Ranking the NBA's Best Offensive Players Going Into 2018

#8 Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo

The Greek Freak has improved by leaps each year since joining the league, but his most recent leap is the most mind-boggling. From making the cut as an All-Star for the first time last season, Giannis Antetokounmpo has raised his scoring volume from a solid 22.9 to a spectacular 29.5 points per game - ranking second among all players in the league in scoring.

The sheer length, quickness, athletic ability and above-the-rim awareness that Giannis displays on the court make it impossible for any single player to guard him for extended periods without getting on the wrong end of a humiliating posterizer from Antetokounmpo.

If you thought scoring with flashy dunks and transition plays was all Giannis does at a world-class level, you could not be more woefully wrong. Giannis paced his team in all five of the major statistical categories, and at his assist rate of 4.6 per game, he is on pace to do so once again.

His unstoppable scoring and disarmingly brilliant playmaking abilities have put him in the conversation for the MVP award come June, and rightly so.