ESPN is up to 11 and Sports Illustrated has released their top 100 players headed into the 2017-18 season and two Nuggets come in above the 30 line. Free agent signee Paul Millsap comes in at 27 while Nikola Jokić makes a huge leap from 42 last offseason to 16 now on ESPN. Millsap holds steady at 27 in SI rankings and Jokić makes his way into the top fourth at 25. Open to opinions on that one.
The breakdown on Millsap stay fairly consistent between the two publications with SI saying:
Over at ESPN, they note:
*There is a good chance, indeed.
On Jokic coming in at 25, SI defends themselves by stating:
On Jokic, ESPN says: