For fantasy basketball purposes: 1. Gilbert Arenas (29.3 ppg, 6.1 apg, 3.5 rpg, 2 steals, 2.5 treys) The main thing Arenas brings that most point guards do not is the points per game. His percentages are high, his scoring is impeccable, and the rest of his stats are just fine. Another key contributor to the reasoning behind having him in the top spot: he has improved every year throughout his career and he hits more three pointers than any other PG in the league. 2. Allen Iverson (33 ppg, 7.4 apg, 3.2 rpg, 1.9 steals, 1 trey, 3.4 TO’s) Going into his eleventh year in the NBA, Iverson is proving time and time again that there aren’t many things that can hold him back. His MVP worthy statistics keep him close to being number one here, but until he hits 2.5 treys a game he’ll always be a sliver behind Arenas. 3. Chris Paul (16.1 ppg, 7.8 apg, 5.1 rpg, 2.2 steals, 0.7 treys, 2.4 TO’s) This guy is only going to improve on his rookie campaign, especially with Peja on the other side of his passes. Expect his points to improve by a couple, his assists to bump up to 10, and the rest of his statistics to remain rock steady. 4. Steve Nash (18.9 ppg, 10.5 apg, 4.2 rpg, 1.9 treys, 92.1% FT, 3.5 TO’s) Could it be possible that he wins his third straight MVP award? If Amare’s return is for real, his assists may see a boost to around 12 per game. However, his points per game may take a hit for the very same reason. Nonetheless, Nash brings amazing shooting percentages and solid numbers across the board - good enough for number four on this list. 5. Chauncey Billups (18.5 ppg, 8.6 apg, 2.3 treys, 89.4% FT, 2.1 TO’s) His assists took a big jump last year, but there’s not a whole lot of room there for improvement. Watch for his numbers to stay along the same lines of last year. 6. Jason Kidd (13.3 ppg, 8.4 apg, 7.3 rpg, 1.9 steals, 1.7 treys, 2.4 TO’s) The (barely) triple-double machine of the NBA, Jason Kidd brings his best every time he steps on the court. He will never be able to put up the same glamour numbers in the points category, but he more than makes up for it with his assists and rebounds. Nonetheless, he is on the decline and has Marcus Williams fighting for whatever playing time he can get. 7. Mike Bibby (21.1 ppg, 5.4 apg, 2.9 rpg, 1 steal, 2.3 treys, 2.4 TO’s) Up, down, up, down, and right back up again. Look at his January 2006 statistics and you’ll see what you can expect from Mike Bibby. Point totals for each game he played that month in chronological order: 15, 42, 6, 35, 44, 17, 17, 40, 19, 42, 6, 19, 26, 5, 32, 10. Now you get what I’m saying. 8. Andre Miller (13.7 ppg, 8.2 apg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 steals, 3.1 TO’s) Denver’s new fastbreak offense should bring up his points and assists per game. As poor of a help as preseason games can be when trying to predict season totals for established starters, they also showed us this: 15 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals in 21 minutes of game time versus Golden State. Looks like the fastbreak offense works, too bad the defense doesn’t (Golden State scored 121). 9. Baron Davis (17.9 ppg, 8.9 apg, 4.4 rpg, 1.7 steals, 1.9 treys, 2.9 TO’s) Risky guy to have because of his long time injury problems and poor shooting percentages. However, if he can somehow stay healthy he would be able to fight for a top five spot. The ultimate high risk-high reward point guard. 10. Kirk Hinrich (15.9 ppg, 6.4 apg, 3.6 rpg, 1.6 treys, 2.3 TO’s) Hinrich is the quarterback of this rock-steady Bulls team, he just needs to boost his numbers a bit this year unlike what he did last year to hold on to this tenth spot. 11. Jason Terry (Dal) - steady good numbers across the board. 12. Sam Cassell (LAC) - the reason for the Clips success. 13. Jameer Nelson (Orl) - January 2006 proved his potential. 14. Raymond Felton (Cha) - Will only get better. 15. Stephon Marbury (NYK) - Needs to keep his troubles off the court. 16. Luke Ridnour (Sea) - Earl Watson is bringing the pressure. 17. T.J. Ford (Tor) - Raptors fastbreak offense helps this speedster. 18. Deron Williams (Utah) - Going to be great…sooner or later. 19. Mike James (Min) - James/Foye/R. Davis are all fighting to be KG’s #2. 20. Speedy Claxton (Atl) - Running the point for the Hawks. 21. Rafer Alston (Hou) - Now is his chance to prove himself. 22. Tony Parker (SAS) - Great point guard, but only average fantasy player. 23. Brevin Knight (Cha) - Assist machine. 24. Smush Parker (LAL) - Showed a lot of fight last year, will improve. 25. Damon Stoudamire (Mem) - Back from injury and ready to perform again. Agree with me, disagree??? http://hoopdime.wordpress.com/player-rankings/rating-the-point-guards/
