Fantasy Basketball Power Rankings - Mid-February - Shooting Guards

With the trade deadline fast approaching, NBA basketball teams are actively seeking to improve their squads. You should be doing the same with your fantasy basketball team. It's at this point in the year that you could get a player on the rise that may be underrated by a few fantasy basketball managers in your league. Especially since you're going by my ranking system. Many fantasy GMs out there are lured in by points, rebounds and assists, and ignore the other stats that are so essential to a fantasy basketball team like true shooting percentage, 3 pointers, turnovers, and steals. Rest assure, I've got your basis covered in this edition of the Fantasy Basketball Power Rankings for shooting guards.

Kobe Bryant - (27.6 pts, 6.2 reb, 5.3 ast, 2.1 stl) - Well, when Andre Bynum first went out, we saw a sharp increase in Kobe's production. Now with Pau Gasol on the team, the production has decreased sharply. And we can probably assume that when Bynum does return, his numbers will undergo another slight drop. Nevertheless, you can expect his efficiency to be better with better players around him, which is why he remains at the top of the shooting guard power rankings.

Manu Ginobili - (19.1 pts, 4.8 reb, 4.4 ast, 5.4 FTM) -Ginobili was injured for stretch of games there, but he has bounced back well and regained his scoring average of 19 points per game. His rebounds are up as well. His assists to turnover ratio has fallen off a little as he has been turnover the ball at a much higher rate for the past several weeks. But his shooting has been quite impressive, with 44% from the field and 40% from three-point land. Ginobili continues to be somewhat underrated as his lack of an all-star appearance is proof of. And as many of you know, I said Manu deserves to be in the All-Star game a long time ago!

Dwyane Wade - (24.2 pts, 4.4 reb, 6.8 ast, 1.8 stl) - With Shaq gone, you can only expect Wade's numbers to go on the rise. Not that Shaq was taking away from Wade's scoring, but now a lot of the tension on the Miami Heat team is gone and it is clear that they are playing for the future. In fact, this may be the last time you see Wade on the power rankings list, as it's quite possible Pat Riley could sit him down within the next month or two to get him ready for next season.

Vince Carter- (20.6 pts, 5.5 reb, 5.0 ast, 1.4 stl) - I struggled with putting him on the list, but he has earned it. A 20, 5, and 5 guy cannot go ignored, especially when he is one of the very few at his position who can boast such numbers. VC has struggled to shoot the ball from 3-point land, hitting only 32% of his three-point attempts. However, his FG% is right 45% and he is shooting 80%. Not to mention he has one of the high assists to turnover ratios amongst all NBA shooting guards with a 2.037 A/T.