyers largest leap in this years standings -- 40 slots, from No. 95 in 2015 to No. 55 in 2016 -- and might just have the fans buy-in. Pro tip, Dave: Get the notoriously slow-starting Flyers humming from the jump this season, and you just might feel the brotherly love all year long.Next: Buffalo Sabres?| Full rankings ' ' '