ESPN Countdown Down To Top 50

For the past couple weeks ESPN has been counting down the 500 best players in the NBA. Which at 500 till about 300 you probably rarely if ever see the court so i assume it would be extremely hard and annoying to rate these players. So I tip my hat to the hard working people at ESPN for this. These countdowns always provoke discussion about players and where they are placed on the countdown. So now from 500 ESPN is down to the final 50. They have just released number 50 to 48 and will do increments of two like this every hour i believe. Coming in at no. 50 is Paul Millsap the power foward from Atlanta is one of the only players to average score over 14 points a game and 7 rebounds in the past 5 years. Paul moved up 3 spots from his previous ranking last year. Coming in at 49 is Ricky Rubio the point guard from Minnesota. Ricky averages over 10 points a game and 2 steals which he adds to his great floor leading skills. Rubio moved down two spots as last year he came in 47 in the rankings. Next in 48th place was small forward Paul Pierce who was recently traded to Brooklyn. Pierce is one of the best scorers of all time and is only this low on the list due to age. Paul has moved down substantially from last year as he was 28th in last years rankings. Well i will continue to keep you updated on the rankings as they come out. From here in Online Publishing block 4 im Eddie Hutschenreuter signing off.