Billups vs Payton
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Billups vs Payton
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durantbird
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Billups vs Payton
Who's the better player overall? Who's better offensively? In their primes
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Colbinii
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I lean towards Billups--significantly better scorer as he is a great shooter and Payton isn't, Billups is great at drawing fouls and driving [significantly moreso than Payton] while Billups projects as a better #1 and #2 [and #3, #4 and #5] is advantageous compared to the defensive gap of point guards.
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^ Shooting and foul-drawing and overall scoring, yes, but Billups was a significantly worse driver than Payton; driving was Payton’s primary offensive skill.
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AEnigma wrote:driving was Payton’s primary offensive skill.
And posting up.
Billups had a nice stroke and could draw fouls, which makes the offensive comparison tough. Because GP was definitely more versatile.
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Billups also was a strong post up guard and I would say peaked a little higher. Payton's prime and career were longer and probably has more career value.
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