Centers: 1. Deandre Jordan 2. Robin Lopez 3. Tiago Splitter 4. Kendrick Perkins Power Forwards: 1. Lamarcus Aldridge 2. Blake Griffin 3. Tim Duncan 4. Serge Ibaka Small Forwards 1. Kevin Durant 2. Kawhi Leonard 3. Nicolas Batum 4. Matt Barnes Shooting Guards 1. Wesley Matthews 2. Danny Green 3. Thabo Sefalosha 4. JJ Reddick Point Guards: 1. Chris Paul 2. Russell Westbrook 3. Damian Lillard 4. Tony Parker Benches: 1. Spurs 2. Clippers 3. Thunder 4. Blazers Coaches: 1. Popovich 2. Rivers 3. Stotts 4. Brooks Totals: Spurs - 16 Blazers - 17 Clippers - 16 Thunder - 21 Feel free to discuss or argue with these rankings, or make your own. Clearly I've done something wrong here; there's no way the Thunder's roster outside of Durant is really that inferior to the other West contenders, right?
Splitter above Lopez, Stotts above Doc, Griffin above LA (sorry Blazer fan), and Green/Matthews is a wash (Matthews is better offensively while Green is better defensively). I can't rank Parker atm either; so far he's been the worst of the four PGs, but I feel as if he's been coasting. If he brings it like he did today he's up there with Westchuck. CP3 is last on the list too these days; he just doesn't perform well in the playoffs.
So you say: Jordan-Splitter-Lopez-Perkins Griffin-Aldridge-Duncan-Ibaka Durant-Leonard-Batum-Barnes Matthews-Green-Thabo-Reddick Westbrook-Lillard-Parker-Paul Spurs-Clippers-Thunder-Blazers Popovich-Stotts-Rivers-Brooks Basically you have the Clips with the best frontcourt and worst backcourt, and the Thunder their mirror image; and you have the Spurs and Blazers starting units basically balanced, with the coaching and bench giving SA an advantage. Anyone else want to play?
I like yours ptl. The only changes I would make is I think Nic is better than Leonard and I think Dame is better than Westbrook. On paper, Westbrook has more talent, but his shit attitude lowers him in the rankings in my opinion.
So far in these playoffs, Blake and Jordan have dominated. Prolly was the fact they went against a Dubs team thin up front tho, so that could change quickly. Overall I think the best frontcourt left is San Antonio's due to the fact Duncan and Splitter combined are greater than the sum of their parts, like the rest of the team. Outside of PG and SF, the Clippers are better at every position and have the better coach, but their bench and the strength of their stars (as well as how much better they are defensively) is enough to put them above LAC. Blazers have a slightly better starting unit for the most part, but due to matchups and defensive schemes its even. Bench could go either way at this point due to how inconsistent the Spurs' bench has been so far in the postseason while you know what to expect from the Blazers'. Coaching advantage is a no-brainer.
Also, I may have to put Batum above Leonard for now too. Leonard is the superior scorer/rebounder/defender, but Batum is a better athlete/passer/ball handler/shooter/higher IQ. In a year or two Leonard will be definitively better, but as of now Batum gets the nod.
I like Dame over Westbrook because of the clutch stats. Westbrook is unclutch this year, and Dame is very very clutch.
I think if we can say that CP3 doesn't play well in the playoffs we can also put Westbrick on that list because of how he has been. Also, I might put Reddick ahead of Sefalosha.
Completely glossed over Sef tbh. He's not even in OKC's rotation anymore, Butler took all his minutes. Redick is much better than Butler.
