Ok, basically we are just about done with the 2012 Fantasy Basketball Draft Guide. We have this post and a sleeper post coming up and then it will all be in the can. Yee haw!(es). Anyway, as many of you know, Yahoo! and ESPN have shooting guards who are small forward eligible and vice versa so I figured I’d rank just the top 60 small forwards and shooting guards to help y’all out. No, I’m not from the South but I can write like one! Player blurbs can be found in the link next to each player’s name.
1. Lebron James – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 27.5 ppg/7.8 rpg/6.4 apg/.520/.772/1.8 spg/75 3s/65 blk/3.3 tov
2. Kevin Durant – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 28 ppg/7.8 rpg/3.2 apg/.495/.870/1.2 spg/150 3s/90 blk/3.3 tov
3. Dwyane Wade – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 24 ppg/4.5 apg/5.5 rpg/.490/.775/1.7 spg/60 3s/80 blk/3 tov
4. Kobe Bryant – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 25 ppg/4.5 apg/5 rpg/.460/.825/1.3 spg/110 3s/12 blk/3 tov
5. Carmelo Anthony – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 24 ppg/6.5 rpg/3 apg/.450/.825/1.1 spg/100 3s/45 blk/2.6 tov
6. Rudy Gay – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 19 ppg/6.3 rpg/2.8 apg/.460/.790/1.5 spg/80 3s/80 blk/2.5 tov
7. Monta Ellis – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 21 ppg/5.7 apg/3.5 rpg/.460/.790/2 spg/90 3s/20 blk/3 tov
8. Danny Granger – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 20.5 ppg/5.3 rpg/2.2 apg/.425/.850/1.1 spg/150 3s/65 blk/2.3 tov
9. Joe Johnson – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 18.5 ppg/4 apg/4 rpg/.450/.820/1 spg/135 3s/10 blk/2 tov
10. James Harden – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16 ppg/3.5 apg/4 rpg/.475/.845/1 spg/145 3s/25 blk/2.2 tov1
11. Andre Iguodala – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 15 ppg/6 rpg/5.5 apg/.460/.720/1.5 spg/95 3s/40 blk/2.5 tov
12. Paul Pierce – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 18.5 ppg/5.2 rpg/4 apg/.460/.850/1.1 spg/115 3s/40 blk/2.5 tov
13. Marcus Thornton – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 18 ppg/2.5 apg/3.5 rpg/.440/.825/1.4 spg/150 3s/12 blk/2 tov
14. Luol Deng – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 17 ppg/6.3 rpg/2.8/.455/.765/1 spg/110 3s/45 blk/1.9 tov
15. Nicolas Batum – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 15.5 ppg/5.2 rpg/2 apg/.455/.835/1 spg/150 3s/80 blk/1.7 tov
16. Tyreke Evans – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16.5 ppg/4.5 apg/5.0 rpg/.450/.770/45 3s/1.4 spg/40 blk/2.8 tov
17. Paul George – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 13.5 ppg/3 apg/6 rpg/.445/.810/1.7 spg/115 3s/50 blk/1.8 tov
18. Gerald Wallace – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 13 ppg/6.7 rpg/2.7 apg/.465/.780/1.5 spg/80 3s/75 blk/2 tov >>>> a bit tough to predict the ppg, not gonna lie
19. Danilo Gallinari – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 16.5 ppg/5 rpg/2.5 apg/.430/.87o/1 spg/130 3s/40 blk/1.7 tov
20. Arron Afflalo – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16.5 ppg/2.8 apg/3.5 rpg/.470/.810/.6 spg/120 3s/30 blk/1.5 tov
21. Lou Williams – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16 ppg/4 apg/3 rpg/.420/.810/1 spg/105 3s/20 blk/1.5 tov
22. Manu Ginobili – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16.5 ppg/4.5 apg/3.8 rpg/.450/.870/1.4 spg/125 3s/25 blk/2 tov
23. Maurice Williams – Top 25 Point Guards
Projections: 15.2 ppg/5.5 apg/3 rpg/.435/.870/140 3s/1 spg/10 blk/3 tov
24. Gordon Hayward - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 14.5 ppg/4.3 rpg/3,2 apg/.475/.845/.9 spg/90 3s/50 blk/2 tov ->>> I’m a fan, what can I say?
