NBA: Ranking The Top 7 Free Agent Small Forwards

Feb 21, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 21, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
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Feb 21, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 21, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) drives to the basket against Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports

With NBA Free Agency in the near distance, we look at the seven best small forwards in this year’s class

After ranking both this year’s free agent point guard and shooting guard class, we now move on to this year’s small forward pool.

This year’s crop of small forwards is one full of extreme talent, and could contain four or five max contract players depending on how teams decide to spend their ample cap space.

Of course the class is expected to be stacked when it is headlined by the likes of LeBron James and Kevin Durant, but there are other worthy forwards that are worth taking a hard look at this summer if you’re a team out there looking for help along the front line.

Here are this year’s seven best free agent small forwards.

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