Where do you rank the starters in the Southwest?

PG :
Parker
Holliday
Conley
Lin
Calderon

SG :
Harden
Gordon
Ellis
Green
Allen

SF :
Leonard
Parsons
Evans
Prince
Marion

PF :
Duncan
Dirk
Davis
Randolph
Asik

C :
Howard
Gasol
Splitter
Smith
Dalembert

PG:
Parker
Conley
Holiday- Conley gets the nod due to really great offense after the Gay trade
Calderon
Lin

SG:
Harden
Gordon
Green
Ellis/Allen - one all offense, the other all defense

SF:
Leonard
Parsons
Evans - tough to rate as SF. Great, versatile talent
Marion
Prince

PF:
Duncan
Dirk
Davis- closer to the top than 3rd suggests
Randolph
Asik

C:
Howard- think he's healthy and reclaims his top spot
Gasol
Splitter
Smiht
Dalembert

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Norwitski DAL
Asik HOU
Randolph MEM
Davis NOP
Duncan SAS

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That has to be the toughest division when it comes to PFs.

Yeah. Someone mentioned him playing good defense on Lebron in the finals and now he's a defensive stopper.

Parsons is a good defender.

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Leonard is better than Parsons?

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Leonard is a better rebounder, better defender, more versatile, and is as good a shooter. The only thing Parsons does better is create.

Leonard is a lesser version of Paul George. Parsons is a lesser version of Glen Rice. I'll take the Paul George model every single time.

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Leonard is a better rebounder, better defender, more versatile, and is as good a shooter. The only thing Parsons does better is create. Leonard is a lesser version of Paul George. Parsons is a lesser version of Glen Rice. I'll take the Paul George model every single time.

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Wut

All Parsons does better is create? Lol. What games are you watching?

Parsons is probably the closest thing to Paul George in the NBA. He is a good defender with a diverse offensive game.

NBA loves to sensationalize players in the playoffs. No one even knew who Leonard was in tbe regular season. People got the idea he was shutting down LBJ (who almost averaged a triple double in the finals lol) and all of a sudden he is some legit force. i call that the Tayshaun Prince treatment. Dude landed $10m a year based on "playoff defense". If Leonard played in Philly he'd be Thaddeus Young with a 3 point shot.

Parsons is the 2nd best player on his team and is asked to do way more. Look at his win shares. And if you want to glorify a guy for 1 or 2 good playoff games, Parsons averaged 18/7/4 with 3 3s per game. Eerily similar to... Paul George

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No one even knew who Leonard was in tbe regular season.

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wut?

PG
Parker SAS
Conley MEM
Holiday NOP
Lin HOU
Calderon DAL

Tough call between Holiday and Conley. I'll give Conley the benefit of the doubt, the surrounding talent difference between Memphis and Philly were significant. Holiday will be #2 at the end of the year.

SG
Harden HOU
Gordon NOP
Ellis DAL
Allen MEM
Green SAS

All on EG's health.

SF
Parsons HOU
Leonard SAS
Marion DAL
Prince MEM
Aminu NOP

Replaced Evans with Aminu. Evans won't start at SF. No guarantee that he finishes there either.


PF
Duncan SAS
Norwitski DAL
Davis NOP
Randolph MEM
Motiejunas HOU

Replaced Asik with Motie. No idea who starts at PF for Houston, but it won't be Asik. Really tough ranking the top 4. Randolph could very well be better than Davis next season, but I could see Duncan/Dirk/Davis going any order giveh the age of the former two, plus having no idea how big of a leap Davis will make. It's obviously not the end all stat, but AD finished 4th in PER among PF's, behind Duncan but ahead of Dirk/ZBo.



C
Gasol MEM
Howard HOU
Splitter SAS
Dalembert DAL
Smith NOP

For funzies, top 5 bench players:
Evans
Ryno
Asik
Koufos
Ginobili (ranked so low because I have no idea how badly he'll fall off, but was obviously terrible in the playoffs)