(in no order) DRose Dwill CP3 Nash Wall DCollison BJennings Rondo Tyreke Stephen Curry TParker GArenas CBillups Westbrook
Ariza # 11? No way. James Durant Anthony Granger Pierce Wallace Iguodala Butler Artest J. Howard Marion Gay Deng Odom (4?) Salmons (2?) Maggette despite down years you can also make arguments for Richard Jefferson and Hedo Turkoglu. Personally, I like what Battier brings more than Ariza. He may not even be top 20...
Scola was 16th in rebounds among foward/centers last year. 12th in points. Ariza was 4th in rebounds among guard/fowards last year. 13th in points. Of course those aren't the only stats that matter, just saying.
had a fantastic rookie season. just wanna see how he follows up. could be a top 5 point guard in a couple years. (Curry)
GArenas, the only player more injured than Greg Oden and Yao Ming Wall hasn't even played an NBA game yet. Tyreke Evans needs a jumpshot before he can be in the same league as Brooks. D. Collison is still unproven imo, but his ceiling is high and he did torch Brooks when we played them iirc. I think Tony Parker is going downhill, his body is wearing down. I think they're a wash at this point in their careers.
TParker had a subpar season relative to his overall career, Arenas has been injured, and Wall is a rookie, so those 3 may be debatable. But no way I can agree that Brooks is above Tyreke or Collison. Collison in particular absolutely destroyed Brooks on both ends of the court in their head-to-head matchups. In fact, other point guards not even on my list who light up Brooks with regularity: JJ Barea Calderon TJ Ford Andre Miller Mike Bibby Beno Udrih
Aaron Brooks : Top 8-14 Kevin Martin : Top 10-12 Trevor Ariza : Top 14-18 Luis Scola : Top 8-12 Yao Ming : Top when healthy
Just because they torched AB doesn't mean they are better offensively. AB is easily a more complete offensive player than Tyreke and D. Collison. Tyreke's jumper is HORRIBLE, I actually watched a ton of King's games after they traded Landry and was quite surprised at how bad it was. If a team has a legitimate shot blocker, he has quite a bit of trouble scoring. Brooks was #11 in PPG out of all SG/PG, he is obviously a top 10 PG. Your list sucks.
AB is not a more complete offensive player than Tyreke or Collison. No. And his defense is several levels below either. Your analysis sucks.
Most on that list I will give you but Al Jefferson is more center then PF and usually plays C. Garnett is a shadow of his former self and that showed in the playoffs. Jeff Green is hot rookie but you are bonkers if you think he is over Scola right now, maybe in the future but not right now. And West without Paul is talented but still more or less a streaky player that most smart teams wouldn't pay for.
