Sports Illustrated ranks 5 Warriors among NBA's top 50 players In July, when they signed Kevin Durant, the Warriors became the third team ever to add a former NBA MVP to a group coming off the league's best record. Take into account that Golden State's regular-season mark last season was the best in league history, and it was clear that the 2016-17 Warriors would boast talent of perhaps unrivaled proportions. [...] it was no surprise Thursday, when Sports Illustrated published the final part of its annual ranking of the Top 100 NBA players, that Golden State was well represented. The only player in the world better than Durant and Stephen Curry, according to SI, is the man who beat Golden State in the 2016 Finals: Here is a look at where each Warriors player checked in on SI's list: Klay Thompson is the perfect No. 2 option, a lights-out shooter with permanent confidence who never kills his team's flow, never steps on the alpha dog's toes, and remains ready to take over at a moment's notice if the offense stalls out. SI excerpt: The 26-year-old Green was one of the driving forces behind the most successful regular-season team in history, a hybrid big man whose skillset and...