Al-Farouq Aminu ranked 17th best SF

[SlyPokerDog]

Ranking LeBron, Durant and the NBA's 30 small forwards

1. LeBron James

2. Kevin Durant

3. Kawhi Leonard

4. Carmelo Anthony

5. Giannis Antetokounmpo

6. Gordon Hayward

7. Chandler Parsons

8. Danilo Gallinari

9. Harrison Barnes

10. DeMarre Carroll

The middle third
11. Trevor Ariza, Houston Rockets
12. Tony Allen, Memphis Grizzlies
13. Luol Deng, Miami Heat
14. Jae Crowder, Boston Celtics
15. Rudy Gay, Sacramento Kings
16. C.J. Miles, Indiana Pacers*
17. Al-Farouq Aminu, Portland Trail Blazers
18. Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers**
19. Mike Dunleavy, Chicago Bulls
20. Marcus Morris, Detroit Pistons

The bottom third
21. Otto Porter, Washington Wizards
22. Joe Johnson, Brooklyn Nets
23. P.J. Tucker, Phoenix Suns
24. Robert Covington, Philadelphia 76ers
25. Evan Fournier, Orlando Magic
26. Lance Stephenson, Los Angeles Clippers
27. Dante Cunningham, New Orleans Pelicans
28. P.J. Hairston, Charlotte Hornets***
29. Kent Bazemore, Atlanta Hawks
30. Tayshaun Prince, Minnesota Timberwolves

http://espn.go.com/nba/insider/stor...r-kevin-durant-top-small-forward-rankings-nba

 

[SlyPokerDog]

For some reason ESPN is ranking Batum as the 17th best shooting guard.

 

[KeepOnRollin]

For some reason ESPN is ranking Batum as the 17th best shooting guard.

CHA is starting him at SG this year. Who knows why, it is CHA.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

CHA is starting him at SG this year. Who knows why, it is CHA.

Wes is ranked the 7th best SG, CJ the 20th.

 

[Natebishop3]

Tony Allen MIGHT have been the 12th best, but he sure isn't anymore.

And Luol Deng has taken a pretty extreme dive as well. That list seems like it's based on old data.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Horseshit.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

I think porter and Fournier are ranked too low. Cj miles too high. Think I'd rather have aminu than Crowder

 

[Natebishop3]

I think porter and Fournier are ranked too low. Cj miles too high. Think I'd rather have aminu than Crowder

Fournier is a small forward?

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Fournier is a small forward?

I believe he's played about half his time at sf. In Payton, oladipo, Fournier lineups

 

[e_blazer]

It occurs to me that Aminu and Batum are like polar opposites.

Most of the time, Batum won't shoot from 3 when he should. Most of the time, Aminu shoots from 3 when he shouldn't.

Most of the time, Batum won't drive to the hoop when he should. Most of the time, Aminu does drive to the hoop when he shouldn't.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

It occurs to me that Aminu and Batum are like polar opposites.

Most of the time, Batum won't shoot from 3 when he should. Most of the time, Aminu shoots from 3 when he shouldn't.

Most of the time, Batum won't drive to the hoop when he should. Most of the time, Aminu does drive to the hoop when he shouldn't.

I'll gladly take the guy that appears to give a Damn on the court and plays with energy

 

[stampedehero]

Here's a name to (try to) remember...... http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo

 

[KingSpeed]

CJ should be 3rd best SG. The SF list is dead on.

 

[Strenuus]

Here's a name to (try to) remember...... http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo

Probably my favorite non-blazer. Love watching him work.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

CJ should be 3rd best SG. The SF list is dead on.

No.

And stop. Continue to tell Cj he sucks. It makes him play better

 

[KingSpeed]

No.

And stop. Continue to tell Cj he sucks. It makes him play better

Outside of Butler and Harden, what SGs are better than CJ. He's averaging 21/4/3, he can score in many ways. Who else is better than him?

 

[riverman]

These ranking lists always suck..Wes is not having an impactful season so far, nor is Kobe..it's like allstar votes

 

[KingSpeed]

Outside of Butler and Harden, what SGs are better than CJ. He's averaging 21/4/3, he can score in many ways. Who else is better than him?

Anyone want to answer this for me. It wasn't a rhetorical question.

 

[THE HCP]

Anyone want to answer this for me. It wasn't a rhetorical question.

Klay, Derozen,Wade,Beal, D. Green

CJ might just win MIP, but he's not quite at the top yet even though SG is the leagues weakest position.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Outside of Butler and Harden, what SGs are better than CJ. He's averaging 21/4/3, he can score in many ways. Who else is better than him?

DeMar DeRozen is slightly better PER, Scoring, and Win Shares wise. Jimmy Butler has a slightly higher PER and Win Shares. Will Barton has a higher PER, but lower Win Shares But you could argue all three are about the same as CJ when it comes down to it. Harden's PER is higher than all four by a good amount, but he has lower Win Shares than all of them.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Klay, Derozen,Wade,Beal, D. Green

CJ might just win MIP, but he's not quite at the top yet even though SG is the leagues weakest position.

Beal's not doing as good as CJ this year (only an 18.0 PER). Klay is riding Curry's coattails, and is only a 15.1 PER this year. Wade, you could make a case for.

 

[THE HCP]

Ya, I was just throwing a few names out there. Kinda like the meaning of MVP....... how do you judge a players value.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Ya, I was just throwing a few names out there. Kinda like the meaning of MVP....... how do you judge a players value.

Totally agree. I've always gone with the "Are you the most valuable player on your team, AND is your team succeeding because of you?" definition of MVP, but I know there's a million variations.

I think CJ is in a group just behind Harden, all jostling for positions 2-8 in the list. In my opinion, he could be any of those rankings, depending on the game he had that day.

 

[Natebishop3]

The most impressive thing about CJ is that he's shooting pretty darn efficiently from the field. 46% from the field and almost 42% from three.