Who's the best point guard in the NBA?

Small Town Guy · Oct 27, 2012

Outing alert: Bubbler is Marques Johnson and Old_Tony is Del Harris:

Two former members of the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) both claim to have originated the point forward term. Former Bucks player Marques Johnson claims to have coined the term. During the 1984 playoffs, Milwaukee became short on point guards after Nate Archibald was sidelined with a hamstring injury. His coach, Don Nelson, instructed Johnson to set up the offense from his forward position. Johnson responded, "OK, so instead of a point guard, I'm a point forward".[1] However, Dell Harris, then-Bucks assistant coach, claims that he first mentioned the term to Nelson while discussing strategies to use Paul Pressey. Harris says he came up with the term while coaching Robert Reid with the Houston Rockets. Harris credits his predecessor as Rockets coach, Tom Nissalke, with creating the point forward strategy with Rick Barry's role in Houston.[1]
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Big Circus · Oct 27, 2012

Webster said:

I think that Paul by a decent margin. He can set up the team and score when needed. If Rondo can hit his outside shot with enough consistency that teams don't sag three feet off of him, then he is in the same league as Paul.

I'd also argue that LBJ runs offense as well as any of these guys.
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I agree with your Paul pick, but I think your LBJ point is a great one. LeBron is essentially the first true point forward.

Elliotte Friedman · Oct 27, 2012

The first true point forward was Magic. They just called him a guard.

Liut · Oct 27, 2012

Paul.

Bubbler · Oct 27, 2012

Small Town Guy said:

Outing alert: Bubbler is Marques Johnson and Old_Tony is Del Harris:

Two former members of the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) both claim to have originated the point forward term. Former Bucks player Marques Johnson claims to have coined the term. During the 1984 playoffs, Milwaukee became short on point guards after Nate Archibald was sidelined with a hamstring injury. His coach, Don Nelson, instructed Johnson to set up the offense from his forward position. Johnson responded, "OK, so instead of a point guard, I'm a point forward".[1] However, Dell Harris, then-Bucks assistant coach, claims that he first mentioned the term to Nelson while discussing strategies to use Paul Pressey. Harris says he came up with the term while coaching Robert Reid with the Houston Rockets. Harris credits his predecessor as Rockets coach, Tom Nissalke, with creating the point forward strategy with Rick Barry's role in Houston.[1]
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O_T is right in that Paul Pressey had it as a defined role. Marques Johnson was not a point forward for most of his career.

But Paul Pressey was not in a movie where he said he'd get his other gun and shoot everybody's ass, so Marques Johnson wins the internet. Plus, he was my favorite basketball player as a kid.

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Who's the best point guard in the NBA?

Who's the best point guard in the NBA

Chris Paul

Steve Nash

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Chris Paul

Steve Nash

Rajon Rondo

Deron Williams

Russell Westbrook

Derrick Rose

Tony Parker

Other

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