Setting aside his glorious contract, is Parsons already a top 10 SF in the league? Or rather, setting money aside, how many SFs would you take over Parsons right now? (regardless of fit on our team) For me, only in approximate order:
1. LBJ
2. Durant
3. Melo
4. Paul Pierce
5. Paul George
6. Batum
7. Luol Deng
8. Iguodala (if counted as SF)
9. Kawhi Leonard
10. Chandler Parsons
Iggy only if we think he counts as an SF for the purposes of these rankings. I don't think JSmoove should really count as an SF, so I didn't put him in this list. I suppose you could swap him and Iggy in this list. I put Pierce on this list even though I would not do such a trade because of his age, but Pierce is better right now so I mean, he really has to be ranked higher than Parsons.
Rudy Gay is one of the most inefficient shooters, and a volume shooter no less. He's horrible from distances that matter No way I'd take him over Parsons, even for the same amount.
Lots of people like Gallinari over Parsons, but that makes NO sense to me. Parsons leads Gallo in practically every stat, and simply plays better. Gallo shoots worse from 3 range, and has ~41% FG%...his off ball movement and other stats and defense are not really superior to Parsons either.
Gordon Hayward I rank equal to Parsons. I'd take either, they're both pretty darn good.
So does that mean we already have a top 10 SF player?