2021 NBA playoffs thread

Yeah, the positions have definitely shifted. Chris Paul is one of the last of the “classic” point guards. It’s kind of hard to compare what he does to a guy like Lillard.

 

There’s really no argument at all for a lot of those guys.

 

My point is that Paul isn't top 5 (maybe not top 10) but that's not a knock on him.

 

By the way, the starting PG for the Heat in LeBron’s first year? Mostly Carlos Arroyo.

 

Silly me, I was thinking about Al McCoy.

 

Except that you listed a lot of guys that aren’t as good as Chris Paul. I don’t think there’s a decent argument that would put him below sixth.

 

Man I had a full snark post written up about NBA Jam and BJ Armstrong. Glad I looked it up because damn would I have looked stupid and your point is well taken.

 

Nash

 

Nash is absolutely top ten, I think. But CP’s stats are better across the board and he’s a seven-time all-defensive team pick. Nash couldn’t play defense for shit. (And I’m a big Nash fan.)

 

I wish I could watch a tape of an entire game between Philadelphia and Boston from about 1962 so I could watch Chamberlain, Russell and Cousy. The brief clips I have watched are interesting. Cousy appears to only have a set shot and is does not like to use his left hand.

 

The tough thing about “best point guard” lists is you think the tenth-best PG should be right about the 50th greatest player all-time or the fifth-best would be in the ballpark of the 25th-best player all time. Five positions on the court and so on.

It just doesn’t add up.

 

Wow, Lakers might get SJ's greatest point guard ever.