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Jim Mccormick's Points Positional Tiers Jim McCormick's Points Positional Tiers PG SG SF PF C TIER 1 TIER 1 TIER 1 TIER 1 TIER 1 Russell Westbrook James Harden Giannis Antetokounmpo Anthony Davis Karl-Anthony Towns Stephen Curry Kevin Durant DeMarcus Cousins John Wall LeBron James Rudy Gobert Chris Paul Kawhi Leonard Nikola Jokic TIER 2 TIER 2 TIER 2 TIER 2 TIER 2 Kyrie Irving Jimmy Butler Paul George Myles Turner Hassan Whiteside Damian Lillard Gordon Hayward Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan Draymond Green Andre Drummond TIER 3 TIER 3 TIER 3 TIER 3 TIER 3 Kemba Walker CJ McCollum Khris Middleton Paul Millsap Joel Embiid Kyle Lowry Bradley Beal Kevin Love Al Horford Dennis Schroder Klay Thompson LaMarcus Aldridge Marc Gasol DeMar DeRozan Kirstaps Porzingis Nikola Vucevic TIER 4 TIER 4 TIER 4 TIER 4 TIER 4 Jrue Holiday Andrew Wiggins Otto Porter Jr. Julius Randle Dwight Howard Mike Conley Devin Booker Carmelo Anthony Jusuf Nurkic Jeff Teague Brook Lopez Eric Bledsoe TIER 5 TIER 5 TIER 5 TIER 5 TIER 5 Goran Dragic Victor Oladipo Harrison Barnes Ben Simmons Clint Capela Ricky Rubio Avery Bradley Robert Covington Serge Ibaka Jonas Valanciunas Elfrid Payton Gary Harris Jae Crowder Steven Adams TIER 6 TIER 6 TIER 6 TIER 6 TIER 6 D'Angelo Russell Evan Fournier Tobias Harris Aaron Gordon Willy Hernangomez Isaiah Thomas Wilson Chandler Derrick Favors Enes Kanter Dennis Smith Jr. Danilo Gallinari Markieff Morris Marcin Gortat Lonzo Ball Trevor Ariza Gorgui Dieng Nerlens Noel Rajon Rondo James Johnson Marcus Morris Pau Gasol George Hill Nicolas Batum Dario Saric Greg Monroe Patrick Beverley Tristan Thompson TIER 7 TIER 7 TIER 7 TIER 7 TIER 7 Jamal Murray Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Thaddeus Young JaMychal Green Tyson Chandler Reggie Jackson Dwyane Wade Marvin Williams Nikola Mirotic Robin Lopez Markelle Fultz Eric Gordon Rondae Hollis-Jefferson Dirk Nowitzki Marcus Smart Al-Farouq Aminu Jeremy Lin TJ Warren Darren Collison TIER 8 TIER 8 TIER 8 TIER 8 TIER 8 De'Aaron Fox Rodney Hood Jabari Parker Taj Gibson Bismack Biyombo Patty Mills Buddy Hield Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Cody Zeller Willie Cauley-Stein Ish Smith Evan Turner Maurice Harkless Ersan Ilyasova Tim Hardaway Jr. Rudy Gay Ryan Anderson J.J. Redick Brandon Ingram Zach Randolph Seth Curry Marquese Chriss Zach LaVine TIER 9 TIER 9 TIER 9 TIER 9 TIER 9 Cory Joseph Allen Crabbe Josh Jackson Jon Leuer Kelly Olynyk Kris Dunn Will Barton Andre Iguodala Mason Plumlee Frank Kaminsky III Kent Bazemore John Collins Austin Rivers Trevor Booker Jonathon Simmons Terrence Ross.
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