Basketball is a sport of five people, when the game can only be five players on both sides, other players to play can only be replaced when the "dead ball" or suspension, they each perform their duties to win the game through cooperation, then there are excellent players in each position, they rely on personal talent and strength to become star players, the NBA has a history of 75 years, which means that each position has produced a lot of excellent players, journalists Kyle Daubs and Titan Frey ranked what they consider to be the top four point guards in history based on the performance of the players and their individual strength.
They refer to the top four players in each position as The President's Hill players, who are representative of NBA history and are great players. In the early days of the NBA, many teams were dominated by big players, who thought that as long as the players were tall and powerful, they could score the ball, but with the development of the times and the gradual maturity of technology, point guards began to change the league, and the head coaches of various teams began to pay attention to this position.
The fourth "big o" Oscar Robertson
He was the first player to achieve an average triple-double per game, and he was the first mr. triple-double we call him. He entered the league in 1960 as a first-class pick, and Jerry West (logo man), who entered the draft with him in the same year, was selected with the second pick, which was enough to prove his talent before legendary wingback Jerry West.
Robertson was named to the 75th Superstar, 10 of his 14 seasons as an All-Star, and won three All-Star Games. Robertson's individual honors include Best Rookie, 11 All-Rookies, 9 of which are Best Team First Team, 6 Assists King, 1 Championship, and 1 Regular Season MVP. He had 25.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 9.5 assists and 1.1 steals in his career, averaging 30.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 11.4 assists per game in the season when he averaged a triple-double.
The legendary point guard can't be ignored at any time, and he's a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
The third "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas
When it comes to Jordan's opponents, Isaiah Thomas, one of the members of the Detroit Pistons Bad Boy Army, must be no less, and he is turned away by the Dream Team because of his conflict with Jordan. He is one of the greatest stars in history, selected as one of the 75th Anniversary 75 Superstars, he led the Pistons to the Finals three times in his career, won two championship trophies, and was selected for the Best Team and all-Star Team several times.
Isaiah Thomas was named to the All-Star Team 12 times, won 2 All-Star MVPs, 5 All-Star Teams including 3 first-time lineups, 1 assist king, 2 championships, 1 fmvp. Selected with the second overall pick in the first round in 1981, he averaged 19.2 points, 3.6 rebounds, 9.3 assists and 1.9 steals per game in his career, and after retiring, he also entered the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and became Garnett's introducer at the 2020 Hall of Fame ceremony.
The second "cute god" Steven Curry
This is an epoch-making player, his appearance has changed the traditional way of playing in the NBA, the traditional center can not play a value in this era, and the small ball lineup is all the rage. Curry is the greatest three-point shooter of all time, and he is about to surpass Ray Allen to become the three-point king of history, and both three-point shooting percentage and three-point shooting will be maintained by Curry.
Curry is one of the best players of our time, averaging 24.2 points, 6.5 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in his career so far, and shooting 43.2 percent from three-point range. Curry led the Warriors to an unprecedented single-season 73 wins, and in this season's MVP selection, it became the regular season MVP, which is the only regular season MVP in history, and Curry's performance conquered all the judges.
Curry was selected with the seventh pick in the first round of 2009, and has been named to the All-Star Team seven times so far, four of the seven Best Teams, 2 regular season MVPs, 2 scoring kings, 1 steal king, 3 championships, and has been named to the 75th Anniversary 75 Superstars. Curry is an epoch-making player who will certainly be able to enter the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame after retiring.
The first "magician" Elvin Johnson
The Magician is one of Jordan's opponents and the nemesis of the "big bird" Bird, he led the Lakers to multiple championships, according to the actual situation, he is the first person in the history of the Lakers, leaving aside the influence Ofbe Bryant can only rank second. The magician's career was short and brilliant, and if it weren't for the effects of the disease, it is very likely that Jordan would have lost his first triple crown.
The Magician once scored 38 points, 20 rebounds and 19 assists in a high school game, because of his physical fitness in the interior line and the flexible skills of this defender, the magic nickname came from this. The Magic were selected with the first pick in the first round in 1979, and then led the Lakers to the championship in the rookie season, and won the fmvp, becoming the first rookie in history to lead the team to the championship and get the fmvp in the first year. The Magic averaged 19.5 points, 7.2 rebounds, 11.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game, including an all-time high of 11.2 assists per game.
The Magic have been named to the All-Star Team 12 times, won the All-Star Game mvp twice, were selected to the All-Star Team 9 times, 5 championships, 3 fmvp, 3 regular season mvp, 4 assist kings, and 2 steal kings. Honor magician alone is the existence of a unique slot, Curry wants to surpass a little difficult, not to mention fmvp, just 5 championships are difficult to surpass.
In this list, Paul, who just reached 20,000 points and 10,000 assists, was not selected, he is an offensive and defensive point guard, has been selected for the best team and the best defensive team for many times, and has entered the All-Star many times to get the scoring king, unfortunately Paul has no mvp and no championship. Nets head coaches, two-time MVP winners Nash, Kidd and Stockton, these excellent point guards were not selected. All objective reasons aside, according to the number of honors and championships, the four players who enter the point guard President Hill are not too much of a problem, and the fault is that the positions of Isaiah Thomas and Oscar Robertson are a bit different, and the two of them who are third and fourth are the same, and there is no way to replace Curry's second position.
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