Who are the top Power Forwards in the League? How do you rank them? Who are the best coming out of college? Power forward is our weakest link in the starting 5 Rocket River
don't think pf is the weakest link at all. it isn't. A 40% shooter true stretch 4 is far from it. the weakest link is the defense collectively first and foremost. One player doesn't fix that. And next is also another real star caliber player if were talking about competing for a true championship
Antony Davis is far and away the best PF in the NBA. It's not even close right now. (I do not consider Durant/Giannis PFs, if you do though, then they would be comparable to him obviously) Since he's not available anytime soon... Rockets targets at this position will be Kevin Love (who may go on the block again) Milsap Blake Griffin The rest of the 4s are good solid players, but nothing that would move the needle. Kevin Love is an interesting guy, he was once a dominant player but not so much for the Cavs. You have to wonder if that is just the Lebron effect or if it is just him aging. I'm going to go with the former since his game is reliant upon skills. He's not a good defender, but he at least does what Ryno does but can pass and rebound and score in the paint. Milsap would be a good pickup, but it's not beating the Warriors. Makes the Rockets better, but at what cost? Blake is extremely talented, but I wonder just like Harden if he mentally has 'it'.
1. Anthony Davis 2. Draymond Green 3. Blake Griffin 4. Paul Millsap 5. Kevin Love? Porzingis? Derrick Favors? Serge Ibaka?
He is the weakest defender in our starting line up He seems to be the least consistent If his shot is not dropping . . . he is a 0 out there That said. . . He'd be EXCELLENT OFF THE BENCH!!1 I think we have the bench to compete Anderson - Lou - Ego - Dekker and NeNe is a good second squad . . . . . Rocket River
a bench roll would be nice in that situation but weakest defender in the starting lineup, not sure id agree with that bc hes not out there guarding guys on the perimeter which affect the game the most. People have to remember he's in the starting lineup why? because it fits with how harden plays. also if you're going along with he's the weakest link in the starting lineup, you could replace him with the best pf in the league and the rockets still wouldn't be beating the gsw, cavs, or maybe even spurs There's always going to be a weak link in any lineup. even the gsw will have a weak link in any of there lineups including the death lineup. it's about how you counter or overcome that and take on the challenge.
I couldn't agree with you more. If Anderson's shot isn't dropping, he's worthless. He doesn't assist in rebounds nor defense. If we had enough cap space to land a star PF, I'd love to keep Anderson for the second unit, that would work. However, I can't see it happening with our current situation. With that said, the only 2 logical options I see are to keep him, try to improve and continue to develop or trade him with picks for an upgrade, if possible. But given how one-sided Anderson's play is + his contract, I don't think anyone will want him.
Golden State went from Harrison Barnes to Kevin Durant I am not expecting that kind of increase but . . . . .If we do half as good . . .we are so much better Rocket River
Hopefully, Kevin Love gets the scapegoat treatment and Cleveland feels pressured into moving him. A week or two ago there was a rumor about LeBron pushing for a Love for Melo swap. Maybe we can get in on that as a third party and help facilitate the deal. I would gladly take Love off of their hands.
We are in a "positionless" basketball era so I'm not sure these labels matter. But... These are your free agents: Blake Griffin Paul Millsap JaMychal Green Serge Ibaka James Johnson Amir Johnson Taj Gibson Nikola Mirotic Could be moved: Kevin Love (although I'd assume they'd want quality(a star) instead of quantity(a 3/4 piece package; saw someone on here propose an Ariza/maybe Dekker?/other pieces to Cleveland for Love) Spoiler Other potential free agents: Kris Humphries Ersan Ilyasova Paul Millsap Mike Muscala Jonas Jerebko Amir Johnson Kelly Olynyk(R) Christian Wood Cristiano Felicio(R) Joffrey Lauvergne(R) Nikola Mirotic(R) Derrick Williams Nerlens Noel(R) Dirk Nowitzki(T) Danilo Gallinari Kevin Durant(P) Andre Iguodala James Michael McAdoo(R) David West Nene Hilario Troy Williams(R) Brandon Bass Blake Griffin Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Marreese Speights Thomas Robinson Metta World Peace JaMychal Green(R) Zach Randolph Luke Babbitt Udonis Haslem James Johnson Willie Reed Michael Beasley Spencer Hawes(P) Greg Monroe(P) Omri Casspi Adreian Payne Dante Cunningham Donatas Motiejunas Nick Collison Taj Gibson Jerami Grant(T) Jeff Green Damjan Rudez Robert Covington(T) Alan Williams(R) Rudy Gay Pau Gasol(P) David Lee(P) Serge Ibaka Patrick Patterson P.J. Tucker Gordon Hayward(P) Joe Ingles(R) Otto Porter Jr.
I think Serge, Taj and maybe Green I need to see Nikola's shooting percentage and if he disappears because I don't know his defense Rocket River
Davis is obviously the top dog at the position, he's a generational talent. imo Draymond and Ibaka are the protypical 4's you want in today's game. 3&D plus more. Best PF coming in would prob be Markannen. Terrific shooter, not bad on D for a big white kid. Some lower tier guys I think we should consider if all else fails: Cunningham, Jerami Grant, Mbah a Moute, Tolliver? Jeff greeN?
Serge Ibaka is declining a lot. I'd love the version of him from like 5 years ago, but both his offense and defense have dropped off and I'd be pretty disappointed if the Rox sank a bunch of money into him. I mean, even as he is, he'd make the Rockets a bit better, but I think he's going to be severely overpaid this off-season.
My personal top 10 as today (so, considering age and injuries): 1. Davis 2. Porzingis 3. Draymond 4. Horford 5. Millsap 6. Griffin 7. LMA 8. Love 9. Ibaka 10. Favors Yep, i'm a big fan of Porzingis and i think he's ready to rock. Saric is also looking really good, considering his age i may actually pick him at least ahead of Favors.
@Vivi Good list mine would be slightly different . Davis and draymond are the top 2 IMO no questions asked After that Porzingis Horford Millsap Griffin Make up the next tier, zingis is younger but may not be purely better yet. Griffin would probably be in the top tier if he could stay healthy. Love is solidly next Then ibaka and lma ( both deciding rapidly ??) Saric is a good honorable mention as he's got quite the skillset Parker, depending on how he looks after injury could also break into the group. PF was a huge strength position about 5 years ago ; but dirk and Duncan are retired (or retiring) and lma, millsap, and ibaka are all getting up there in age. Horford really never took a leap forward and griffin keeps getting hurt. Plus small-ball is going to take some time to be adjusted to . KD and Lebron are the best 4's but putting them on the list just seems wrong.
