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NBA Player Power Rankings: The Marathon For MVP Begins

By Maxwell Ogden

Nov 9, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket while guarded by San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) during the second half at AT&T Center. The rockets won 101-99. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 9, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket while guarded by San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) during the second half at AT&T Center. The rockets won 101-99. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /
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The 2016-17 NBA regular season is underway and the race for MVP has begun. Where does your favorite star rank in the first Player Power Rankings?

Nov 9, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket while guarded by San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) during the second half at AT&T Center. The rockets won 101-99. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 9, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden (13) drives to the basket while guarded by San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) during the second half at AT&T Center. The rockets won 101-99. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /

The 2016-17 NBA regular season is officially underway. Rust is still being shaken off, but the first two weeks of basketball have provided players with the necessary platform to establish a pace for the 2016-17 campaign.

Though the late-bloomers will receive their due once they blossom, it’s half past time those who came out firing were praised for doing so.

The NBA Player Power Rankings focus on individual performance during the season at hand. Thus, awards won or reputations achieved during previous seasons are genuinely irrelevant to the current discussion.

The only measurements utilized in the construction of this article are how well a player is performing in 2016-17 and how their play has influenced their team.

In some instances, players have been great enough that the shortcomings of those around them can be forgiven. In others, players have been so positively influential that their statistics border on being an afterthought.

With as much consistency as possible, the first edition of the weekly 2016-17 NBA Player Rankings have officially arrived.