{"id":1509364,"date":"2022-05-17T10:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T14:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1509364"},"modified":"2022-05-17T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T15:02:45","slug":"ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, 25 Hottest Players Heading Into NBA Conference Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png?w=1024&#038;h=655&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, and Jayson Tatum all factor into our NBA power rankings as of today.\" class=\"wp-image-1509504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png 1250w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png?w=300&amp;h=192 300w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png?w=768&amp;h=492 768w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png?w=1024&amp;h=655 1024w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png?w=1200&amp;h=768 1200w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png?w=94&amp;h=60 94w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><figcaption>(L-R) Jayson Tatum, Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry | Mike Calendrillo\/Sports7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021-22 <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nba\/\">NBA<\/a> standings first shrunk the postseason field to 16, and only four remain in the quest for the Larry O'Brien Trophy after the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/stephen-a-smith-slams-the-wrong-devin-booker-after-suns-collapse-gets-hilarious-response\/\">Phoenix Suns' complete collapse<\/a>. But as the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/miami-heat\/\">Miami Heat<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a> prepare to clash in the East and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/golden-state-warriors\/\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> square off in the West, how do the NBA power rankings as of today shake out, specifically looking at the leading players rather than the surviving teams? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jimmy Butler, Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, and Jayson Tatum have taken top billing as they've propelled their teams onto the Association's penultimate stage, but are they the four top figures in our rankings? The playoffs have featured fantastic performances from Grant Williams, Victor Oladipo, Jordan Poole, and plenty of others, but which supporting-cast members rise highest? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using data provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsmathnetwork.com\/nba-math\/nba-rolling-player-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA Math<\/a>, we\u2019re turning to rolling player ratings, which use game score and schedule adjustments to evaluate how each player has performed over his last 10 appearances. The higher the number, the better the performance, and it\u2019s scaled in a way that the scores are comparable to the scale on which scoring outputs are measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players must have suited up at least once in the last week and still be alive in the championship chase to be eligible for our top-25 countdown, which begins now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-nos-25-21-kevon-looney-derrick-white-jonathan-kuminga-maxi-kleber-grant-williams\">Nos. 25-21: Kevon Looney, Derrick White, Jonathan Kuminga, Maxi Kleber, Grant Williams<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grant Williams goes OFF for 25 PTS 4 REB &amp; 7 3PM to knock out Bucks \ud83c\udf7f | NBA on ESPN\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HtXxaCn7jrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>25. Kevon Looney, Golden State Warriors: 5.32<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24. Derrick White, Boston Celtics: 5.78<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>23. Jonathan Kuminga, Golden State Warriors: 6.07<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>22. Maxi Kleber, Dallas Mavericks: 6.91<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">21. Grant Williams, Boston Celtics: 7.88<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through his first 10 appearances in the 2022 playoffs, Grant Williams had averaged 9.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 0.9 assists while slashing 41.4\/41.9\/78.3. But the Milwaukee Bucks dared the Boston Celtics to make him the one to beat them in Game 7, and that's exactly what he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Milwaukee's defense routinely rotated away from Williams, leaving him open from beyond the arc so that he'd have to take looks otherwise reserved for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. The pressure that was supposed to be too big for the 23-year-old role player didn't seem to affect him, though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than clanking too many shots off the iron, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/boston-celtics-jaylen-brown-gives-grant-williams-new-nickname-while-jayson-tatum-gives-him-a-warning\/\">Grant Curry<\/a> hit seven of his 18 three-point attempts en route to a career-high 27 points \u2014 not a career high in the playoffs, but a career high at any stage of his NBA tenure, topping his previous best of 20 on March 21, 2022, against the Oklahoma City Thunder. If that's the version Boston gets for the remainder of the postseason, it could end up hoisting some hardware at the end of the NBA Finals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nos. 20-16: Reggie Bullock, P.J. Tucker, Draymond Green, Spencer Dinwiddie, Max Strus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;Andre has been such a great presence for us this year...Draymond is one of the most intelligent minds on the basketball court so I know they were probably bouncing ideas off each other&quot;<br><br>Klay Thompson on the leadership and presence of Andre Iguodala &amp; Draymond Green. