With 5 weeks until the season, I am asking you RealGMs out there to come up with your ranked top 35 at each position!
Starting this week with Point Guards, I will tally everyone's lists using a point scale (1st place = 35 points/35th place = 1 point) and aggregate them to see what the official RealGM consensus opinion is for the best 35 Point Guards of All-Time!
Here's a top 35 to get everyone started:
1. Russell Westbrook
2. Magic Johnson
3. Bob Cousy
4. Chris Paul
5. Isiah Thomas
6. Gary Payton
7. Jason Kidd
8. Stephen Curry
9. John Stockton
10. Lenny Wilkens
11. Walt Frazier
12. Deron Williams
13. Steve Nash
14. Stephon Marbury
15. Guy Rodgers
16. Tim Hardaway
17. Damian Lillard
18. Gail Gooderich
19. Tiny Archibald
20. Baron Davis
21. Rod Strickland
22. Jo Jo White
23. John Wall
24. Dick McGuire
25. Fred Scolari
26. Norm Nixon
27. Kevin Johnson
28. Sam Cassell
29. Kemba Walker
30. Louie Dampier
31. Larry Costello
32. Rajon Rondo
33. Slater Martin
34. Calvin Murphy
35. Tony Parker
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Please make extensive use of the best basketball site on the internet, http://www.basketball-reference.com, and their plethora of pages and tools to make some great lists, and to support your side in well argued debates and discussions.
If you have any questions on how to use the tools on basketball-reference feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. As well, if you know of any good resources that you think I should add, link them and I will consider it.
(Note: Determinations on the official position of players for the purposes of these lists will be by majority of seasons played at a given position as listed by basketball-reference)
Here are some of the best basketball-reference resources:
Leaders and Records Pages - https://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/
Awards and Honours Index - https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/
Player Season Finder - https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi
Player Comparison Finder - https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/pcm_finder.fcgi
Other resources:
NBA 25th Anniversary Team (1971) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_25th_Anniversary_Team
NBA 35th Anniversary Team (1980) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_35th_Anniversary_Team
50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Greatest_Players_in_NBA_History
ESPN's 100 Greatest Players of All-Time (2016) https://www.interbasket.net/news/the-full-list-of-espns-100-nbas-greatest-players-of-all-time-nbarank/19115/
SLAM's 100 Greatest Players of All-Time (2018) - https://www.interbasket.net/news/slam-top-100-nba-players-all-time-full-list/23623/
SLAM's 500 Greatest Players of All-Time (2011) - https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/slam_500_greatest.html
Ainsworth Sports' Top 1000 Players of All-Time (A very interesting and objective ranking that focuses on players' 7-year peak) - http://ainsworthsports.com/basketball_player_rankings_all_time_1_to_1000.htm
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