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In Basketball, the Small Forward position is the most versatile of all positions. The primary responsibility for this position is scoring points and also engaging in secondary rebounds behind the power forward and centre. Many Small forwards are the profilic scorers in NBA. Defense is often their major priority because of their athleticism and size.Larry Bird and Scottie Pipen are some of the NBA Legends who come to our mind when we mention Small Forward. In the present, players like Kevin Durant, LeBron ‘King’ James, Carmello Anthony don this position. Here we have rated the top five best Small Forwards in the recently released game, NBA 2K15. These players are rated based only on their in-game ratings.
#1 LeBron James
Team Cleveland Cavaliers Player Rating 98
Topping the list is none other than LeBron James. He plays primarily as a small forward and tends to play as point forward, a position which combines the duty of point guard and a forward. After four years with Miami, The King came back to his own kingdom, Cleveland Cavaliers. He is the highest rated player in this game at 98, just two short of 100. James is a two time NBA Champion, four time NBA Most Valuable Player and atwo time NBA Finals Most Valuable Player.
LeBron has been selectedto tenNBA All-Starteams, tenAll-NBAteams, and sixAll-Defensiveteams. He is Cleveland Cavaliers All-time leading scorer. LeBron is one of the consistent performers of this game, averaging 27.5 points, 6.9 assists, 7.2 rebounds at 39.5 minutes per game throughout his career.
LeBron James might become the greatest ever player to don this positionin NBA after he leaves the game.
#2 Kevin Durant
Team Oklahoma City ThunderPlayer Rating 95
The Leagues Most Valuable Player for 2013-14 season, the cover star of this game and the current NBA scoring Champion Kevin Durant is second on this list. He is rated 95 in this game, and is among the elite players who are rated above 90.Durant has won anNBA Most Valuable Player Award, fourNBA scoring titles andtheNBA Rookie of the Year Award.He has also been selected to fiveAll-NBAteams and fiveAll-Starteams.
He was drafted in 2007 and was selected by then Seattle Supersonics, now called as the Oklahoma City Thunder. He set his career high in points and assists per game last season, and even led the league in scoring. In 2013-14 season, he averaged, 32.0 points, 5.5 assists, 7.4 rebounds, 1.3 steals at 38.5 minutes per game.
#3 Carmelo Anthony
Team New York KnicksPlayer Rating 89
The New York Knicks player is rated 89 in this game. He is rated thesame as Paul George and is listed above him because of Georges injury. Carmelo Anthony is a dynamic scorer of the ball as he averaged 27.4 points, 3.1 assists, 8.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals at 38.7 minutes per game. He set the league record for minutes per game and set his career high rebounds and blocks last season.
He has been the consistent performer for Knicks as they have entered the NBA Playoffs in his three times in his last four seasons with them, where he managed to average 26.3 points per game in the last four seasons and was the NBA Scoring Champion in 2012-13 season.
#4 Paul George
Team Indiana PacersPlayer Rating 89
Paul George, shortly called as PG-13 is rated 89 in the game and gets the fourth position.Last season, Paul came into life as he took Indiana Pacers till Conference Finals, before losing against Miami Heat, bysetting his career high points, steals, rebounds, and three point percentage in the NBA Playoffs.
Last season, he even managed to set his career high in points, steals and free throw percentage in the regular season also. He averaged 21.7 points, 3.5 assists, 1.9 steals per game and 0.864 free throw percentage in the regualr season. In Playoffs he averaged 22.6 points, 2.2 steals, 7.6rebounds, 3.8 assists at 41.1 minutes per game.
He has been ruled out of this season, due to a pre season injury. If you areusing officialonlinerosters, George won't be playable in the game. However, in MyLeague and MyGM the pre-existing injuries can be turned off, making PG-13 available for the games.
#5 Kawhi Leonard
Team San Antonio SpursPlayer Rating 85
The youngest small forward in this list is Kawhi Leonard aged 23, and is already rated 85 in this game. He won his first NBA Championship last season with the Spurs and went on to become the third young player to win NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. Only Magic Johnson has achieved this feattwice in different seasons. Last season was remarkable for Leonard as het set his career high in points, blocks, steals, assists andrebounds.
Last season, he averaged 12.8 points, 0.8 blocks, 1.7 steals, 2.0 assists and6.2 reboundsat 29.1 minutes per game. Also, in the NBA Playoffs, he set his career high in points averaging 14.3 points per game.
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