Basketball Daily

Usually all of the top field goal shooters each season are big men that play the Center or Power Forward position.  It is because they play around the hoop and get a lot of dunks, tip-ins and short range shots.  One shocker in this list is Amare Stoudemire who places in spot number 5.  He does indeed drive the ball to the basket, but he has developed a great mid-range jumper that he has mastered.

Andris Biedrins of the Golden State Warriors improved his field goal percentage over the previous season to 62.6% and captured the #1 spot of the 2007-2008 season.  After 17 games played this season, Andris has been struggling and only averaging a percentage of 53.8%.  It might be tough for him this year to regain the top spot since Baron Davis no longer plays for the Warriors.  Davis use to dish him simple lay-ups and dunks for the easy score.

Defensive minded basketball players specialize in locking down their opponents.  Being a great defender does not always equivalent into steals.  Steals usually come from active hands, quickness and reading the opponent’s plays.  Chris Paul who was a viable MVP candidate last year took the #1 spot for the most steals averaged per game.  He really elevated his game into being one of the most talented guards in the NBA today.  Allen Iverson who has always been a steal king made the list again this year in the #8 spot.  Last year he didn’t qualify for the leaderboard because he played less than 70 games.

Last season was a good year for the many young and up and coming basketball stars.  Dwight Howard had a very impressive win in the Allstar Dunk Contest and he captured the number one spot for averaging the most rebounds per game.  Congratulations to the 265 pound muscle machine, and I am sure we will see him at the top of this list for many more years to come.

Kevin Garnett the previous winner 4 times in a row dropped all the way down to the 17th spot with 9.2 rebounds per game.  This is mainly due to moving to the Boston Celtics team where he actually wasn’t considered the center, and he stayed out of the lane much more.