NBA: Top 10 Players In The Western Conference

By Ti Windisch | Aug 25, 2016

May 26, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots the ball over Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) in the fourth quarter in game five of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Oracle Arena. The Warriors defeated the Thunder 120-111. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports /

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3. Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard is almost as good at being underrated as he is at playing defense and not caring about being underrated. He’s still often called a system player, which is stupid for two reasons.

The first reason being that he’s on the San Antonio Spurs, which is a basketball team, which thus runs a system. Every basketball player is a system player to a certain degree. Michael Jordan was a system player in the Triangle offense.

The second reason being that Kawhi is very very good at pretty much everything that’s important to NBA forwards, so much so that he would likely be flourishing in just about any system out there.

Leonard averaged 21.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks per game with the Spurs last year, in his first-ever All-Star season. He shot 50.6 percent from the field and 44.3 percent from three-point range. With the best two players in the West on the same team, Kawhi might quietly have a shot at MVP this season.

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