25. Kevin Martin – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 18.5 ppg/2.5 apg/3 rpg/.435/.875/1 spg/150 3s/10 blk/2.5 tov
26. Klay Thompson – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16.5 ppg/3 apg/3.2 rpg/.440/.880/1.1 spg/130 3s/30 blk/2.2 tov
27. Eric Gordon – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 22 ppg/2.8 apg/3.5 rpg/.450/.795/1.2 spg/120 3s/12 blk/3 tov (if healthy)
28. Wesley Matthews – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 14.5 ppg/1.7 apg/3.5 rpg/.445/.850/1.5 spg/130 3s/15 blk/1.5 tov
29. Brandon Knight – Top 25 Point Guards
Projections: 13 ppg/4.3 apg/3.5 rpg/.395/.765/110 3s/.8 spg/10 blk/2.6 tov
30. Raymond Felton –Top 25 Point Guards
Projections: 11.5 ppg/6 apg/3 rpg/.420/.800/80 3s/1.2 spg/10 blk/2.6 tov
31. Rodney Stuckey – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 15 ppg/3.9 apg/3 rpg/.435/.840/1 spg/45 3s/15 blk/2.2 tov
32. Michael Beasley – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 17 ppg/5.8 rpg/2.1 apg/.450/.760/.7 spg/70 3s/50 blk/2.7 tov
33. Jason Terry – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 15 ppg/3.5 apg/2 rpg/.450/.850/1.1 spg/115 3s/15 blk/2 tov
34. Andrei Kirilenko – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 11.5 ppg/5.1 rpg/3 apg/.465/.765/1.2 spg/40 3s/90 blk/2 tov
35. Michael Kidd-Gilchrist - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 14 ppg/5.5 rpg/2.5 apg/.455/.755/1 spg/30 3s/60 blk/2.5 tov
36. Kawhi Leonard - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 11 ppg/6 rpg/2 apg/.475/.780/1.5 spg/80 3s/40 blk/1.3 tov
37. Jared Dudley – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 14.5 ppg/2 apg/4.5 rpg/.480/.770/1 spg/120 3s/30 blk/1.5 tov
38. Greivis Vasquez - Top 25 Point Guards
Projections: 11.5 ppg/6.5 apg/2.5 rpg/.435/.825/1 spg/75 3s/5 blk/3 tov
39. George Hill – Top 25 Point Guards
Projections: 12 ppg/5 apg/3.5 rpg/.440/.780/.9 spg/90 3s/25 blk/1.8 tov
40. Hedo Turkoglu - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 11.5 ppg/4.5 rpg/4.2 apt/.425/.725/.8 spg/125 3s/35 blk/2.1 tov
41. Thaddeus Young - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 13 ppg/5.2 rpg/1.3 apg/.500/.755/1 spg/0 3s/40 blk/1.5 tov
42. Gerald Henderson – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 15 ppg/2.4 apg/4 rpg/.455/.770/.9 spg/20 3s/30 blk/1.9 tov
43. Trevor Ariza – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 10.7 ppg/5.2 rpg/2.8 apg/.400/.700/1.6 spg/70 3s/40 blk/2 tov
44. J.R. Smith – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 12.5 ppg/2.5 apg/3.8 rpg/.420/.730/1.3 spg/130 3s/15 blk/1.3 tov
45. DeMar DeRozan - Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 16 ppg/3.1 rpg/2 apg/.455/.810/.8 spg/30 3s/30 blk/2 tov
46. Harrison Barnes - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 13 ppg/4.5 rpg/2 apg/.425/.740/1.1 spg/90 3s/25 blk/2.5 tov >>> Rough educated estimate
47. Luke Ridnour - Top 25 Point Guards
Projections: 11.5 ppg/4.5 apg/2.5 rpg/.440/.870/1.1 spg/75 3s/20 blk/1.8 tov
48. O.J. Mayo – Top 125 Overall
Projections: 13.5 ppg/2.5 apg/3 rpg/.425/.785/1.2 spg/115 3s/25 blk/2 tov
49. Mike Dunleavy - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 12.5 ppg/3.5 rpg/2.5 apg/.460/.810/.5 spg/120 3s/10 blk/1.2 tov
50. Jason Richardson – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 11.5 ppg/2 apg/3.5 rpg/.435/.730/1 spg/130 3s/30 blk/1.5 tov
51. Evan Turner – Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 12 ppg/6 rpg/2.8 apg/.440/.720/.8 spg/20 3s/50 blk/1.8 tov
52. Jordan Crawford – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 14.5 ppg/3 apg/2.5 rpg/.410/.800/1.spg/100 3s/8 blk/2.2 tov
53. Dion Waiters – Top 125 Overall
Projections: 11 ppg/3.1 rpg/3 apg/.390/.770/.8 spg/45 3s/10 blk/2 tov >>>> Hard to say, man, hard to say.
