I might as well chime in , IMO we need to do whatever we can do clear room for 2 superstars as long as we keep david lee. David Lee is a superstar NOW besides Dwight Howard who averages more 10-10 nights....... He has been doing it for us since he came off the bench.....so back to my point keep trading contracts and keep money for david besides David,Gallo,and chandler anyone on this team can beat it including duhon. Duhon is nothing like Mark Jackson , mark is one of the 3 best Point Guards of our ERA and maybe of all-time. We had a chance for him to be coaching our team and we made a mistake by not hiring him.
Really???????? He was a good pass first pg but .............Really???????????
ALL TIME
1 MAGIC JOHNSON The prototype big point guard. The only player in NBA history who could dominate -- not just play -- all five positions. It could be argued that he's the one player in NBA history who was better than Michael Jordan.
2 OSCAR ROBERTSON Oscar was one of the smartest players ever. There has never been a better post-up guard. "The Big O" averaging a triple-double for one season (1961-62), but he actually averaged a triple-double over the first five seasons of his career (1960-65)
3 ISAIAH THOMAS Isiah willed his team to a championship level. He was an absolute killer on the court with as much heart, will and toughness as playing ability. Against New York in the 1984 playoffs he scored 16 points in the last 94 seconds of regulation to send Game 5 into overtime.
4 WALT FRAZIER Perhaps the best defensive point guard of all time. He was also a great scorer, rebounder, assist man and floor general. A true team player, but when he needed to take over he did. No one did it better with more style and grace on the world's greatest stage.
5 JOHN STOCKTON His durability, toughness, leadership, poise, efficiency, vision and longevity were phenomenal. All-time leader in assists and steals, with a .515 shooting percentage. Very efficient.Sustained excellence overcomes the absence of rings.
6 TINY ARCHIBALD A candidate for title of most dominant "little guy" ever. As the first point guard to make scoring his emphasis, Tiny was the only player ever to lead the league in scoring and assists in the same season (34 and 11.4, 1972-73). Invented penetration.
7 JERRY WEST During his 14-year playing career with the L.A. Lakers, West became synonymous with brilliant basketball. He was an All-Star every year of his career and led Los Angeles to the NBA Finals nine times.
8 EARL MONROE Before the arrival of Magic Johnson there was another "Magic" -- "Black Magic," also known as "Earl the Pearl." He was Earl Monroe, a dazzling ballhandler and one-on-one virtuoso who made crowds gasp with his slashing drives to the hoop.
9 JASON KIDD A brilliant passer -- his 9.2 assists per game average trail only Magic, Stockton and Oscar. Can beat an opponent in so many ways without scoring a point. J-Kidd is able to do precisely the right thing at the right time at the right place. Triple double machine.
10 STEVE NASH His performance over the last two years in Phoenix has put him in this elite category. He's the only point guard other than Magic to win back-to-back MVPs.
Takes the "makes players around him better" tag to a whole new level. Has the ability to make entire teams adjust to his style of play.
11 GARRY PAYTON More swagger than a gunslinger. As a lockdown defender nicknamed "The Glove," he's one of the few point guards in Frazier's class defensively. Great scorer who could run a team and, when necessary, put the club on his back. Break down his career and you'll conclude he's been underrated.
12 LENNY WILKINS One of the greatest point guards in NBA history, Wilkens averaged 16.5 points and 6.7 assists over a 15-year playing career. A nine-time NBA All-Star and MVP of the 1971 Game at San Diego, he is ninth on the all-time NBA list with 7,211 career assists. His jersey no. 19 was retired by the Sonics in 1979.
13MAURICE CHEEKS Played 15 seasons in the NBA, the first 11 with Philadelphia, before stints with San Antonio, New York, Atlanta and New Jersey. He retired in 1993 as the league's alltime steals leader and was fifth on the career assists list. Maurice led the 76ers in assists in all 11 seasons he played in Philadelphia and also topped the team in steals in each of his first 10 years. He was a member of 76ers 1983 World Championship team.
14 DAVE BING A high-scoring guard who quietly triumphed over injury and went about his business for 12 seasons in the NBA. Bing found the will to play for seven seasons after suffering a devastating eye injury, a setback his doctors assumed would cut short a brilliant career. Bing amassed 18,327 points (20.3ppg) and 5,397 (6apg) assists in 901 contests. Elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1990.
15 SCOTIE PIPPEN May have been the most significant figure in the history of the NBA. There aren't supposed to be superstar role players, but Pippen was one. Pippen did what Jordan couldn't, or wouldn't. Pippen was the ultimate supporting player, the perfect complement. He averaged 22.0 points, 8.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists while shooting a robust 49.1 percent. He also took home All-Star MVP honors. He was a superb all-around talent. Pippen may never have had a ring without Jordan but Jordan would never have had 6 rings without Pippen.
16 ALEN IVERSON Iverson is known for his crossover dribble. He ranks third all-time in points per game. He has averaged 27.7ppg and 6.3apg in his career. Iverson is one of only 30 players in NBA history to score over 20,000 points in his career, and he was the sixth fastest in the history of the game to achieve this feat. On defense, Iverson has won three steals titles an averages over two steals per game for his entire career. Iverson has been voted to seven All-NBA Teams. He also took the league and All-Star MVP and led the Sixers to the Finals in 2001.
17 CHAUNCEY BILLUPS Billups helped lead the Pistons to the 2004 NBA championship, where he averaged 21 points and 5.2 assists per game and was named MVP of the series. In 2005, the Pistons just missed earning a second straight NBA championship, their bid was ended in a heartbreaking seven-game series with the San Antonio Spurs. He is a good defender, a solid playmaker, and a feared "clutch player" who often takes and makes the last shot for his team.
Where you put Mark Jackson there? Maybe if you make a list of assist leaders then he s second behind only Stockton.
