NBArank: Predicting the best players this season

Al-Farouq Aminu

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Portland Trail Blazers | F
Previous rank: NR
2018-19 projected RPM wins: 3.4
Aminu will appear to build on a solid showing in the first round of last season’s NBA playoffs. After finishing with seven points in Game 1 from the New Orleans Pelicans, he averaged 20.7 points on 53 percent shooting and 9.7 rebounds over the last four games. — Jose De Leon
Evan Fournier
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Orlando Magic | G
Previous status: NR
Projected RPM wins: 3.0
Fournier had an extremely productive and effective start to last year, scoring 20 or more points in nine of his first 11 games en route to averaging 20.5 points per game on 51 percent shooting over that stretch. He didn’t quite keep up the exact same creation the rest of the season, as he reached the 20-point mark in only 13 of his final 46 games played. — De Leon
Jeff Teague
NBAE/Getty Pictures Minnesota Timberwolves | G
Status: 73
Projected RPM wins: 1.2
Teague did a great job of locating teammates in Minnesota last year off the drive. In accordance with NBA stats that are complex, he’d 125 aids off drives, that had been good for fifth. — De Leon

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