Think back to everything that happened in the NBA in the 2010s.
Kobe Bryant won his last title. Dirk Nowitzki won his first. LeBron James and the Miami Heat won not four, not three, but two titles. The San Antonio Spurs had their 2014 revenge tour. The Golden State Warriors ruled for half a decade. LeBron brought a title to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. Kawhi Leonard delivered the Toronto Raptors their first title in his lone season north of the border. Position-less basketball gained a foothold. Russell Westbrook desensitized us to triple-doubles. Stephen Curry helped to usher in the three-point revolution. Players seized a significant portion of the team-building process from front offices.
And those are mostly just surface observations.
The NBA underwent drastic changes over the last 10 years. The individual players did as much as anyone to usher those in.
As rising stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and Trae Young take over for the 2020s, let's look back at the top 50 players in the league over the course of the last decade.