Top 5 Shooting Guards in NBA Live 15

Derozan is last in the list with Harden securing top spot

After releasing top dunkers, and point guards, EA Sports have revealed the top 5 shooting guards in this game. To score points for his team, is the main objective of the shooting guard, but some shooting guards are as good as playmakers, notably Kobe Bryant. They are often a team's primary scoring option, and sometimes the offense is built around them. The well known shooting guard in Basketball is Michael Jordan.

Here is the list of top 5 shooting guards:

5. DeMar DeRozan – Toronto Raptors – 85 Overall 

           DeRozan had a breakout year last season averaging career-highs of 22.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists. DeRozan scored a career high 40 points against the Dallas Mavericks and recorded a career high 12 assists against the Portland Trail Blazers.

4. Lance Stephenson – Charlotte Hornets – 85 Overall

           Stephenson completed the regular season with Indiana Pacers with a league-high five triple-doubles and finished second in NBA Most Improved Player Award behind Goran Dragic. He signed a new 3 year deal with hornets for the coming season and is expected to perform consistently at a higher level.

3. Dwyane Wade – Miami Heat – 86 Overall

           Last season, Wade averaged 19 points per game and posted a career high 54 percent field goal percentage and was sidelined mostly due to injury. With LeBron James moving to Cavaliers for the upcoming season, Wade is expected to bounce back big this season for Heat.

 

2. Kobe Bryant – Los Angeles Lakers – 89 Overall

           Bryant is a 16-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team and has played for only Lakers in his entire career. At 34 years of age, he became the youngest player in league history to reach 30,000 career points. Bryant is the first player to have won the most All Star MVP Awards (4 times) in NBA history. 

1. James Harden – Houston Rockets – 90 Overall

           Harden was traded to Rockets after 2012 NBA Finals and soon became the cornerstone of their franchise. He became one of the elite players of NBA and was inducted to 2014 All-NBA first team. Last seaon, in regular season, he averaged 25.4 points, 4.7 rebounds and set a career high 6.1 assists per game. In the Playoffs, he averaged 26.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.0 steals in 43.8 minutes per game.