22) Damian Lillard
When Damian Lillard was picked ninth overall in 2012, no one expected him to become one of the best players in the NBA, let alone one of the best players of the 21st century. In fact, he is one of just ten NBA players who have played at least 800 games to average 25 points per game for their career.
However, he is one of only three players, including LeBron James and Kevin Durant, to do so while only playing post-2000. That is something that not even Steph Curry, a player that Lillard is often compared to, has done.
Like Curry, Lillard's elite shooting helped turn him into a dominant offensive player, with him drilling an impressive 37.1 percent of his 8.4 3-point attempts per game. That has put him fourth on the NBA's all-time made 3-pointers list, with him on pace to hit 3,000 threes and join Curry as the only player to reach that mark.
Despite being known as a jump shooter, Lillard has actually done even better in the postseason, when players like him usually struggle. In 65 career playoff games, Lillard's averaged a spectacular 26.1 points and shot 37.3 percent on 9.0 3-point attempts per game. Not just that but Lillard and Michael Jordan are the only two players in NBA history to win a series by hitting game winners in the closeout of a playoff matchup.
With eight all-star and seven all-NBA appearances, the only thing left for him to accomplish is winning a championship and he'll have a chance to do so with him paired with another player on this list, Giannis Antetokounmpo, on the Milwaukee Bucks.