NBA Top 30 Shooting Guards (No Current Bulls)

maybe a sg version of gerald wallace-lite….basically use his athleticism and defense to get steals blocks or just force turnovers, then run the court for dunks….

Brewer is not completely useless on offense. He doesn’t have a reliable jumper, but he is a better ball-handler than Thabo as well as better on the fastbreak and finishing at the basket.

And Brewer is pretty good defensively too.

He’s not on the list either

It obviously comes down to how much success Brewer has, and I think that’s going to be extremely dependent on what offense we run and how well it works. I have my doubts that Brewer and Deng will be able to coexist that well on offense since neither is a legitimate 3-pt threat and they both thrive on slashing to the basket. Then again, Brewer flourished in Utah playing next to Kirilenko, who is similar to Deng in a lot of respects. I’m going to wait to see Brewer play in a Bulls uniform before I condemn him, but I am skeptical that he’ll be a good starting SG. I can say for sure that I’d be much more comfortable with a legitimate 3-pt threat at SG. I think there’s a very good chance at the end of the season that I’m going to look back and wish that the Bulls had either offered more to Redick or pursued Rudy more aggressively.

1. Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers:
2. Dwyane Wade – Miami HEAT:
3. Brandon Roy – Portland Trailblazers:
4. Joe Johnson – Atlanta Hawks:
5. Monta Ellis – Golden State Warriors:

Just Missed the Cut:

Tyreke Evans – Sacramento Kings:
Manu Ginobili – San Antonio Spurs:
Kevin Martin – Houston Rockets:

Honorable Mention:

Ray Allen – Boston Celtics
Stephen Jackson – Charlotte Bobcats
O.J. Mayo – Memphis Grizzlies
Ben Gordon – Detroit Pistons

IMO, Thabo and R. Brewer are similar in the way that they both focus on defense at the shooting gaurd position. Thabo has a better 3 pt shot, but Brewer is more explosive in transition and is able to get to the rim more than Thabo. IMO, I believe Brewer is better than Thabo, but not by much and either one shouln’t be in the top 30. We could only hope that Ronnie Brewer could be anywhere near like a Gerald Wallace at SG. Wallace has a nice all-around game, an all-star, and is somewhat like a Scottie Pippenn in some respects.

Kirk out of position, respectively shooting 35, 42 and 41% from the field last year (though both Hinrich and Salmons were solid from behind the arc). Korver, Brewer and Watson will definitely be better than that offensively. Brewer scores a lot of assisted dunks, and given our tendency to run and the fact that we have a lot of other players to draw defensive pressure, that trend will continue.

I also have a suspicion that Korver will play more minutes at two than we expect (that is unless we get a guy like Rudy) thus having a huge affect on our 3P%, thereby raising our efficiency at SG; his three point shooting will be an immediate improvement over anyone we had and its not out of the question that he isn’t asked to shoot more like he did in Philly where he was taking 5 3PA a game (one year he took 6.8).

Watson is obviously up in the air, but if we are asking him to be as good as Pargo, I think we can just about wrap it up. His college three point shooting numbers are pretty awesome and his first two NBA years are fine; I would chalk the recent fluctuation more up to Nellie’s offense than his play—though one would have to confer with a Warriors fan to know definitively.

Anyway, I think that our rotation will continue to frustrate and remain our weakest position, but it will surely improve. These are low turnover, smart and efficient (in their own ways) players who can all move the ball. I think that is a lot more than we can say about the group we had last year.