I'm assuming those rankings are based strictly on this year's performance only and not overall rankings that are taking past seasons into consideration. Because if it's just this year, I'd shuffle around some of those names on there(Westbrook, Irving and Rondo wouldn't and shouldn't be in the Top 10). Top spot for me would come down to Wall, Curry and Paul. Dragic and Lowry would move up as well.
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I'm assuming those rankings are based strictly on this year's performance only and not overall rankings that are taking past seasons into consideration. Because if it's just this year, I'd shuffle around some of those names on there(Westbrook, Irving and Rondo wouldn't and shouldn't be in the Top 10). Top spot for me would come down to Wall, Curry and Paul. Dragic and Lowry would move up as well.Last edited by ProfessaPackMan; 03-26-2014, 10:26 AM.#RespectTheCulture -
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I get the Harden Point, I just don't see it with Durant. He doesn't flop any more than Lebron or Paul imo. "primarily a jump shooter" I would love to see data on this because I think people would be surprised where most of His FT's attempts in what area they occur.Wolverines Packers Cubs Celtics
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I'm assuming those rankings are based strictly on this year's performance only and not overall rankings that are taking past seasons into consideration. Because if it's just this year, I'd shuffle around some of those names on there(Westbrook, Irving and Rondo wouldn't and shouldn't be in the Top 10). Top spot for me would come down to Wall, Curry and Paul. Dragic and Lowry would move up as well.NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers
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I'm taking a lot of things in consideration there. It's not literally who is playing the best right this second, its mostly based on this season but its partly based on how impactful they are to their teams, which is why Westbrook is still so high even though he still isn't back to himself. It's hard for me to take Rondo out of the top 10, even though he's hardly been playing, same kind of thing with Irving.Comment
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Either way, there are a lot of really great point guards, and him being as low as he is on my list is more of a testament to how good the point guards in the NBA are right now as opposed to problems with him.NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers
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Didn't mean for it to sound like that lol. He's a scoring machine for sure, but I don't think his streak would be intact without all these calls. Same with Harden averaging his ridiculous numbers. Like someone said before, it's frustrating that they get all these calls when they're primarily jumpshooters."To the last minute, to the last second, to the last man, we fight"Comment
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It depends what you want from a point guard honestly. If you want a guy to do traditionally what a point guard is supposed to do, just run the team and the offense, take care of the basketball, etc.. Calderon is up there, along with guys like Parker, Conley, past years Rondo.. But he doesn't have the scoring capability of a large chunk of that list, he would have to fall back towards that 18-20 spot if you wanted a scoring guard, and even then if scoring is what you're looking for Jennings, Hill, Knight, etc could all make cases of giving you value Calderon offers. If your team is loaded and you need a guard who can spot up and hit outside shots he'd be among the best in the league, if you needed defense he'd be in the bottom half.... It really depends what you're looking for.
As for the top lists, if we are basing it off this year alone I really feel Ty Lawson should be up around that number 6 spot. Stats wise he's up there with the top guys, and his team was completely night and day difference without him this year when he was injured.
Also I feel at this point if we are basing it off primarily this season Parker should be number 1. Missed some time with injuries but he's the leader of the best and hottest team in the league right now approaching the playoffs.Comment
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It depends what you want from a point guard honestly. If you want a guy to do traditionally what a point guard is supposed to do, just run the team and the offense, take care of the basketball, etc.. Calderon is up there, along with guys like Parker, Conley, past years Rondo.. But he doesn't have the scoring capability of a large chunk of that list, he would have to fall back towards that 18-20 spot if you wanted a scoring guard, and even then if scoring is what you're looking for Jennings, Hill, Knight, etc could all make cases of giving you value Calderon offers. If your team is loaded and you need a guard who can spot up and hit outside shots he'd be among the best in the league, if you needed defense he'd be in the bottom half.... It really depends what you're looking for.
As for the top lists, if we are basing it off this year alone I really feel Ty Lawson should be up around that number 6 spot. Stats wise he's up there with the top guys, and his team was completely night and day difference without him this year when he was injured.
Also I feel at this point if we are basing it off primarily this season Parker should be number 1. Missed some time with injuries but he's the leader of the best and hottest team in the league right now approaching the playoffs.
He's probably near the bottom of the league in starting point guards in pure scoring ability but his other offensive capabilities bring him back up I think.NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers
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Portland is 3 games away from being a lottery team. Give us that draft pick
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Calderon is probably the best "floor general" point guard in the league in the sense that he doesn't really do anything else offensively besides run the offense, set up other guys and take spot up three's. You're right, Calderon is pretty limited offensively, he's not very big, he's an average finisher at the rim at best, he has poor speed and trouble getting around people. However the man simply doesn't turn the ball over. His assist/turnover ratio year after year is one of the best in the league and he's consistently one of the best three point shooters in addition to being one of the best free throw shooters in the league. He's also a skilled passer, not particularly flashy but he almost always makes the right play and he usually wraps up a lot of assists.
He's probably near the bottom of the league in starting point guards in pure scoring ability but his other offensive capabilities bring him back up I think.Comment
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I see Kyrie still gets a lot of love.
Not sure why. Waiting for him to go next level.
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I get the Harden Point, I just don't see it with Durant. He doesn't flop any more than Lebron or Paul imo. "primarily a jump shooter" I would love to see data on this because I think people would be surprised where most of His FT's attempts in what area they occur.
He definitely does...he's crafty at drawing fouls period , but he sells pretty hard as well...
Difference is there isn't 5 GIFs and YouTube videos put up as soon as he does it....this is why I don't take a lot of guys serious about how torn up they are about flopping, they see it when they want to...with who they want to...(not calling you out, just saying)Comment
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