Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Who do you think the best pure point guard in NBA history is/was?

By pure PG I mean someone who gets his points and gets his teammates involved, also the best pure point guard leaves his mark on almost every play. I say it's John Stockton. Why I think that:



1) To put Stockton's statistical dominance in perspective, there are only four other players in NBA history who have logged more than half of Stockton's career totals in both assists and steals: Magic Johnson, Gary Payton, Isiah Thomas and Jason Kidd. There is no player in league history who has more than 60% of Stockton's career totals in both of these categories



2) career stats:



19711 points (gets his points)



15806 assists (gets his teamates involved, and thinks a basket is a basket, whether he scores it or a teamate does)



3265 steals (which is 751 more than the man who is second on the all time list, Michael Jordan)



3) Is a 50 greatest all time player.



So my pick is John Stockton. Who do you say is the best pure point guard in NBA history is?



Who do you think the best pure point guard in NBA history is/was?2006 nba draft





I definitely agree. There is no better point guard in NBA history than John Stockton. In his 19 year career he only missed 22 games; and 18 of those were in one season when he had his knee scoped to repair his MCL. Also, when the game was on the line he always made the right decision - he was money in crunch time. Another HUGE plus is that you NEVER read about him in any other section of the paper than the sports page. No headlines for contract negotiations, no arrests, no bar fights, never said anything bad about anyone in the press, and was truly a role model - something a lot of today's "me-first" players could learn from.



p4bz88 - The question wasn't about rings or triple doubles. It was about the best pure point guard. JKidd has missed a bunch of games and isn't NEAR the shooter that Stockton was over his career, and Kidd's defense has never been better than average. While Magic has more rings, he wasn't a better point guard.



El Duderino - Nash is the closest thing to Stockton the NBA has to offer today. Let's see if he can get it done for 19 years.



Who do you think the best pure point guard in NBA history is/was?nba schedule ,nba teams



Steve Nash
magic.



a true basketball player is the one who can bring the team to a championship and i think he proved it
Stockton.
It's Stockton, hands down.
Whatever the stats say, nothing changes the fact the Stockton never won a championship.



One championship is bigger than 20,000 points, 15,000 assists, 15,000 rebs, etc.



I bet you Stockon would trade his career stats for a single championship any day.



Magic Johnson is the greatest PG of all time.
Stockton was good and no one can doubt his brilliance. But i would not under estimate J- Kidd. His triple double record is amazing and if you talk defence Kidd has it all over stockton and even nash. Aside from this i will have to say magic was the best. Kidd and stockton have no titles. Magic has a ton of rings and MVP trophies. He could do everything and has the hardware to back it up.
most talented: Magic Johnson. although, he was so good he didnt even play point guard the whole time



but i agree with u on the best pure point guardin stockton. i wished he and malone wouldve beaten the bulls once or twice
Magic Johnson.

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