6. Kawhi Leonard
I really don't have anything negative to say about this superstar (for a change): Kawhi Leonard plays on a successful team (his San Antonio Spurs enjoy the league's second-best record at 27-7 [0.794]), shoots efficiently, and ranks highly in the advanced statistics. This utter absence of any noticeable drawback in his superstar-ness is the reason why I gave Leonard the nod over the others below him in this third tier of these rankings (yes, you'll find that the top five in this list are considerably ahead of anyone else; and that goes double for the top two). Kawhi, however, fails to crack the uber-elite top-five at the moment due to his eighth-ranked PER at 26.95 and ninth-ranked EWA and VA across the NBA. Leonard is currently posting very nice averages, with career bests in several categories: 24.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.0 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. As aforementioned, he has efficient shooting percentages to go with those stats as well, namely splits of 46.6/32.0/92.0 (FG% / 3P% / FT%). Extraordinary for sure, but not quite extra-extraordinary.
I really don't have anything negative to say about this superstar (for a change): Kawhi Leonard plays on a successful team (his San Antonio Spurs enjoy the league's second-best record at 27-7 [0.794]), shoots efficiently, and ranks highly in the advanced statistics. This utter absence of any noticeable drawback in his superstar-ness is the reason why I gave Leonard the nod over the others below him in this third tier of these rankings (yes, you'll find that the top five in this list are considerably ahead of anyone else; and that goes double for the top two). Kawhi, however, fails to crack the uber-elite top-five at the moment due to his eighth-ranked PER at 26.95 and ninth-ranked EWA and VA across the NBA. Leonard is currently posting very nice averages, with career bests in several categories: 24.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.0 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. As aforementioned, he has efficient shooting percentages to go with those stats as well, namely splits of 46.6/32.0/92.0 (FG% / 3P% / FT%). Extraordinary for sure, but not quite extra-extraordinary.
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