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NBA Positional Power Rankings: Westbrook, Leonard Are Red-Hot

By Steven Abramo

Nov 1, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) reacts after a shot against the Utah Jazz during the first half at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 1, 2016; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (2) reacts after a shot against the Utah Jazz during the first half at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /
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Nov 2, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) shoots the ball over Washington Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr. (22) in the second quarter at Verizon Center. The Raptors won 113-103. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 2, 2016; Washington, DC, USA; Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan (10) shoots the ball over Washington Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr. (22) in the second quarter at Verizon Center. The Raptors won 113-103. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

Shooting Guards

1. DeMar DeRozan

Stats: 34 points, 5 rebounds 

Consistency, consistency, consistency. No other words reign true for DeRozan who has achieved eight 30+ point performances throughout the Raptors’ first nine games this season. While you can label this as a “small sample size”, you can’t scoff at the numbers that DeRozan is putting up.

Through the season’s first three weeks, DeRozan is currently the leading points scorer in the NBA – averaging 34 per game, and is sporting career-highs in rebounds (4.8 per game) as well as eFG percentage (53.8 percent). DeRozan’s shortcomings may still lie from the perimeter, shooting only 21.4 percent, however that proves to be the only aspect of his game that’s lacking at this point.

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