Imagine a world in which all NBA superstars were perceived as equals.
Boring, right?
All superstars aren't standing on level ground. They're different. Some are more talented than others. Like every other player, they're always trying to get better and climb higher.
That brings us here, trying to figure out which superstars are moving onward and upward, closer to their profession's pinnacle, where there lies a 100-foot, gold-crafted statue of, you guessed it, LeBron James.
Common criteria will be considered in the process—stats, last season's performance, age, team situation, etc. Bleacher Report's latest top-25 player rankings—penned by Adam Fromal—will be a loose guide as well. But this is also a largely subjective exercise that has to rely heavily on the eye test and personal perception and the subsequent impressions they foster.
And in the spirit of this analysis, returning superstars—Kobe Bryant, Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo—aren't here. Injuries knocked them off the ladder. Simply hopping back on it would qualify as rising. Listing them would be unfair and mindless.
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