NBA Fantasy Basketball Rankings: Small Forwards (SF)

These rankings should help you prepare for your draft, and spur some debate.  Some of these players can play multiple fantasy positions.

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Top 10:

1. LeBron James, Cleveland Cavilers

King James will fill up every statistical category on the sheet.  If you want to knock him, take a crack at his 72.8 percent career free-throw percentage.  James is a fantastic finisher and hustles on D, setting the pace for small forwards with 138 steals.

The addition of Mo Williams will take ballhandling pressure off 'Bron, and should reduce his turnovers as well as possibly reducing last year's total of 539 assists, which was best amongst small forwards.

2. Shawn Marion, Miami Heat

Marion will be required to hit the boards in Miami and could produce double-digit numbers in this category.  He is a great defender who blocks shots and steals the ball. 

Although not a great shooter, the Matrix has been known to sink threes, and his scoring average will increase as the number two option in South Beach.

3. Carmelo Anthony, Denver Nuggets

We all know Melo can score, but he is an underrated defender who can board, with 7.4 rebounds per night last season.  Anthony has really worked on his shot selection and shot an impressive 49.2 percent from the field.

When his points are up, his assists are down, and vice versa—but that's expected, given his situation with AI.

4. Richard Jefferson, Milwaukee Bucks

Fantasy owners should be disappointed in Jefferson’s non-scoring numbers of recent years.  In Milwaukee, he may be required to board up and pass more now that he is not alongside Kidd.

Head-to-head owners should appreciate his consistency, as he was only held to single-digit scoring in two games.

5. Caron Butler, Washington Wizards

Butler knows how to step his game up when Arenas isn’t around, but he has had his own injury problems.  Caron has only played 121 games in the past two seasons.  When healthy, he does not disappoint. 

Last season the wing scored 20.3 points per game, ripped 2.2 steals per game, grabbed 6.7 rebounds per game, and shot 90.1 percent from the stripe.

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