POWER-POLE RANKINGS DEC.1: SHOOTING GUARDS

TOP 30 SHOOTING GUARDS:

1. Steph Curry
2. James Harden 

3. Klay Thompson

4. Kyrie Irving
5. Kawhi Leonard

6. Gordon Hayward
7. Kyle Korver
8. Nicolas Batum
9. Bradley Beal
10. Demar Derozan
11. Wesley Matthews
12. Brandon Jennings
13. Brandon Knight
14. Jimmy Butler
15. Reggie Jackson
16. Dewayne Wade
17. Kobe Bryant
18. Eric Bledsoe
19. Goran Gragic
20. Trevor Ariza
21. Lance Stephenson
22. Monte Ellis
23. Joe Johnson
24. Jamal Crawford
25. Kemba Walker
26. Tyreke Evans
27. Jeff Green
28. Isaiah Thomas
29. Danny Green
30. Mike Dunleavy

The first shooting guard I want to talk about is someone I expected to be much higher up in the rankings, and that would be Lance "Born Ready" Stephenson, who has looked anything but born ready with his new team. He has struggled without the support of Frank Vogel and Larry Bird, but we still expect him to turn things around as the season progresses. He simply has too much talent to not produce and I think he's a great buy low candidate. If he puts it all together he's one of a handful of players in the league who will flirt with a triple-double every night. Someone who has done the complete opposite of Lance is Jimmy Butler, who has been playing like man possessed to start for his team this season. He is playing for a max contract next year and it's certainly looking like he's going to earn one. There is absolutely nothing to dislike about Butler's stats right now as he really contributes in every category. Though he may come back down to earth a bit, especially if Derrick Rose can stay in the line-up, but expect him to finish the season as a top 10 SG and probably knocking of the door of top 5.