The small-ball era required point guards to become very versatile, all point guards were moving in the direction of being able to attack, defend and shoot, and players like Simmons, who were almost top-notch in everything but shooting, were also questioned. However, before the advent of the small-ball era, the point guards in the league were not uniform, and even produced the "four no point guards" that fans talked about.
The so-called "four point guards" refers to the base does not attack, na does not defend, Long does not shoot and Mo does not pass, the first three are genuine, the last "Mo does not pass" is really a bit wronged, is biased by Chinese fans.
"Base does not attack"
It refers to Jason Kidd, who is a very versatile player who has won triple-doubles in games many times, and assists in doubles are commonplace. He also has excellent performances on the defensive end, having been selected to the Best Defensive Team 4 times and the Best Defensive Team 2 team 5 times, which is the best affirmation of his defensive ability.
Scoring is actually Kidd's weakest link, shooting less than 40% in the first three seasons of his career, and even as he later tried to improve the stability of his shooting, the season with the highest shooting percentage was only 42.6%, his career shooting rate was only 40%, and his three-point shooting rate was only 34.9%. He knew that his scoring accuracy was not high, so he passed the ball to his teammates with higher certainty, which led to his career averaging only 11.2 shots per game, he had many good scoring opportunities and did not attack, but also passed the ball to his teammates, and the title of "base does not attack" was slowly spread in this situation.
"Not bad"
Referring to Steve Nash, who is not defensive, Nash is 1.91 meters tall, weighs 81 kilograms, and has an arm span of 1.88 meters. He is a relatively mediocre player with relatively mediocre physical talent, athleticism belongs to the category of poor in the NBA, rarely see him dunk, but he has a super high ball quotient, can use excellent passing ability to help his team improve a notch, his scoring is both stable and efficient, career shooting rate of 49%, three-point shooting rate of 42.8%, free throw shooting rate of 90.4%.
However, limited by physical talent, Nash's performance on the defensive end is very bad, his footsteps can keep up with the offensive players, but it is only the level that can keep up, the other side gives him a confrontation to get the shooting space, he does not jump high, not strong, the physical confrontation is poor, although he is trying to defend, but his performance on the defensive end is useless, so he won the title of "Na No Defense".
"Long does not vote"
It means that Rajan Rondo does not like to shoot, whether it is a mid-range shot or a three-point shot, which is not what Rondo is good at. Rondo is a ghost point guard, he does not like to attack, always based on passing, a game he only has a few sudden kills to the basket of personal attacks, most of the time in the transmission of the ball, when the ball is passed to his hands, even if it is an empty opportunity, he will rarely shoot, so he has the title of "Long does not shoot".
Rondo is a very smart player, he knows how to become more efficient, try to avoid his flaws is the best way, in the first 9 seasons of his career, he only had one season of shooting more than 30% of the three-point shooting rate, the remaining 8 seasons are below 30%, so he is really not accurate, so even if the other side let him shoot him will not shoot. After the NBA entered the small-ball era, Rondo was also forced to change, and his three-point shooting rate began to rise, and there have been many seasons of three-point shooting rate of more than 35%, but his three-point shots per game are still very small, and "Long does not shoot" is worthy of the name.
"Don't pass on"
Referring to Morris Williams, the above three point guards are mainly passing, williams, this point guard has a label that does not like to pass, in fact, he got the title of "Mo Bu Pass" is somewhat wronged, he is biased by Chinese fans.
In the 2007-2008 season, Williams played for the Bucks and was a teammate with Yi Jianlian, but Williams almost did not pass the ball to Yi Jianlian, Chinese fans wanted to see Yi Jianlian get the ball, wanted to see Yi Jianlian have a good performance, Williams, who did not give Yi Jianlian a pass, was labeled "Mo Bu Pass", a label that has been with him ever since.
In fact, Williams averaged 17.2 points per game that season, averaged 6,3 assists per game, shot 48 percent from the field and 38.5 percent from three-point range, and his performance was already outstanding, but he was scolded for not giving Yi Jianlian a pass. He's not a point guard who doesn't love passing, averaging 4.9 assists per game in his career and a season-high 6.4 assists per game, and as a player who was selected with the 18th pick in the second round, he's already doing well.
Of these four "strange" guards, Nash and Kidd have been retired for many years and inducted into the Hall of Fame, Mo Williams is definitely not inducted into the Hall of Fame, but he has played far beyond the second round of the show, as for Rondo, he is still playing in the NBA, so far he has won 2 championships, 1 time into the best team three teams, 2 times selected for the best defensive team first team, 2 times selected for the best defensive team second team, 3 assist kings, 1 steal king, 4 times selected as an All-Star, do you think he can be inducted into the Hall of Fame after retirement?