I'm trying to get a better sense of who the better point guards are as well as their values..We need to have a more objective analysis on the point guards of our respective teams and I figured this will be a great place to start. I'll be evaluating the point guards on five different categories:
Offense: Regular Stats, Advanced Stats, Intangibles
Defense: Regular Stats, Advanced Stats, Intangibles
Age: Consider if this player still has potential to grow, is he in his prime years? Past his prime?
Contract: Is this player signed long-term to a contract that's worth it or is he going to be a free agent soon that has a high chance of leaving your team? If you don't think a player would leave their current team give them a 5
Health: Has this player been relatively injury-free or is he prone to miss a good amount of games?
Fit: Is it relatively easy to find a role where you can maximize this player's strengths to be conductive to winning?
You can assess the player on a scale from 1-5 for every category, 1 being awful and 5 being great. Please also give some small detail for your reasoning on each player. Also no players on Rookie Contracts unless they've already signed an extension
The format should be:
#. Player Name: Offense/Defense/Age/Contract/Health/Fit = Total Score
The Untradeables:
1. Stephen Curry: 6/4/3/5/5/5 = 28..... Leads league in PER, in prime years, great value, not leaving GSW
2. Russell Westbrook: 6/4/3/5/5/5 = 28..... top 5 player, in prime years, not leaving OKC, triple double machine
3. John Wall: 4/5/4/5/5/4 = 27.... great 2 way player, that makes his teammates better signed long-term to great value.
4. Damian Lillard: 5/3/5/5/5/4 = 27.... 5th in PER for PGS, carrying the Blazers into the 5th seed.
5. Chris Paul: 5/5/3/4/4/5 = 26....Still a top 3 PG, reaching end of prime, gets any team to the POs, only 2 years left on contract.
*The Elite Point guards. Curry and Westbrook deserve higher than 5 on performance, they get a 6 for being outliers. In terms of on-court value they're all at least worth the #1 pick.
Worth a Ton: typically a pick between (2-5)
6. Kyle Lowry: 4/5/3/4/4/5 = 25... Above average at every facet of the game, in prime, only 2 years left on contract
7. Kemba Walker 4/3/4/5/4/4 = 24... 7th in PER/PGs, good at about everything, young and signed to a great contract.
8. Kyrie Irving: 4/2/4/5/4/4 = 23.... Can be a tremendous scorer, young and signed-long term, strengths may not be optimized.
9. Isaiah Thomas: 4/3/3/5/5/3 = 23... See Kemba Walker. You need a strong defensive unit to mask his weaknesses
10. Ricky Rubio: 3/5/4/5/4/2 = 23...Still expecting more from the guy, young, injury-free signed to a great long-term contract.
*All-stars or have all-star potential. These guys could all probably net you a top 5 draft pick, but their actual on-court value is worth more to already established teams. You would have to offer alot to acquire them via trade.
Good Value: Should get you a pick in the mid to late-lotto range (6-14)
11. Mike Conley 3/5/4/2/4/4 = 22... Prototype PG, also one of the best defenders at the position
12. Reggie Jackson: 4/3/4/3/5/4 = 21...Young, no injury history, a bit overpayed, solid at about everything
13. Eric Bledsoe: 4/3/4/4/2/4 = 21...Does a bit of everything pretty well, contract is solid, significant injury history
14. Jeff Teague: 4/3/4/1/5/4 = 21... Due for a huge contract
15. Jrue Holiday: 4/4/4/2/2/4 = 20...Does a bit of everything pretty well, still young, but expecting a huge contract, injury-ridden
*Above average PGs. Guys that excel on one side of the floor and is at least decent on the other end.
Okay value: Worth a pick in the mid-to late draft (15-25)
16. Goran Dragic: 4/3/3/2/4/3 = 19...One of the worst contracts, still has some time to put it together, has his moments.
17. George Hill 3/3/3/2/4/4 = 19. Decent to good at just about everything, would say he's the closest to average here.
18. Patrick Beverly 2/4/3/4/3/3 = 19... Great defender signed to a good contract but you sacrifice alot if he's your starting PG.
19. Darren Collison 4/2/3/2/4/4 = 19. A backup PG that can do wonders for your bench. Solid playmaker and shooter.
*Solid starters range. They're at least decent on both ends of the floor or solid one one-end and could do essential guard duties.
Meh Value: Pick in the late draft at best (26+)
20. Brandon Knight: 3/3/4/1/3/3 = 17.. He's young, has potential but not that good at anything but being a volume scorer
21. Rajon Rondo: 4/3/3/1/4/2 = 17...Fills up the stat sheet, expected to get a contract not worth his actual value, not a great fit
22. Tony Parker 3/2/2/2/4/3 = 16.. Should be a backup. Can score sometimes, contract is a bit long for a guy that should retire.
23. Brandon Jennings 3/2/4/1/3/3 = 16 Can score, gonna get a fat contract, high-risk type PG thats better off as a backup
24. Derrick Rose: 4/2/3/1/2/3 = 15 He would be solid as a backup PG but he's gonna overpaid to play only 60% of games at best
25. Deron Williams 3/2/2/1/3/3 = 14 Guy needs to be a backup
* These guys are all pretty much better off as your backup PGs where they have a matchup advantage over opposing benches.
Edited: Added more PGs.
Split Performance into two categories, now offense and defense.
Also Thanks to nevetsov for standardizing the age rankings
nevetsov wrote:5=18-22
4=23-26
3=27-30
2=31-33
1=34+
