With non-stop, nonsensical expansion since the first games were staged in the fall of 2005, the bj-league's ranks have swelled to include a growing number of solid players, including an abundance of former NCAA Division I performers.
The league, however, has failed to officially identify more than a handful of top-caliber players each year. Its Best Five team is inadequate. Furthermore, failing to include the media in the voting process is simply foolish, it says here.
That said, here's one basketball journalist's annual Top 20 list, recognizing a greater — and better — mix of players than the one produced by those who are allegedly in the business of promoting the sport on a national level.
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