ESPN TOP 10 point guards of all time

[bigmike23]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dailydime-GreatestPointGuards

1.Magic
2. The big O
3. Isiah Thomas
4. John Stockton
5. bob cousy
6. walt frazier
7. jason kidd
8. Tiny Archibald
9. Steve nash
10.gary Payton


We're in an era of great point-guard play (see Steve Nash's second straight MVP trophy and Chris Paul's ROY award), with Nash, Jason Kidd,Chauncey Billups, Sam Cassell and Gary Payton providing their leadership in the second round of the playoffs.

So it's time to stack up the best point guards of all time.

We compiled top-10 rankings and comments from a panel of ESPN.com's NBA experts, and then pooled those rankings to produce this composite top-10list.

The voters were: B.J. Armstrong (BA), Chris Broussard (CB), Ric Bucher (RB), John Carroll (JC), John Hollinger (JH), Scoop Jackson (SJ), Tim Legler (TL),Jim O'Brien (JO), Jack Ramsay (JR), Chris Sheridan (CS), Ken Shouler (KS), Bill Simmons (BS), Marc Stein (MS).

Players received 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second, and so on down to one point for a 10th-place vote.
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this is going to be great

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Courtney Lee?

 

[emmanuel goldstein]

top 7 is fine with me ... after that, ehhhh

 

[airvandal180]

I really don't see anything wrong with that list.

 

[RyGuy45]

ESPN rehashing old articles FTL......this is like two years old I swear

 

[lb510]

I'd switch 9 & 10

 

[mistah majestic]

list looks good to me, i would have voted stockton higher than isaih but thats just my opinion

 

[doctorshoes]

Payton over Nash, I'd even put Billups on there before Nash

 

[the dauqs]

Originally Posted by Emmanuel Goldstein

top 7 is fine with me ... after that, ehhhh

 

[verdykt]

Stockton > isiah

 

[slk 102]

the first 3 is good but after that i think the # will be changing around lil bit
but no doubt Magic is #1 fosho

 

[miamin2]

Scottie Pippen (3), Chauncey Billups (2)

Who voted for these guys?

I guess you can make an argument for Billups but Pippen as a top point guard?

 

[lawdog1]

I think you maybe can argue the order a little, but its seems like a pretty reasonable selection of players. However, if Jerry West really should beconsidered a PG -- which I don't think is the case; I thought he was an SG -- he should be on the list over Nash, at least, and probably some of theothers.

 

[bijald0331]

Pippen getting votes

Other than that, the list is pretty spot on to me. Stockton, Isiah is tough to debate due to stats v rings.

 

[23mcpizzle23]

Originally Posted by LB510

I'd switch 9 & 10

QFT

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Nash ahead of Payton?

 

[CP1708]

Quit tryna get me banned Mike.

 

[codex57]

Def Stockton over Isiah. And no, I don't hold his horrible record after his playing career against him.

 

[nublee]

[h3]ESPN TOP 10 point guards of all time[/h3]
No Lebron?!

 

[bigmike23]

Originally Posted by CP1708

Quit tryna get me banned Mike.

something wrong with the list you like to speak on?

 

[airmaxpenny1]

Frazier>Stockton

And they really disrespected Payton, the greatest defensive PG of all time, I mean my man put the clamps on Jordan and he is behind Nash?

 

[guerrilla warfare]

LB510 wrote:

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I'd switch 10

 

[bigmike23]

question

if jerry west got votes as a PG

then shouldn't AI get some votes as a PG?

 

[got shoes]

Payton should be higher

 

[airjordanseattle23]

i personally rate gp higher than kidd and nash. im biased though.