NBA Analysis: Pure Scorers at SF

In order to create the All-NBA pure team (which Danny Green has already earned a spot on with his three-point shooting ability), we need a scorer. For this breakdown, I have decided to use the small forwards, because they are frequently used on NBA teams as scorers. So, here are all of the NBA small forwards who average 11.5+ points a game:

Pierce and Anthony are among 17 small forwards on this list

Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City

Carmelo Anthony, New York

LeBron James, Miami

Paul Pierce, Boston

Rudy Gay, Toronto

Paul George, Indiana

Dalino Gallinari, Denver

Luol Deng, Chicago

Chandler Parsons, Houston

Nicolas Batum, Portland

Evan Turner, Philadelphia

Vince Carter, Dallas

Metta World Peace, LA Lakers

Andre Iguodala, Denver

Corey Brewer, Denver

Jeff Green, Boston

Martell Webster, Washington

These are our 17 top scorers at the small forward position. Now, we need to look at some highlights of their scoring abilities.

Now that we have seen highlights, I am going to narrow the list down to top 10 scorers and their averages:

Indiana's Paul George is still on the list after one cut

Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City (28.4)
Carmelo Anthony, New York (27.4)
LeBron James, Miami (26.6)
Paul Pierce, Boston (18.7)
Rudy Gay, Toronto (18.3)
Paul George, Indiana (17.6)
Dalino Gallinari, Denver (16.2)
Luol Deng, Chicago (16.1)
Chandler Parsons, Houston (15.1)
Nicolas Batum, Portland (14.7)

Now, look at the conferences. 6/10 players on this list play in the Eastern Conference, `while 3 out of those 6 are in the Atlantic Division. All of these players are on their own, because none of their teammates are here. Six of these players have made the all-star team, and half of these players were drafted before 2007. This list is now ranked by points per game, so I will re-rank it as to the amount of points they have each scored this season:

LeBron and KD have scored the most points this season

Kevin Durant, Oklahoma City (1,962)

LeBron James, Miami (1,784)

Carmelo Anthony, New York (1,453)

Paul Pierce, Boston (1,231)

Paul George, Indiana (1,179)

Rudy Gay, Toronto (1,136)

Dalino Gallinari, Denver (1,053)

Chandler Parsons, Houston (1,013)

Luol Deng, Chicago (1,001)

Nicolas Batum, Portland (988)

To be fair, I am going to eliminate every scorer who has not scored at least 1,100 points this season. So we are down to six competitors for a spot on the All-NBA pure team:

Kevin Durant

LeBron James

Carmelo Anthony

Paul Pierce

Paul George

Rudy Gay

Now, here are the top scoring teammates of these competitors, to really see if they are pure:

Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City: 23.2

J.R. Smith, New York: 17.7

Dwayne Wade, Miami: 21.3

Kevin Garnett, Boston: 14.9

David West, Indiana: 17.2

DeMar DeRozan, Toronto: 17.6

So, to rank these six competitors, I will multiply their teammate's points per game by ten, then I will subtract that number from the number of points they have scored this season. After that, I will multiply their points per game by ten and add that to their score. Here are the final results:

Winner: Kevin Durant--2,014

2nd--LeBron James: 1837

3rd--Carmelo Anthony: 1550

4th--Paul Pierce: 1269

5th--Paul George: 1183

6th--Rudy Gay: 1143

Well, it looks like Kevin Durant will be joining Danny Green on our All-NBA Pure Team. Thanks for reading today, and look for rebounding power forwards next time!