PFs who are better then, as good, or close enough to being as good as LMA:
Love*
Duncan
Dirk
KG
Millsap*
Lee*
West
Pau
ZBo
Ibaka*
Scola
Bargnani (same player!)
Bosh
Boozer
Cousins*
And I'm sure that once some of the young guys start getting more minutes and devlopment they'll be in the conversation too, and each year there'll be more PFs coming into the league:
Favors*
Davis*
Robinson?*
Now please note that I don't want all of these players over LMA. The * ones are guys I'd possibly be interested in. Nor do I think they have the same value - there's often a big different between a players value and their ability, so don't go confusing the two for being the same thing. But all of these guys have skills that are comparable or better than the skills that LMA has. No, they don't have the same PPG average, or maybe they haven't been named to an all-star team. But as I've made abundantly clear - those things have very little bearing on a player's talent level.
I understand that people will scoff and the inclusion of players like Scola, Lee, Boozer, etc - but if you actually watch what these players are capable of (dribbling, passing, rebounding, defending) and not focus on their stats and compare it to what LMA is (or ISN'T) capable of doing (and not his PPG) then their inclusion should be justified.
