Half Way Through: Top 25 Small Forwards

Scalabrine · Post #1 » by **Scalabrine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:04 am

With the season half way through I have decided to make my top 25 Small Forwards.

This list is based on the impact they have made on their teams, their offense, their defense, and has also taken health into considderation.

1. LeBron James - Obviously
2. Caron Butler - Has been the best two way player at his position in the league.
3. Carmello Anthony - Hes almost unstoppable on offense, and has taken other facets of his game to the next level.
4. Paul Pierce - One of the smarter basketball players in the game, has played great so far with his new teammates.
5. Josh Howard - Another great two way player, starting to get into his prime, has upped his scoring average every year hes been in the league.
6. Gerald Wallace - Wallace is quietly having the best season of his career averaging a career high 21.6 points per game.
7. Rudy Gay - Few people expected him to make such a jump from his play his rookie season, including Memphis. It has made it easier to think about moving the player that has led the franchise since moving to Memphis.
8. Richard Jefferson - Has been one of the top scorers in the league this season, still hasnt shown he can lead a team to wins consistently, has stayed healthy so far.
9. Steven Jackson - hes having a great year and obviously has made a major impact on his team (look at their record with and without him).
10. Andre Iguodala - Im not sure the Sixers should be sold on him being the Franchise player they were hoping for, hes expecting big money this off season its interesting to see what hes gonna do.
11. Corey Maggette
12. Hedo Turkoglu
13. Danny Granger
14. Luol Deng
15. Andre Kirlienko
16. Ron Artest
17. Marvin Williams
18. Shane Battier
19. Peja Stojakavic
20. Tayshaun Prince
21. Grant Hill
22. John Salmons
23. Bruce Bowen
24. Jamario Moon
25. Ricky Davis (edit)

Post #2 » by **rsavaj** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:07 am

I think you might have double-posted....

Do you consider Marion as a PF or an SF?

Taiwan Killa · Post #3 » by **Taiwan Killa** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:17 am

There's no one better than Luke Walton? I'm a Lakers fan but Luke just hasn't performed with that injured ankle.

kandiking · Post #4 » by **kandiking** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:22 am

this list would be seem a lot better if you cut it off at 20.

Scalabrine · Post #5 » by **Scalabrine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:28 am

I tried to do top 30 so we could see who should be a starter on most teams. I felt like after 25 most of the players were to similar in talent.

Post #6 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:37 am

Battier is too high IMO, he's an overrated defender and has been very inconsistent/inefficient on the offensive end.

Illuminati · Post #7 » by **Illuminati** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:42 am

Isn't Salmons a SG? If I'm wrong, my bad.

Post #8 » by **bryant08** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:46 am

JAMARIO MOON FTW

YEYE #24

But honestly, can u imagine, a guy who went from Globetrotter and huge unknown to a top 25 SF in the NBA?!?!?!

Scalabrine · Post #9 » by **Scalabrine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:51 am

Illuminati wrote:Isn't Salmons a SG? If I'm wrong, my bad.

Right now hes a bench player that backs up both the SG, and SF and sometimes PG (i may be wrong about that). But I know he started when Artest was injured.

kookie_819 · Post #10 » by **kookie_819** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:20 am

I'm assuming that you correctly put Rashard Lewis as PF for this season, correct?

TAI8 · Post #11 » by **TAI8** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:42 am

Anthony should be lower. Pierce and Jefferson should be higher.

halfHAVOC · Post #12 » by **halfHAVOC** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:44 am

RJ should be higher than gay, wallace, howard.

imo.
1. LeBron
2. Pierce
3. Butler
4. Melo
5. RJ

jeff1624 · Post #13 » by **jeff1624** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:48 am

^^Higher than Gay yes.... He's on the same tier as howard and wallace...

OmniDEN · Post #14 » by **OmniDEN** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:07 am

TAI8 wrote:Anthony should be lower. Pierce and Jefferson should be higher.

Real surprise coming from you. :roll:

Really though at this point of Carmelo's career there should be no reason he's lower than #2 or MAYBE #3.

Milkdud · Post #15 » by **Milkdud** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:24 am

Outlaw should be somewhere at the bottom of that 25, i mean he is certainly better then Ricky Davis.

Post #16 » by **miller31time** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:35 am

I personally would put Carmelo at 2 and Caron at 3 (keep in mind, I'm a huge Butler fan). Butler's been ridiculous this season and just keeps improving, but Melo is a better player, IMHO.

Scalabrine · Post #17 » by **Scalabrine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:16 am

halfHAVOC wrote:RJ should be higher than gay, wallace, howard.

imo.
1. LeBron
2. Pierce
3. Butler
4. Melo
5. RJ

I put the other 3 ahead of RJ because although Jefferson has been scoring like a man possessed (24 ppg) Gay Wallace and Howard are all averaging 20+ points while also being known as defense first players. Jefferson hasnt done much else but score this season and is having lows in most other areas.

Post #18 » by **nate33** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:39 am

It's a very well-thought-out list. I might have some minor disagreements, but overall, I think this list is better than what most would come up with.

Nice job.

Kosta · Post #19 » by **Kosta** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:14 am

miller31time wrote:I personally would put Carmelo at 2 and Caron at 3 (keep in mind, I'm a huge Butler fan). Butler's been ridiculous this season and just keeps improving, but Melo is a better player, IMHO.

Was that ever a question?

Julio · Post #20 » by **Julio** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:26 pm

Kosta wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Was that ever a question?

Considering the OP put Melo at 3 and Butler at 2, yes, that was a question.