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DxSIUkT7SS\">pic.twitter.com\/DxSIUkT7SS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1523909977924153344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>20. Reggie Bullock, Dallas Mavericks: 7.96<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>19. P.J. Tucker, Miami Heat: 8.13<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">18. Draymond Green, Golden State Warriors: 8.36<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17. Spencer Dinwiddie, Dallas Mavericks: 9.02<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>16. Max Strus, Miami Heat: 9.28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These rankings are purely objective, which is bad news for Draymond Green because so much of what he does to lift the Golden State Warriors \u2014 the relentless passion that oozes from his pores, the defensive rotations to prevent shots, the on-court coaching he provides his younger teammates \u2014 doesn't show up in the box score to help his overall standing. In reality, the Michigan State product checking in at No. 18 drastically undersells his contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, the Dubs probably wouldn't mind if Green's box scores started looking a bit better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His defense will be key against the Dallas Mavericks, regardless of whether Luka Doncic becomes his primary assignment or he's filling a more well-rounded role, but his offense needs to improve quickly. His sloppy passing, particularly in transition, was contagious against the Memphis Grizzlies, and he missed all six of his three-point attempts while often looking afraid to shoot and turning down good looks for tricky feeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green has been here before, though, which should make Golden State that much more confident about things clicking for him at the right time. This is his sixth career trip to the Western Conference Finals, and he has yet to lose at this stage of the postseason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nos. 15-11: Tyler Herro, Dorian Finney-Smith, Victor Oladipo, Andrew Wiggins, Marcus Smart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tyler Herro IGNITES Heat to Game 1 win over 76ers, ties Dwayne Wade record \ud83d\udd25\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yv-5MUVGZE8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">15. Tyler Herro, Miami Heat: 9.9<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14. Dorian Finney-Smith, Dallas Mavericks: 10.42<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13. Victor Oladipo, Miami Heat: 11.07<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12. Andrew Wiggins, Golden State Warriors: 11.35<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11. Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics: 11.59<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyler Herro has struggled to make much noise during the 2022 playoffs despite exploding for 24 points in Game 3 against the Atlanta Hawks (albeit in the series' lone loss) and a 25-spot against the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of the conference semifinals. As a whole, he's averaging just 13.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists while slashing 42.0\/27.3\/91.3. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Miami Heat are still dependent on his shot-making ability, and that'll be especially true against a suffocating Boston Celtics defense that routinely makes every shot in the half court as difficult as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Herro doesn't always have the greatest shot selection, but he's tremendous at getting off difficult looks and somehow tickling the twine with a hand in his face. He's comfortable creating in a one-on-one setting and serving as a bail-out option late in the shot clock, and Miami's success could hinge on how many of those tough attempts wind up successful. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nos. 10-6: Al Horford, Jordan Poole, Klay Thompson, Bam Adebayo, Jalen Brunson<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jalen Brunson (24 points) Highlights vs. Phoenix Suns | Round 2 Game 7\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jG7neiNDWKI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Al Horford, Boston Celtics: 13.11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. Jordan Poole, Golden State Warriors: 13.49<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors: 13.99<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7. Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat: 14.02<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">6. Jalen Brunson, Dallas Mavericks: 14.84<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/luka-doncic-joins-michael-jordan-kobe-bryant-nba-record-books\/\">Dallas Mavericks might go as Luka Doncic goes<\/a>, but turning that into a winning strategy is all the more difficult against a Golden State Warriors defense that has the pieces, experience, and discipline necessary to make the superstar's life rather difficult. If Jalen Brunson is able to thrive as a secondary playmaker and off-ball threat, the Mavericks' chances of making the NBA Finals for the first time since the Dirk Nowitzki era will skyrocket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, Brunson's postseason results have been up-and-down, to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He thrived against the Utah Jazz, averaging 27.