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PSG superstar Kylian Mbappe lists his favorite NBA players including Kevin Durant after sitting courtside to watch the Nets win over San Antonio…but there’s no room for Steph Curry or Nikola Jokic on your top five list!
- The Frenchman was at the Barclays Center on Monday with his teammate Achraf Hakimi
- He chose LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Giannis as the best players in the league
- Luka Doncic, Jayson Tatum placed fourth and fifth over league MVP Nicola Jokic
- Steph Curry, Joel Embiid and Donovan Mitchell were omitted from the list
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French superstar Kylian Mbappe revealed his top five NBA players, shortly after he and PSG teammate Achraf Hakimi were spotted on the court watching the Brooklyn Nets beat the San Antonio Spurs on Monday. at night.
Shared by NBA France on Twitter, the 24-year-old listed LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Giannis Antentokoumpo, Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum at the top of his NBA player rankings.
However, the 2018 World Cup winner shocked basketball fans on Twitter by omitting two players who have dominated the league in recent years, including last year’s MVP: Denver’s Nikola Jokic. Nuggets.
French superstar Kylian Mbappe revealed his top five NBA players during his visit to New York City
The high-profile soccer stars were on the pitch in Brooklyn for the Nets’ victory over the Spurs.
The other player is Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, who is currently out with a wrist injury but is averaging 30 points in 34.4 minutes this season.
“Weirdly only the guys from the Nike/Jordan team,” one French basketball fan tweeted, while another wrote: “Disastrous ranking but it’s Mbappe.”
“And Pat Beverley plays ping pong,” shared another NBA fan living in France.
“Difficult to choose a top 5, you chose according to your preferences: Jokic, Morant, Curry, Embiid, Mitchell… The individual level is stratospheric this year,” said another fan.
NBA fans on Twitter speculated that Mbappe purposely only picked Nike-sponsored players.
Mbappe was presented with a jersey signed by none other than Nets star Durant after Monday night’s win and shared a photo of himself with Hakimi and the two-time NBA champion along with the caption: “Night special”.
Hakimi and his 24-year-old teammate reached the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with France eliminating Morocco before losing to Argentina in the final. In that match, Mbappé became only the second player to score a final hat trick, after Sir Geoff Hurst in 1966.
The duo then promptly returned from the tournament to feature in PSG’s first two games since the international break.
Mbappe and Hakimi (2R) were given time off from PSG this week after a 3-1 loss to RC Lens
The French champions suffered defeat in their last game, losing surprisingly 3-1 to Ligue 1 minnows RC Lens on Sunday.
After that match, PSG manager Christophe Galtier said he would agree to give Mbappe and Hakimi time off to recover properly after they returned from Qatar.
The French coach could form a starting eleven without Mbappé or Hakimi to beat Chateauroux in the French Cup on Friday. PSG’s next Ligue 1 game is against relegation-threatened Angers on 11 January.