For next season only irrespective of contract these are the only SG I'd rather have: Harden Wade Kobe Reddick Thompson Afflalo Joe Johnson So I guess that shockingly makes Wesley the 8th best NBA SG in my book. What say you?
I would add: Manu (old, but still effective) Gordon Hayward Gerald Henderson Kevin Martin Iguodala (although I guess you could call him a 3) Tony Allen Bradley Beal Oladipo (probably) Perhaps others?
Well those are fine choices, yes I consider Iggy a 3, I think you can make legit arguments each way. Haywood, Beal, Oladipo are much more valuable for the long term since they are younger and might improve but for just next season I'm taking Wes. KMart is horrific on defense and Tony Allen is horrific on offense, better to have a player that can do something on both ends.
Gordon Hayward? Offensively they were just about dead even. Defensively, it isn't even close as Matthews actually plays defense. Kevin Martin is a chucker whose value has really fallen in recent years.
HARDEN WADE KOBE REDDICK THOMPSON AFFLALO JOE J WES ALLEN ELLIS ERIC GORDON MANU WAITERS BEAL EVANS MCLEMORE MARTIN L WILLIAMS SEFOLSHA TURNER MAYO CALDWELL-POPE BEN GORDON THORNTON JR SMITH
id rather have wes than klay i think next year and joe johnson as well and afflalo i like haywards offense, but meh, maybe heres wes, klay, redick, joe johnson, beal, and hayward ( also ran afflalo and hendersons numbers seperately) http://www.basketball-reference.com...013&p5=redicjj01&y5=2013&p6=matthwe02&y6=2013 he has the highest ts% and eFG% of that group, lowest usage, most steals, least turnovers 2nd most win shares...its not a slam dunk, but id take him next year over all of them i think i think id take harden wade kobe maybe manu maybe hayward (not sure about his d, dont know) fuckin a, wessy is a top 5 SG??? the real caveat is NEXT year, obviously gordon/beal/klay would be drafted first in a fantasy draft or whatever, but yeah although id take oladipo over him just because
For next season only, these SG's I'd rather have for various reasons Wade Bryant Harden Hayward Henderson Williams Iguodala Thompson Dudley DeRozen Redick Beal Sefolosha I also think Jeremy Lamb will be better than Matthews soon
As I opened this thread I immediately said to myself no fucking way is he in the top 10 and quickly voted that way. And I still believe that. However the more I look at everyone's lists, the less confident I become. He isn't that far off. Where did all the great SG's go? I knew it was dwindling but damn......No wonder so many teams are starting to use two PG's at the same time. Not many SG's on those lists that make me scream "CJ and Damian can defend the position". They are going to have a much tougher time guarding the quick PG's in this league. Back to Wes......he is still not top 10 but I am glad we kept him.
I would love to have Iggy paired with batum. I think Iggy would show batum how real men play the wing. Matthews is one of those players that doesn't have a high skill set; but plays at a 110% of his talent. Maybe even more. There are a shit ton of players way more talented than Matthews: but play to 50-65% of their potential. Also, the SG spot usually has the most arrogant of the players, usually selfish, and chucks. Matthews plays within the team philosophy and hardly ever forces anything.
Well I don't think I'd want Bryant next year, but I can't fault your list ... although I tend to see everything on this list below Harden, Wade and (healthy) Bryant as kind of a kludge of "OK, but not great" players -- also, I'd probably throw Tony Allen in there somewhere.