that power rankings of how the rockets could be #1 is pretty bold, but if the team can gel and everyone fits into their roles by late december i can totally see it being true. and i am going to believe what both yao and tmac say health wise and figure both of them to play a significant amount of games this year. I dont thnk any of the previous injuries they have had will impact them in a bad way this year.
I wish I was at my computer so I could get a better idea on these. nash should be ahead of paul. nash's %'s, 3's, and assists outweigh paul's rebounds and steals advantage. mike james should be higher up. I don't remember his exact numbers but 20/5/5 a lot of 3's and good %'s.
I wish I was at my computer so I could get a better idea on these. nash should be ahead of paul. nash's %'s, 3's, and assists outweigh paul's rebounds and steals advantage. mike james should be higher up. I don't remember his exact numbers but 20/6/3 a lot of 3's and good %'s is pretty solid. there is no reason to expect mr. me won't be close to those numbers again.
that's odd...i dunno how my phone double posted. I went to check mike james' numbers and I guess I posted somehow. doh! random idiot!
The only problem in my opinion with pushing Mike James up higher is the fact that Randy Foye and Rashad McCants (when healthy) will need playing time to properly develop and Ricky Davis shoots too much (meaning James won't get as many shots). Nash and Paul is really a toss-up in my opinion - though Paul's stats will only get better this year compared to last while Nash's will only drop (with Amare's return he won't get as many points).
I have a reason. James has only put up those #s once in his career ...which just happened to be a contract year ...on a really crappy team. If he does it again, only then will I be a beleiver.
well minny isn't exactly good and I thought he could opt out after the first year...or am I getting that confused with bonzi? either way the insane man stated he was still playing for a big pay day and I think there are enough shots to go around for him to get 16-17 points. I feel he will be able to continue last years production because of $$$ he wants, but that's clearly where we differ.
well I like paul a lot, but I really think people underestimate nash's %'s and assists. he puts up so many more than the other guards with the ability to do it at 3.5+ to 1 asst to TO. further any decrease in scoring will be offset by and increase in assists if amare is a big factor. I don't believe amare will be a major factor this year. if you look at any of the amare threads you will see my feeling on it since I have had microfracture. that being said nash has clearly taken his game to the hall of fame level for back to back years in phx under d'antoni. it is my opinion since it his 3rd year running phx's offense I think he really might bust out with a career year trying to chase down the title. he is like the tiki barber of the nba. it took him awhile to realize his talent, but he has really become special late in his career.
only putting numbers one year is a fair argument, but the contract year is irrelevant because it was also the first year of his career as a starter.
Usually for fantasy purposes I want my point guards with stronger assist numbers and solid FT%. I can get scoring somewhere else. My short list of point guards: 1) Steve Nash 2) Chauncey Billups 3) Chris Paul 4) Andre Miller 5) Jason Kidd
I picked Billups over Paul in my league. If Paul plays 75 games, it would be a mistake, but his relative unreliability made me worry. Billup has been a rock for several years now.
