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Carmelo Anthony, PF, Oklahoma City Thunder

Carmelo Anthony remains one of the game's more talented scorers, but his status as a top-50 player has collapsed since joining the Oklahoma City Thunder. Though he'll make a case on any given night, his role has been simplified by necessity, and it isn't conducive to everyday cachet.

Harrison Barnes, PF, Dallas Mavericks

Despite seeing his efficiency dip compared to last year, Harrison Barnes' efforts as a featured scorer greatly exceed the expectations inferred from his Golden State Warriors days. But his impact on the Dallas Mavericks offense bloats and deflates depending on how you tinker with his season splits. Playing beside a rookie point guard isn't enough to ignore that awkward inconsistency.

Malcolm Brogdon, PG, Milwaukee Bucks

Conceding status to Eric Bledsoe hasn't done anything to help Malcolm Brogdon's stock. He remains a close-to-automatic spot-up shooter, but his defense has plateaued, if not regressed, and lineups that feature him without Bledsoe or Giannis Antetokounmpo barely stand up to the bench-heavy units they're often matched up against.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, SG, Los Angeles Lakers

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope continues to toe the line of complete inefficiency at the offensive end. He hits just enough of his threes and offers some collateral ball-handling, but he needs to chill with the pull-up jumpers. His defensive activity alone, though, made it difficult to leave him off.

John Collins, PF, Atlanta Hawks

Picture, if you will, a version of DeAndre Jordan with quicker reload time and a certain natural comfort when attacking off the dribble. That's John Collins. He's too much of an unfinished project to get the ultimate nod, but the early returns are tracking in that direction.

Jae Crowder, PF, Cleveland Cavaliers

Jae Crowder is verging on a complete flop for the Cleveland Cavaliers. His three-point acumen fluctuates by the game, and he's not doing nearly enough in one-on-one situations to diversify the team's sorry excuse for a defense. He remains pivotal to the Cavaliers' hopes against the Warriors, but that default dependence cannot carry him back into the top 100.

Dewayne Dedmon, C, Atlanta Hawks

Dewayne Dedmon would have a stronger case to fall inside the actual rankings if he didn't miss significant time with a stress reaction in his left tibia—or if we could be certain which team he'll finish the season on. Every rim-running big with subtle switchability who jacks threes deserves some love, though.

Taj Gibson, PF, Minnesota Timberwolves

Taj Gibson's spacing limitations haven't hampered the Minnesota Timberwolves' offensive ceiling. He's shooting nearly 80 percent at the rim and pancaking opponents on screens. He's a better-than-OK pickup, even at his $14 million price point.

Marcin Gortat, C, Washington Wizards

Marcin Gortat's value has long been tied to his work out of the pick-and-roll, but he's seen his accuracy in those situations drop by more than 10 percentage points compared to last year. Excluding him isn't as gut-gouging as it usually would be.

Rodney Hood, SG, Utah Jazz

Just call Rodney Hood Mr. On-Again, Off-Again. One night, he's taking smart shots, swishing threes and flipping nifty passes on the bounce. The next, he's laying bricks on low-efficiency looks and defending like a double-agent for the other team.

Zach LaVine, SG, Chicago Bulls

Ticketing Zach LaVine for top-100 duty so early in his return from an ACL injury is too ambitious. Even if we assume his offensive pop doesn't suffer long term, defensive mobility tends to be an issue when recovering from these injuries—and he was hardly a reliable stopper in the first place.

Patty Mills, PG, San Antonio Spurs

Patty Mills stays underrated. The four-year, $50 million deal he signed last summer has tainted general interpretation of his play, but he, like LaMarcus Aldridge, is at the forefront of keeping the San Antonio Spurs offense afloat in Kawhi Leonard's absence.

Jamal Murray, PG, Denver Nuggets

Jamal Murray is coming along nicely at both ends—so much so that the Denver Nuggets needn't be in any real rush to add a veteran point guard. (Waiving Jameer Nelson was still questionable at best.) Expect Murray to garner more serious consideration in offseason top-100 lists if he keeps improving his reads and ball control in the pick-and-roll.

Dirk Nowitzki, C, Dallas Mavericks

Only Dirk Nowitzki could flirt with a 50/40/90 slash at the age of 39. Our fragile mental states will never recover from bumping him outside the top 100.

Jusuf Nurkic, C, Portland Trail Blazers

Jusuf Nurkic would be so much harder to bounce from the top 100 if he burned through fewer post-ups and didn't almost double the frequency with which he's vomiting up long twos.

Jakob Poeltl, C, Toronto Raptors

Jakob Poeltl has a higher offensive rebounding rate than Dwight Howard and better block rate than Anthony Davis. He's also averaging more points per possession as the pick-and-roll diver than Karl-Anthony Towns. He's earned this honorable mention.

Domantas Sabonis, PF, Indiana Pacers

The rumors are true: Domantas Sabonis has, in fact, missed when shooting a jumper between eight and 16 feet. It just doesn't happen often. Also, he could, and totally should, host a camp devoted to teaching today's youths about slipping screens.

David West, C, Golden State Warriors

If the Warriors played David West even 15 minutes per game, he could be spun as a top-100 player. But they don't. So he can't.

Delon Wright, PG, Toronto Raptors

Almost 100 players have initiated at least 100 pick-and-rolls this season. Delon Wright ranks third in points scored per possession, behind only...Stephen Curry and Kyrie Irving.

Cody Zeller, C, Charlotte Hornets

Dirty-work superhero Cody Zeller would totally warrant top-100 love if he weren't out indefinitely with a torn meniscus in his left knee. Throwing caution to the wind and listing him anyway was an option, but the Charlotte Hornets are late-season tanking candidates, so we cannot be sure whether he'll play again this year.