Kelly Dwyer Ranks The Players

Kelly Dwyer from The Ball Don’t Lie blog recently rated the players at each position in the NBA.  Granted, this is just one man’s opinion, but it is one that I mostly agree with on his rankings.  On the Hawks, Al Horford rated fourth among centers, which isn’t bad for a guy who many Hawks fans say isn’t really a center because he doesn’t have standard center size.  To round out the Hawks budding young front court, Josh Smith rates seventh among power forwards.  Only two other teams had their starting center and starting power forward in the top 10 on both lists: Los Angeles Lakers (Andrew Bynum 5th among centers and Pau Gasol 1st among power forwards) and the Chicago Bulls (Joakim Noah 7th among centers and Carlos Boozer 6th among power fowards).  Josh Smith actually ranks third among Eastern Conference power forwards.

Joe Johnson ranks fourth among shooting guards, while Jamal Crawford ranked 12th among shooting guards.  Marvin Williams was 21st among small forwards, and the Hawks didn’t have a point guard to rank in the top 30. 

Overall, not bad for a team whom the experts say has peaked.