Top 10 active small forwards in NBA: How many can James and Durant rank now?

There has been no discussion about LeBron James and Kevin Durant being small forwards for many years. Perhaps only when you select the strongest small forward in the NBA history can you remember LeBron at 2.06 meters and Adu, who is really 2.10 meters tall, are small forwards.

With the current NBA style of playing, it is difficult for you to distinguish the positions of players at the 2/3 and 3/4 positions.

Take LeBron as an example. On the authoritative website Basketball-reffencce, he has played all of his career positions including 1-5 positions.

Some people say that he is the No. 1 position, after all, the core of the ball is legitimate, and he also won the assists champion in the 19-20 season.

Some people also say that he is the No. 5 position, after all, he partnered with his good brother Melon in the 21-22 season to compete in the inside.

Now many coaches in the league like to set up small ball teams, and their height of 2.06 meters is already the size of many inside players. After the space array is pulled open, the two front lines are pulled open the bottom corner one left and right, and it is difficult for you to distinguish who is 3 and who is 4.

Therefore, to distinguish between the third-position small forwards, we still need to refine the standards:

play style is still on the outside, and the activity area is more on the wing.

So even though many players are the team's actual ball handlers and absolute core, we still put him in the small forward position, including LeBron and Durant.

① Tatum (26.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, 6.0 assists, 1.1 steals)

Before he was injured, he was already one of the five best in the league and the top card on the front line.

In fact, the current map positioning is very similar to LeBron in about 10 years. It is also in the peak period of his body and is also given very heavy tasks on both offense and defense.

He is not only the number one developer on the Celtics' offensive end, but also the ultimate defensive maker on the defensive end. He has to switch defenses from the first position to the fifth position.

I thought he could withstand such a role as the title of "League-Defense King", but I didn't expect that the Achilles tendon eventually fell down.

From the side, we can see what kind of immortal King Kong LeBron was at his peak.

②LeBron James (24.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 8.2 assists)

Young people are still unable to drive LeBron down for the time being.

This list does not consider age and salary, but only considers the ability to fight.

Not only does LeBron still have the best outside Tatum, but his attendance rate is even higher than Jaylen Brown (70>63 games).

Durant? Leonard? Jimmy Butler?

The total number of 1,180 minutes in 37 games last season, and Jimmy Cubs had 55 games and 1,746 minutes in 5. Where is

LeBron? 70 games 2444 minutes.

Say it again, I really don't want to say that he is 40 years old.

③ Jaylen Brown (22.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists)

Put the Celtics' double-team together in the third position because with Jaylen's strength, he can sit firmly in the starting third position and wing first choice in more than 25 teams in the league.

But because of Tatum, Jaylen still plays the role of Pippen in many cases.

or to put it more bluntly,

From the perspective of playing style, the all-round Tatum is closer to Pippen, and the key ball level is definitely not as good as Jordan.

Jaylen is slightly inferior in leading the team in series than Tutu, but has a more ruthless offensive and defensive match.

Double Titanhua is often the opposite. Tatum, who is more famous, is more like a Pippen who dominates the regular period, while Jaylen is closer to the team's boss in the key ball.

But this is already a thing of the past. The new season's map is likely to be reimbursed for the entire quarter. Jaylen can finally become the only core of the team. Let's see how good he is.

④ Jaylen Williams (21.6 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists)

I even want to put this little Jaylen in front of Jaylen Brown.

Last season, he was already the second leader in the league's No. 1 team and was selected for the All-Star, Defensive Second Team and the League's Third Team.

During the playoffs, he formed the Thunder version of the "Jordan Pippen" combination with Alexander. His all-round attributes on both offense and defense made himself the "Robin" of this era.

And he has already scored 40 points on the finals stage, while Pippen's highest score in his entire playoff career was 37 points, and he still got it from Jordan with the Rockets.

⑤ Kevin Durant (26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists)

Putting him here is not disrespectful to Durant, but the poor team environment of the Suns in the past two years has really left him in an isolated situation, and his game is really bad.

But don't forget that at the age of 37, he still averages 26+6+4 per game, with a true shooting percentage of 64.2%, even higher than his own MVP season.

When he came to the Houston Rockets, he finally had a group of reliable teammates, just like Curry has dreams and James has thick eyebrows. Now Durant is surrounded by strong guys like Amen, Ethan, Shin Kyung, and real point guards like Fan Datou.

I know many people are no longer looking down on Adu, but I wouldn't be surprised if his performance will return to before 2022 next season.

⑥ Bridges (17.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists)

The top five are the star strikers of their respective teams and the core of the team, and there will be many 3D puzzle players next..

And the first is the ceiling of the league's 3D forward, and it is also the ultimate Iron Man. Mikal Bridges,

has become common in this round break and many stars are still falling down. You can't imagine a player who entered the league in 2018, and has maintained a terrifying record of 613 games so far.

Although he lost to the Pacers in the East last season, the Knicks were generally successful. They defeated the defending champions Celtics, and the combination of Bridges and Anunobi was used to limit the double-Tanhua.

And Bridges gave the performance that the series had 14.7 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.7 steals and 1.0 blocks, including two consecutive games blocking the double-Tanhua at the last moment.

⑦ Anunobi (18.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists)

In the Knicks system, Anunobi, who has more advantages in figure, looks more like a number four position. But with excellent confrontation and movement, he can also take four or five upwards, and even face small people.

And compared to Bridges who only started practicing ball holding during the Nets, Anunobi has been trained by the Raptors for many years until Barnes joins the team. His ball holding level has actually jumped out of the 3D range and is closer to an all-around forward.

It was only because the Knicks had a big-headed Bronson that he appeared more in the engineer position.

⑧Leonard (21.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.1)

He can still play in the highest-end game (33+6+7 against the Warriors in the final game, and 39 points in the second game against the Nuggets), and his playoffs are still superior to the regular season (25.0 points, 7.6 rebounds, 4.7 assists).

His only problem is his health and endurance. After the Clippers' lineup has been greatly strengthened this year, there is reason to have more expectations for him.

⑨ Jimmy Butler (17.9 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.9 assists)

After joining the Warriors in the second half of last season, he proved that he still had the oily "Jimmy Cubs", but in the last game of the regular season against the Clippers and Curry after being injured against the Timberwolves, he told us that he is already a 36-year-old veteran.

The new season cannot be expected to maintain the spirit of last season in the regular season, after all, last year was equivalent to half a season resting.

But if the Warriors can survive healthily until the playoffs, his big scene attributes are still scarce in this league.

⑩Mc Daniels (12.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.3 steals)

The third position is really too curly, allowing McDaniels, who is now considered by many people, to be squeezed to tenth.

In the past two years (actually just 12 months), McDann not only played his own net worth in the regular season (a five-year contract of 130 million now seems too good), but has also encountered James, Durant, Butler, Doncic, and Alexander in succession. It can be said that he has experienced the baptism of top-notch big scenes.

And this year's 30 points in a single game against the Lakers also proves that his ceiling is more than just an engineer.

The Timberwolves' future is also entrusted to him. If Huazi can grow into Jordan in the future, he will be destined to be Pippen.