Where does Jeff Green rank among small forwards?

[JBcat]

After the trade went down it got me thinking where does Jeff Green rank among small forwards today?   It's a little difficult to analyze I guess since he was playing mostly out of position in OKC and will do the same at times with us.  I did remember reading somewhere that Green averaged something like 25 PPG shooting a high FG% when Kevin Durant was out of the lineup.  Not a huge sample size as it was only roughly 10 games but impressive nonetheless.

In the top tier you have;
James, Durant, Anthony, and Pierce.

In the next tier you have;
Gay, Iguodala, Gallinari, Granger, G Wallace, and Deng.

The third tier I'll list includes;
D Wright, Kirilenko, Beasley, G Hill, Turkoglu, S Marion, T Prince, R Lewis, N Batum, C Butler, Ariza, Artest, M Williams and R Jefferson.

You could make the case a couple more guys deserve to be in tier 2 from tier 3 and if I missed anyone please add.

Would you put J Green in the second tier or third? 
It's a tough call for me although I admit I haven't seen him enough. 

The more interesting question for me though is going forward which SF would you rather have for the next 5 plus years?
After the first tier I'm not sure who I would rather have than Jeff Green.   Maybe Gay, Iguodala, and Granger I would take over him but that's about it.

[greenpride32]

I'd put him in between 2nd and 3rd tier.  He doesn't quite stack up yet with the guys in 2, but he's better than most in the the 3.

It's tough to judge Green because he's had to play with KD and Westbrook.  Because of that his PER rating is not that good.  And really the same thing is going to happen on the C's, he's probably going to be 3rd option more often than not.  At least in the near term.

[droponov]

Hopefully he'll climb to the top of tier 3.

As of now, I don't think he qualifies. Hasn't played enough at the position. I think that if he's quick catching up things and improves some aspects of his game, he can become a Marvin Williams level of player in a short-time.

[rondohondo]

Hopefully he'll climb to the top of tier 3.

As of now, I don't think he qualifies. Hasn't played enough at the position. I think that if he's quick catching up things and improves some aspects of his game, he can become a Marvin Williams level of player in a short-time.

Green is better than Williams, better offense, higher BBIQ