Who is the best point guard in the NBA (2007-2008 season)?
On the current season; you got to give the best point guard award to Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets. D. Williams, Nash, Parker are terrific point guards but if you base it on what CP3 has done this season 21 points 11 assists 2.8 steals (league leading in assist and steals) you got to give it to him. Theoretically, Point Guards try to make their team better as they facilitate the offense and become an extension of the head coach on the court. CP3 has elevated the Hornets into a whole new level (No expert predicted that the hornets would be competing for a top spot this late in the season). He is vying to become the only NBA player to average 20pts 10assts 3steals in a season and he is on track to become only the 5th player (I believe) to lead the league in both assist and steals on a single season. He is also on track to average 20 pts and 10 assists since Tim Hardaway did it in the 90's. Chris Paul definitely is the best point guard in the league in the 07-08 season. I wont be surprised if he gets first place votes on the MVP ballots.
Who is the best shooting point guard in NBA 2k11?
Stephen Curry hes a beast and one of the best three point shooters in the nba
Who is the best active point guard in the NBA? Why?
What metric do we use to define "best"? If it's championships and it's limited to active players, it's got to be Tony Parker. He's been a key player on multiple championship-level teams.If it's pure passing ability - or pure shooting ability - it's unequivocally Steve Nash. In fact, if you ignore defense completely, Nash is probably the best PG in the NBA today (and yes, I know he's ancient).If you consider leadership and "running the team," Jason Kidd (as old as he is) and Rajon Rondo should be in the discussion ahead of Paul and Williams, as neither Paul or Williams has won a championship or even been on a team that made it to the NBA Finals.If you consider potential, than you have to talk about Rose, Williams, Paul, and maybe even Rubio (only it's early to mention his name).EDIT: and Westbrook (whom I forgot to mention as Abhishek Sarihan pointed out in the comments).Finally, if you're talking about adding one guy to your team for the next 5 years, you have to settle on Rose, Williams, or Paul. In my mind, Rose comes in behind Williams and Paul because he simply isn't as good at creating for others. Between Williams and Paul, I'd pick Williams because he's bigger and a slightly better shooter. Williams is also a better defender (steals are a misleading stat).Still, I'd take any one of these guys on my team and smile. They're all very very good.Sill, if you're asking which active PG will be considered the best in the history books, it's got to be Kidd. He's won a ring, his record of triple-doubles is incredible, he's an excellent passer, top-notch defender (even in old age), and an excellent team leader...and he still runs a fast break as well as anyone who has ever played the game. His career speaks for itself. All these younger players (Rose, Paul, Williams, Rondo, etc.) have a long ways to go to catch up with his accomplishments.
Is Steph Curry the best point guard in the NBA?
No no no no no. No he is not. Don’t get me wrong, steph curry is an incredible scorer. He physically can’t be guarded. He’s got a quick jump shot with seemingly infinite range, and he’s a crafty agile scorer on the inside. But other than that, he doesn’t really have anything. His pass is slightly above average, accuracy rivaled by players like Goran Dragic and Kyle Lowry;, who are not the best point guards. He doesn’t have bad dribbling skills, just not incredible, but where he really lacks is athleticism and defense. Most people agree that if Curry was the best, Westbrook is second. Westbrook is a far more explosive player than Curry. He doesn’t have to create space for himself because he knows that he is stronger than his defender. On defense, Russ is also much better, as he is bigger, stronger, and smarter in that end of the floor. If you go back to offense, Russel Westbrook got better points, rebounds AND ASSISTS numbers than Curry, even though they are both the first guy with the ball on each play and Curry plays on a team full of elite scorers. Curry is a great player, but Westbrook can do it all, which makes him the best point guard in the league.
Is Kyrie Irving the Best Point Guard in the NBA?
Hell no. 1. Curry was obviously still struggling with a nagging injury. If you're going to hold that against him, remember the 2015 Finals? 2. Of course the Warriors can't stop Irving, they're too busy desperately trying to slow down Lebron freaking James 3. Westbrook and Kyrie are hugely different. Westbrook is a point guard that accounts for 42% of his team's plays personally, and 59% of his teammate's field goals are assisted by him. Kyrie is a point guard in name early, his actual role is off guard playing second fiddle to Lebron James. If nba positions were about offensive role rather than defensive assignments, Irving would be a shooting guard, not a point guard 4. No weaknesses? Bullcrap, he's a mediocre at best floor general. He can score really well, but he can't run an offense. 5. Then clearly you haven't been watching much. Kyrie has shot 33% in clutch time so far this season. It's pretty laughable you think that's good You also forgot to mention he's among the absolute worst defenders in the league. People **** on Curry and Harden, but Kyrie is so much worse it's not even funny. There is zero argument for Kyrie as #1. Everything he's good at, Curry is better, and I don't even think Curry is #1 right now. I don't even have Kyrie top 10 among point guards right now. He's extremely overrated by uninformed fans like you that only think scoring is important
Who is the best post-up guard in the NBA?
From basketball lore, I'd say Gary Payton as one of the best low post guards ever, followed by Sam Cassell. From the modern day era, I'd say Kobe Bryant (although at 6' 7" 212 he should be able to post up), Chauncey Billups, and Andre Miller (surprised? see his "old man strength game" still producing results today at age 38 -- ). Jason Kidd was pretty good as well, I'd say.
Who are the top 10 point guards in NBA history?
I'll say this up front: The notion of who is really a point guard is a tough one. We tend to say that guys who are either 1) great passers, or 2) are clearly the smallest guy in the lineup are point guards, and pretend that larger scorers are playing with a point guard when in reality it's more likely that whoever the star of the backcourt is, he's effectively the team's point.Were I ranking guys who are typically called "point guards", my list varies a little from time to time, but off the top of my head in terms of career:1. Magic Johnson - no one embodies what a point guard is more than him2. Oscar Robertson - the only one who can truly be in debate with Magic.3. Steve Nash - truly revolutionary player4. John Stockton - Mr. Reliable5. Chris Paul - basically a lock to surpass the two guys right above him6. Walt Frazier - a brilliant player who'd rank even higher if he'd lasted7. Jason Kidd - phenomenal player who got a smidgen overrated in Jersey8. Gary Payton - great two way player9. Kevin Johnson - incredible player, too easily forgotten10. Isiah Thomas - quite overrated, but still quite good.Notes:Bob Cousy should perhaps be the big surprise among omissions on the list. He's a legend, but when you really look at how he played there were serious flaws that people didn't notice because of how dominant Bill Russell's defense was.Steph Curry isn't far from making this list.If I were ranking all the guys I consider to be true team "points", basically everyone who is the primary on-ball decision maker on their teams, it would look like this:1. LeBron James - it's just plain absurd not to count him as one2. Magic Johnson3. Oscar Robertson4. Jerry West - it's actually pretty comical that he's seen as playing a different position that his primary rival (Oscar)5. Kobe Bryant - I'm not a huge fan, but he's certainly an all-timer6. Julius Erving - like LeBron, it's absurd to pretend he wasn't a point at his peak7. Steve Nash 8. Dwyane Wade - here we've actually seen the issues with treating him like something other than the point9. John Stockton10. Chris Paul