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Let's Play a Game: Warren, Wiggins, or Parker?


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Over the last couple of weeks, there has been allot of murmuring and negative comments around these parts regarding the future of the Suns franchise and the talent that currently have moving forward.

Curiosity getting the best of me, I took a look at TJ Warren's rookie season and how he compared to his blue chip counterparts in the 2014 NBA draft. Though it may be a small sample size, the statistics provided from Basketball-Reference.com were quite eye opening, and I was pleasantly surprised on how well he stacked up to the competition.

That being said, I would like to challenge Bright Siders to a guessing game to see if they can pick who is who based on the statistics from last season. If anything, I want to provide a glimmer of hope to a otherwise gloomy atmosphere in the valley of the Suns.

PER 100 POSSESSIONS:

Rk FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% 2P 2PA 2P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS ORtg DRtg
1 8.9 18.2 .490 0.3 1.1 .250 8.6 17.1 .506 3.2 4.6 .697 3.5 6.1 9.5 2.9 2.1 0.3 3.2 2.9 21.3 101 103
2 9.2 17.4 .528 0.4 1.7 .238 8.8 15.7 .560 1.1 1.5 .737 3.3 3.6 6.9 2.0 1.5 0.7 2.2 4.1 19.9 108 109
3 8.5 19.5 .437 0.7 2.2 .310 7.8 17.3 .453 6.1 8.0 .760 2.3 4.1 6.4 2.9 1.5 0.9 3.0 3.3 23.8 103 114
Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/18/2015.

ADVANCED:

Rk PER TS% 3PAr FTr ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% OWS DWS WS WS/48 OBPM DBPM BPM VORP
1 14.5 .527 .061 .251 7.8 13.5 10.7 9.5 2.1 0.6 13.9 20.7 0.4 1.0 1.3 .088 -1.4 0.2 -1.2 0.1
2 14.0 .551 .098 .089 7.3 7.9 7.6 6.6 1.5 1.1 10.8 17.8 0.7 0.4 1.1 .085 -1.0 -1.1 -2.1 0.0
3 13.9 .517 .111 .410 5.0 9.5 7.2 9.8 1.5 1.3 11.7 22.6 2.1 0.0 2.1 .034 -0.5 -1.8 -2.3 -0.2
Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 4/18/2015.

As you can see, all three players' statistics match up pretty well and that should give us a really good feeling about who we have pinned as the small forward of the future for your Phoenix Suns. Without viewing the original tables provided by Basketball-Reference.com, can you assign the stats/ current rankings to the player? Wiggins, Parker, or Warren?

It should be somewhat of a challenge, and to me, that is a good thing.