Ranking the best NBA small forwards, summer of 2011

[QUOTE=28renyoy]Durant led the league averaging 27.7 ppg on 19.7 FGA 58.9 TS% this past season
Durant led the playoffs averaging 28.6 ppg on 20.3 FGA 58.2 TS% this past season

Melo averaged 25.6 ppg on 19.5 FGA 55.7 TS% this past season
Melo averaged 26.0 ppg on 22.0 FGA 50.5 TS% in the playoffs this past season[/quote]
& the TS% doesnt mean much in this comparison considering the difference in how Melo & Durant get their points. Obviously a guy who spends the game spotting up & getting his shots off of screens will have a higher TS% than a player like Melo who gets his points off of isolations.

Once again, a guy like Ray Allen carries a higher TS% than Kobe simply due to the shot opportunities he gets while Kobe creates his own shot opportunities.

btw Melo plays on an inferior team and only played 4 games in the Playoffs.

Thats such a great stat to go off of, how about we look at what happened to Durant last year against the Lakers. :roll: :roll:

Scoring champ turned 35% FG shooter.








[quote]Durant won as many playoff series last season as Carmelo has won in his entire career




Over the past 2 years, Melo has averaged more FGA than Durant while scoring nearly 3 less ppg on far inferior efficiency. Yes, clearly touches is what puts them apart.[/QUOTE]

The reason being Durant's OKC team is superior to any team Melo has been on.

& Durant makes up the 3 PPG difference due to the previous season in which he got to the line far more times than Melo did.

btw we've talked about efficiency previously.

[QUOTE=28renyoy]I'm done arguing with homers. 90% of unbiased posters at realgm, which is 10X the size of insidehoops, believe Durant is clearly superior to Anthony.

Stats back it up. Majority opinion backs it up. What else is there?[/QUOTE]

Then go back to RealGM and get the **** off our site you phagghot

Why do you even argue with joyner ?

He is the biggest Durant homer out there. Who knows,maybe we have mama Durant on ISH :oldlol:

Lebron is #1

after that comes K.D , Paul Pierce , Mello ...

Lebron
Melo/Durant
Melo/Durant
Pierce
Gay
Granger
Deng
Wallace

1 lebron
2 durant
3 anthony
4 gay
5 deng
6 pierce
7 wallace
8 granger
9 marion
10 beasley

[QUOTE=28renyoy]The Knick/Melo homers are out of control


Durant has more accolades, better career stats, better single season stats, better playoff stats, better career playoff stats, better playoff record, yet they still rank Melo ahead. What a joke.[/QUOTE]

stats stats stats stats stats stats stats

I said in my original list, I'm waiting to hear a justification of Kevin Durant being better than Carmelo Anthony that's not based all on numbers and TS%, because while stuff like that is useful, it doesn't paint the whole picture. Anyway, Melo's TS% went up significantly in New York when he started playing off the ball more, taking more threes, and not creating as many isolation shots as he did in Denver. It just goes to show you that TS% can have a lot more to do with a player's role than his actual ability.

You have to look at how they get their points, Melo can create for himself anywhere on the floor whereas Durant usually shoots off of high screens. This means that if the team finds itself in a situation where it needs a couple of basketballs in the fourth, you can count on Melo to create a midrange shot for himself while there's a good chance Durant is being forced away from the three point line off the ball.

I also love the myth that Durant is better at defense, rebounding, and "intangibles" than Carmelo. They're both pretty good rebounders for their position, but Melo is much better for his height and I would say better overall. Neither of them are great defenders, but Melo is actually a pretty good man-to-man defender. I guess Durant is a better help and team defender because Melo's awful at that.

I know it's pointless arguing with you because you're the biggest Durant homer alive, I just want to have my say anyway.

you guys should check NBA Rankings Before posting non-sense :D melo did nothing comparing to pierce ...

[QUOTE=Da Heroic One]1. Lebron James
2. Carmelo Anthony
3. Kevin Durant
4. Paul Pierce
5. Luol Deng[/QUOTE]

I've watched damn every Bulls game in the last 2 years or so and i know for a fact that Deng isnt better than Danny Granger and Crash. Even though the Bulls won the series in the playoffs but Granger was tearing Luol Deng apart in that series.

LeBron James
Kevin Durant
Carmelo Anthony
Paul Pierce
Danny Granger
Gerald Wallace
Rudy Gay
Stephen Jackson
Andre Iguodala
Luol Deng

lbj
durant ( because basketball is a 5on5 game, not 1on1 game ........produces more)
melo
rudy
pierce
gerald wallace
iggy
granger
marion
deng

[QUOTE=Bigsmoke]I've watched damn every Bulls game in the last 2 years or so and i know for a fact that Deng isnt better than Danny Granger and Crash. Even though the Bulls won the series in the playoffs but Granger was tearing Luol Deng apart in that series.[/QUOTE]
Deng is better than Crash, maybe not Granger.

I didn't realize how deep the small forward position is..

I don't care about stats.
But I think that Durant will be way more dominant than Melo throughout his career.
And I like Melo a lot (especially as a Knicks fan :D)... It's just two different leagues.

Without reading the replies I can guess that probably the thread has turned into a Durant Vs Melo argument with Joyner in the center.