54. Tony Allen – Top 25 Shooting Guards
Projections: 10 ppg/1.5 apg/4 rpg/.475/.780/1.8 spg/15 3s/40 blk/1.8 tov
55. Shawn Marion - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 10.5 ppg/7.2 rpg/2.1 apg/.450/.795/1.1 spg/30 3s/40 blk/1.7 tov
56. Tayshaun Prince - Top 25 Small Forwards
Projections: 13 ppg/4.3 rpg/2.5 apg/.450/.765/.5 spg/45 3s/40 blk/1.3 tov
57. Jarrett Jack - Just close your eyes for a minute and envision the words “Jarrett Jack: Starting point guard for your Golden State Warriors!”. Ok, maybe they aren’t your Golden State Warriors but you get my drift, said Stephen Curry.
58. James Johnson - You want blocks and steals and like 7 points a game, JJ is your man!
59. Brandon Roy - The question isn’t if, it’s when but in the meantime, feel free to take a dip.
60. Jamal Crawford - So Chauncey Billups is ahead of him on the depth chart. You know, the old guy with the heel achilles.
Bonus! Because you know why …
61. Ramon Sessions - He’ll get minutes at the point and will do just enough to annoy all Kemba Walker owners. Drats!
62. Ben Gordon - We best not see a Ramon Sessions/Ben Gordon starting back court in Charlotte, said the mothers of Kemba Walker and Gerald Henderson.
63. Jeff Green - You want a sleeper, here you go, Mr. Deepish League Man. You’re so clever.
64. Chauncey Billups - I don’t know, Jamal Crawford looks like a pretty decent late grab. Dontcha think?
65. Bradley Beal - Jordan Crawford plays the same position. Jordan Crawford aint bad, man, so I’m not sure I’m believing the hype from what other, um, experts are saying. Prove me wrong, Bradley!
67. C.J. Miles – Top 200 Overall
Projections – 12 ppg/2 apg/3.3 rpg/.420/.795/1.1 spg/115 3s/30 blk/1.5 tov
68. Alonzo Gee - Top 200 Overall
Projections: 11 pp./6 rpg/2 apg/.420/.785/1.3 spg/55 3s/25 blk/1.8 tov
69. Caron Butler - In 29 games up to the All Star Break, Caron averaged 32.9 mpg/14.3 ppg/4 rpg/1.5 apg/.431/.781/1.1 spg/1.9 3pm. In 34 games after the All Star Break, Caron averaged 26.9 mpg/9.9 ppg/3.4 rpg/1 apg/.384/.882/.6 spg/1.1 3pm. In other words, Caron kicked the fantasy bucket! RIP.
70. Nate Robinson - He will be on my sleeper post coming real soon!
71. Dorrell Wright – He had his one glory year. Hey, it’s better than having his one glory hole. Ewwwww.
72. Brandon Rush – I see a man who do what he do. What he do is a lil’ bit o’ dis, a lil’ bit o’ dat, but not much o’ dat o’ dat o’ dat. Why am I speaking Ebonics and Galic!?
72. Danny Green – He’s the starting shooting guard in San Antone’. That counts for something, right?
Next up: 2012-13 Fantasy Basketball Sleepers
