2020 NBA Draft — Ranking the Shooting Guards

Anthony Edwards tops the SG rankings, but could Devin Vassell and Tyrese Maxey end up as more valuable players?

THE 2020 NBA DRAFT IS EXACTLY ONE WEEK AWAY, as we continue to count down our positional draft rankings. Yesterday, we started with James Wiseman and the centers. Today it’s another presumed top-3 pick in Anthony Edwards and the rest of the shooting guards. Edwards looks the part with an NBA body and jaw-dropping potential, but just like Wiseman, the question is how much of that potential will ever be realized.

These guys are “shooting guards” because they won’t be a lead playmaker (point guard) but are also too small to defend most fours. I think of NBA wings as 2/3s or 3/4s depending on size and who they’ll defend, so these are the 2/3s, aka the smaller wings. Position means little in the modern NBA but it’s an easy way to sort them in buckets. The most valuable players in today’s NBA tend to play point guard, small forward, or center. The guys stuck in between are there because they lack a particular size or skill.

So how valuable can Anthony Edwards be in the modern NBA, and how do the other shooting guards in the 2020 class stack up? Let’s jump right in…

Once you finish here, make sure to check out the positional draft rankings at point guard, small forward, power forward, and center too. And stay tuned for the final big board, coming soon!