Most notable about this list is the absence of Kevin Garnett. I just don't see how he fits any more. He's a great player, and extremely valuable to the Celtics, but that's irrelevant here. He just isn't as good as the ten listed. I also left Al Horford off this list, but here's another mention because he's better than some of these guys.
This list also makes it very apparent how little defense is valued in today's NBA. I'm not sure what Stern and 'em are doing up in their ivory tower but it's slowly killing the game.
10. David West - See what I mean? West is a good player, and his numbers will go up with a healthy Chris Paul (as anyone's would). He can still go off for 40 on some nights. Next.
9. Kevin Love - OUTLET PASSING. I'll never let that go. He's impressed me, though, I didn't think he'd be a nightly double-double but he's just about there. Jefferson leaving means he's pretty much the man for them now. That's not a role he's suited for, but the T'wolves aren't going anywhere anyway.
8. David Lee - So now we get to see how much of his numbers were inflated by Mike 'Antoni's system. I actually think he'll be fine. Not worth a max deal (this is why it's hard for me to fully get behind the players in this labor issue - and you already know I want to), but hey, 20 and 10 players don't grow on trees.
7. Zach Randolph - Conditioning and shot selection. Not exactly things you'd expect to see on a list of ZeBo's strengths. And yet, there they are (at least last year). Crazy, I know. He was the most important part of Memphis' turnaround last year.
6. Josh Smith - I wouldn't have put him on this list before last year, just because you really couldn't call him a power forward. But he developed a very nice post game last year (and stopped jacking up jumpers), and became quite the player. He can't be in the top 5, but if it was based on listed position and talent alone, he would be.
5. Carlos Boozer - I hate this guy. A lot. He's a clown. But he IS a great player (when healthy). He's good for 20 and 10 and he's one of the best passing bigs in the league.
4. Chris Bosh - Meh. By virtue of his numbers on a team where he was virtually all alone he's up here. Don't get me wrong, he's a great player, but he didn't deserve a max deal either. None of these guys do, really. Except, maybe, for...
3. Amar'e Stoudemire - I'm looking forward to seeing how he does without Nash. My guess, he puts up the best numbers of his career. And the Knicks will miss the playoffs, because you can't win with a star in possession of the tunnel vision that STAT has (1.0 assists last year... UNACCEPTABLE).
2. Dirk Nowitzki - It's wrong that the second best "power" forward doesn't know how to play defense or rebound all that well. But he's an impossible matchup and really a thing of beauty to watch when he's on point. I really wish he had gone to Phoenix, but what can you do.
1. Pau Gasol - Speaking of "power" forwards... Pau is a great player, should be a hall of famer when he's finished. Not gonna bad mouth him here.
Oh, and hey, watch this. Ha.
Don't like david lee at all, he is a system player, but in GS he will still score, so we will never know
ReplyDeletefuck all of you ! ! ! KG is the best .. garnett can BEAT gasol in 1on1 ! fuck him fuck all of u !
ReplyDeleteKEVIN GARNETT is a living BEAST !
KG is the best power forward of all time ! he can hit 34 ft mid-range jump shot while others cannot.. GASOL is a MALNOURISHED player ! he must playing CHESS at this time ..
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