Today, the final player came out on the website, as the best player in the world. And from the word go, there was no doubt, that this guy would be LeBron James.

But the predictability of the top player choice, doesn’t necessarily mean the rankings were boring. They had their surprises, for better and for worse creating a lot of controversy, especially around Kobe Bryant who (quite fairly in my opinion) was ranked as the 7th best player in the league.

These last few days, I’ve been inserting all the grades and ranks into a spreadsheet, creating average team grades(which I can give you access to if you hit me up on twitter or via e-mail) to find some things about the implications of the project for the teams.

I ended up with a bunch of data that I really enjoyed analyzing. Mind you, this ranking doesn’t rank team quality, but overall depth. That said, some of the top (and bottom) teams might be surprising, but, if you’ll read my analysis, you will see how within the world created by NBA Rank, it all makes sense.

See you after the jump!

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