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 4.2 assists while shooting 48.4% from the field, 36.4% from beyond the rainbow, and 84.6% at the stripe. And though he had a 28-point showcase in Game 3 against the Phoenix Suns and closed the series out with 24 points on 11-of-19 shooting, he was also held in check for the first time, experiencing the occasional shooting struggles while deferring more touches to Doncic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brunson is already going to get puh-aid \u2014 yes, with all the emphasis \u2014 this offseason despite a lack of funds from the vast majority of potential suitors across the league, but strutting his stuff on the biggest stage yet will only increase the size of his inevitable bag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nos. 5-1: Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Stephen Curry, Luka Doncic, Jimmy Butler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is just preposterous shotmaking from Jaylen Brown. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4eGkUs2v7u\">pic.twitter.com\/4eGkUs2v7u<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eric_nehm\/status\/1523324264706805761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">5. Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics: 16.21<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics: 18.95<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors: 20.46<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks: 25.61<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Jimmy Butler, Miami Heat: 25.73<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why feature Jaylen Brown here? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/jimmy-butler-torched-76ers-end-season-eviscerated-old-team-off-court\/\">Jimmy Butler's playoff bona fides have been on full display<\/a> for the Miami Heat. Luka Doncic has made the full-fledged superstar turn while carrying the Dallas Mavericks past the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference. Stephen Curry is, well, Stephen Curry. <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/jayson-tatum-rises-on-friday-the-13th-boston-celtics\/\">Jayson Tatum is quite obviously the best player on the Boston Celtics<\/a> and has played like it more often than not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown, though, gives the Beantown residents the only one-two punch found within the top five of our rankings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the 25-year-old hasn't made as many headlines for his postseason play, he's scored at least 18 points in 10 of his 11 appearances and has routinely put pressure on opposing defenses with his three-point shooting and ability to take bigger opponents off the bounce. If he can fill a similar role against a Miami Heat outfit with wing stoppers galore, he'll help generate easier looks for Tatum and the rest of the C's.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown lives in his own tier beneath the obvious leading figures for each of the four semifinalists but ahead of all the other supporting players. Is that enough to propel Boston to the Finals stage that has eluded it since 2010?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All stats, unless otherwise indicated, courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Basketball Reference<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsmathnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBA Math<\/a> and accurate heading into games on May 17.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sports7\"><em>Sports7<\/em><\/a><em> on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sports719\"><em>@sports719<\/em><\/a><em> and subscribe to our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqNJKuz5yhk6Ct2ah22Ny6A\"><em>YouTube channel<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/philadelphia-76ers-james-harden-proved-why-hes-not-answer-with-single-play-against-heat\/\">Philadelphia 76ers: James Harden Proved Why He\u2019s Not the Answer With a Single Play Against the Heat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and Jayson Tatum are the biggest names, but we're ranking more than just those four players in the conference finals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":1509504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4814,4837,4849,4851,91,86460],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Luka, Steph, Tatum, 25 Hottest NBA Players Entering Conference Finals - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks await, who are the 25 hottest NBA players leading into the conference finals?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Luka, Steph, Tatum, 25 Hottest NBA Players Entering Conference Finals - Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks await, who are the 25 hottest NBA players leading into the conference finals?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-17T14:49:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-17T15:02:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam Fromal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@fromal09\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam Fromal\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/\",\"name\":\"Luka, Steph, Tatum, 25 Hottest NBA Players Entering Conference Finals - Sports7\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-17T14:49:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-17T15:02:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/38220e7735ef340cf89379714278e155\"},\"description\":\"As Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks await, who are the 25 hottest NBA players leading into the conference finals?