Re: Best point guards?

["Mike Allen" <mallen@worldchat.com>]

Steve,

	I feel that the question's that you pose are not easy to answer but I will
give it a shot.  Firstly, to answer who the best point guard in the NBA is
difficult because I feel as though there are really, two different
kinds/styles of point guard.  You have the PG who simply run the ball and
the offense, distributing it and just passing to a forward or center and
letting them finish it off.  For this I would have to say that John
Stockton is IMO the number one, with Jason Kidd being 2.  The other style
is the PG who scores more and dishes not as often as the other style, this
is a good style if you are an expansion team, or rebuilding and don't have
a bigger guy to finish things off.  For this style I have to say that I
can't honestly pick a number one, but the top 3 IMO are Payton, Stoudamire,
Marbury.  However I think that Marbury is a an in-between of both styles. 
I know I'm gonna catch some slack for not putting in Iverson, yes he has
"mad talent" but, the point guard is the leader, so far I cannot say that
Iverson leads his team.  But that's my opinon.

Mike

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> From: Steve Huffman <stevhuff@eastky.net>
> To: Celtics <celtics@igtc.COM>
> Subject: Best point guards?
> Date: Sunday, January 25, 1998 1:17 PM
> 
> Lance, my youngest son age 13, was sitting on the couch as the
> Utah-Chicago game was coming on, and he asked the following
> two questions.
> 
> 1)  Who is the best point guard in the NBA today?
> 
> 2)  Who is the best point guard in the NCAA today?
> 
> Because of all of the posts about Chauncy Billups and the need
> for an effective point guard for the Boston Celtics, I was hoping
> to get some input from the knowledgeable writers on this list
> concerning these two questions.
> 
> It would help me  to better understand maybe what Chauncy Billups
> doesn't do and who we should watch play that is better and does
> all the things that you (members of this post) want him to do.
> 
> It would also give me a chance to try to watch some good  candidates
> in college playing now who do the really successful things that
> point guards should do.
> 
> Help me answer my young fellows questions.
> 
> Steve Huffman
> 
> Steve Huffman
>