Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Remember the early and mid 00s we had lots of athletic swingmen like Desmond Mason, Ricky Davis.. Im talking incredible athletes who arent superstars but still have incredible highlights every now and then.

Where did they go? I feel like the league is made up of a bunch of Wesley Matthews' type dudes now.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

JR Smith, Wade, LeBron, Josh Smith, Derozan

I think they've been overshadowed by uber athletic PGs.

rose, westbrook, wall, teague

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Wesley Matthews kicks ass.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

I think World Peace and C. Anthony are pound-for-pound some of the strongest guys in the league. World Peace is so deficient in other athletics areas now though, so it's impossible to put him up there.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

the league wised up; the crappy ones don't last. Gerald Green, James White etc.

Wasn't Desmond Mason somewhat good for one season then just pretty bad the rest?

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Rudy Gay

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

He was decent for like a 5-year stretch.

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Iguodala.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Michael Gilchrist
Terrence Jones
and to a lesser degree Harrison Barnes

3 athletic lotto swing men.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

I wondered this too when I was thinking of who should be in the Slam Dunk Contest?

There really are fewer dunkers at the SG/SF position than there used to be.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Shannon Brown, although he's as dumb as a rock.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Shumpert kid is absolutely dreadful. And really, many of them. Thing is (as the poster stated before) nowdays there are way more uber-athletic point guards too, that lessens the contrast.

Re: Where are the super athletic swing men?
 

Terrence Jones and Derozan are more athletic than any of them.