To be fair, Faried had a higher PER (John Hollinger's nerd stat) than Irving by a count of 21.9 to 21.5. After the all-star break, Faried averaged 12 and 8 with 60% shooting because Nene got traded to the Bullets and minutes opened up. Kid will be a stud for a while in the league. Shumpert is ok and I really like Leonard, but they should not be in the conversation.