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png\",\"width\":1250,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"(L-R) Jayson Tatum, Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry | Mike Calendrillo\/Sports7\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ranking Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, 25 Hottest Players Heading Into NBA Conference Finals\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/\",\"name\":\"Sports7\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/38220e7735ef340cf89379714278e155\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/author\/adamfromal\/\",\"name\":\"Adam Fromal\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Adam-Fromal-96x96.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Adam-Fromal-96x96.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"Adam Fromal\"},\"description\":\"Adam Fromal joined the Endgame360 team in 2021 and works primarily with the Sports7 team. He comes with a wealth of sports writing knowledge, building on a career that started in 2010, and with editing experience dating back to 2016. Adam enjoys covering all facets of the sports industry but has a particular love for basketball and the NBA. He grew up with that as a favorite and made it a career when he covered the NBA for almost a decade as a writer for Bleacher Report. During that time, he covered Denver Nuggets games and ran his own analytics website called NBA Math (a venture that he continues today). Throughout his tenure as an editor, Adam has a few other claims to fame: He helped to provide quality control for the Emmy-nominated \\\"Game of Zones\\\" web series at Bleacher Report and worked as a fact-checker for The Ringer's Mirin Fader on her debut book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. Adam earned his bachelor's degrees from the University of Georgia in Classical Culture, Latin, and Psychology.\",\"sameAs\":[\"\",\"fromal09\",\"adam-fromal\/\",\"\",\"\"],\"jobTitle\":\"Adam Fromal | Managing Editor\",\"email\":\"\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Luka, Steph, Tatum, 25 Hottest NBA Players Entering Conference Finals - Sports7","description":"As Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks await, who are the 25 hottest NBA players leading into the conference finals?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Luka, Steph, Tatum, 25 Hottest NBA Players Entering Conference Finals - Sports7","og_description":"As Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks await, who are the 25 hottest NBA players leading into the conference finals?","og_url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/","og_site_name":"Sports7","article_published_time":"2022-05-17T14:49:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-17T15:02:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1250,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Adam Fromal","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@fromal09","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Adam Fromal","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/","name":"Luka, Steph, Tatum, 25 Hottest NBA Players Entering Conference Finals - Sports7","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png","datePublished":"2022-05-17T14:49:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-17T15:02:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/38220e7735ef340cf89379714278e155"},"description":"As Miami Heat-Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors-Dallas Mavericks await, who are the 25 hottest NBA players leading into the conference finals?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Power_Rankings.png","width":1250,"height":800,"caption":"(L-R) Jayson Tatum, Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry | Mike Calendrillo\/Sports7"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/ranking-luka-doncic-stephen-curry-jayson-tatum-25-hottest-players-nba-conference-finals\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ranking Luka Doncic, Stephen Curry, Jayson Tatum, 25 Hottest Players Heading Into NBA Conference Finals"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/","name":"Sports7","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/38220e7735ef340cf89379714278e155","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/author\/adamfromal\/","name":"Adam Fromal","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Adam-Fromal-96x96.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Adam-Fromal-96x96.jpeg","caption":"Adam Fromal"},"description":"Adam Fromal joined the Endgame360 team in 2021 and works primarily with the Sports7 team. He comes with a wealth of sports writing knowledge, building on a career that started in 2010, and with editing experience dating back to 2016. Adam enjoys covering all facets of the sports industry but has a particular love for basketball and the NBA. He grew up with that as a favorite and made it a career when he covered the NBA for almost a decade as a writer for Bleacher Report. During that time, he covered Denver Nuggets games and ran his own analytics website called NBA Math (a venture that he continues today). Throughout his tenure as an editor, Adam has a few other claims to fame: He helped to provide quality control for the Emmy-nominated \"Game of Zones\" web series at Bleacher Report and worked as a fact-checker for The Ringer's Mirin Fader on her debut book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA MVP. Adam earned his bachelor's degrees from the University of Georgia in Classical Culture, Latin, and Psychology.","sameAs":["","fromal09","adam-fromal\/","",""],"jobTitle":"Adam Fromal | Managing Editor","email":""}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1509510,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509364\/revisions\/1509510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}