Okay, so the ESPN NBA player rankings have reached the obvious number one spot, and since there has been a lot of complaining around these parts about this list (and since the ESPN Sports Nation poll is pretty heart-attack inducing, with Kobe at 3 and garnering more first place votes than Durant) I thought I would much rather have this conversation with CHers. My list is below. I'm pretty solid on my top 10, but I rated players after that quickly, so I could be convinced to change my mind on the merits of, say, Aldridge over Bosh or Griffin. But I really want to know what you think.

Also, here's the link if you want to vote in the ESPN poll. Hopefully some intelligence can be injected into the proceedings: http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/post/_/id/8428065/nba-top-player

1.LeBron James

2.Kevin Durant

3.Chris Paul

4.Dwight Howard

5.Kevin Love

6.Derrick Rose

7.Dwyane Wade

8.Rajon Rondo

9.Deron Williams

10.Russell Westbrook

11.Dirk Nowitzki

12.Kobe Bryant

13.Tony Parker

14.Pau Gasol

15.Steve Nash

16.Carmelo Anthony

17.Chris Bosh

18.Andrew Bynum

19.Blake Griffin

20.LaMarcus Aldridge