Led by Owen, the Rose or back to Chicago! Take stock of the 6 best point guards in free agency this offseason
preface
As the summer heat approached at the end of June, the NBA free agency began to be, but there were plenty of free agents in all positions. But who can be retained by the team next season to renew their contract or with a maximum salary? And which team will bring in a new point guard? Let's take stock of who is the best point guard in free agency?
Point guards: Kyrie Irving, Gab Vincent, Beverley, Schroder as well as Wilson, Wall, etc.
With the age of Wall and Wilson and injuries, if the team lacks immediate players, the above players are still very effective! Irving is unquestionably a personal offensive highlight and kaleidoscope, so it may only be a matter of time before he re-signed the Lone Ranger this season or because of personal reasons, he did not renew his contract in time. He must be the player every team is vying to have in free agency!
Kyrie Irving played a total of 60 games with the Nets and the Lone Rangers last season, averaging 27 points, 5 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 37.6 minutes per game, and his performance on the court is undoubted, but due to frequent personal reasons, strikes and rotations also lead to him not being a player who can play safely in the eyes of scouts and team general managers! Therefore, all things considered, he may not be very popular in the free market, but because of his personal strength, many teams are still willing to take this risk!
Vincent
This season's playoff performance is the best of his career, and he is also one of the most favored point guards on the free market, shooting 37.8% from three-point range but 2.3 per cent in average production, which is very scary at this time, and this season's playoffs are averaging 12.7 points, 1.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game in 30.5 minutes per game. So Vincent has a good efficiency value this season! If the Heat want to use Vincent and others to balance the deal with Lillard, then Vincent has a high chance of being signed first and then exchanged, and it is even possible to get a large contract of tens of millions!
Beverley
He will be 35 years old by next year, and his physical fitness has also declined significantly in recent years. In 2019, he signed the biggest contract of his career for 3 years of 4000W, and last year signed a contract of 1300W for one year. Therefore, his next contract will not be higher than the 1300W range, of course, Beverley has been in many teams this season in the Lakers, Magic, Bulls have spent some time, and his three-point shooting rate this season has remained around 33%, averaging about 1 three-pointer. Beverley is not as efficient as his defense in this year's game, which is related to the fact that he often gave other players a defensive back cover during the Lakers period, but he is still in the upper middle of the NBA! But as he gets older, he may sign a two-year contract of around 3,000W, and should be a player option in the second year. In this way, he may not retire until he is about 37 years old in the NBA, but does Beverley, who has dropped significantly, really want anyone?
Payton Pritchard
He played for the Celtics as a restricted player, and he is best known for throwing 80 consecutive three-pointers in practice. Became famous in World War I, and then became known to the world again because of the garage dribbling instruction filmed during the NBA shutdown! And he is also affectionately known as the "Duck King" by fans! "Pritchard hasn't played particularly well in the team this season because of the people on the pitch. Instead, in his only appearance, he excelled and got his first career triple-double!
Pritchard met in the last regular season game between the Celtics and the Hawks on April 10, 2023, and Pritchard started 45 minutes with a triple-double of 30 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists and led the team to victory! In this game, Pritchard shot 9 of 16 from three-point range, 56.3% three-point shooting rate and very good productivity, but he had 7 turnovers, which is also very surprising!
Pritchard is 188 barefoot and about 185, his physical fitness is quite average, and he is the 26th pick in the first round from the University of Oregon in 2020! He was also considered an older rookie that year. Pritchard is more decisive and confident, and is better offense, but his three-point shooting percentage is pitiful. Therefore, he is not suitable for a good three-point contributor, because his three-point shooting is very confident and often plays against people. So Pritchard's free market outlook is also very good, and for a long time to come, Pritchard may be one of the people that teams want to compete for!
Derek Ross
Officially giving up his player option as a free agent on June 25, the youngest MVP once failed to break out of his second peak due to injury and age!
This season, he averaged 5.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 12.5 minutes per game, and this season has been hidden by Thibodeau because of his declining ability, and because the team joined Brunson played well and the sixth man Quickley also played this very good performance, Rose did not enter the third Chen Rong, so Ross also played less time this season.
Last season, Rose still had 12 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 40.2% from three-point range, which can be said to be his three-point shooting year, so if he plays the second or third point guard on the team, his three-point shot can help the team win!
After Ross entered free agency, the Chicago Bulls issued a strong demand for Rose, wanting the former MVP to return to the Bulls' court and wear his No. 1 jersey at the end. And next season with Bulls guard Lonzo Ball's injury that made him unavailable, so the Bulls could only sign Rose for the team's competitiveness next season.
Although Ross will not have the crazy performance he once performed on the field, the rose is still fragrant and refreshing.
Schroeder
He played very well in the Lakers, played 66 games, averaged 12.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game, and shot a relatively low three-point shooting rate of only 32.9%, and could only get 1.1 three-point production. In 2022, he will renew his contract with the Lakers for 264W a year, but he is now a player in his prime, so his future contract value is still relatively good, and compared to Irving and Vincent, his defensive efficiency this season has reached 112.2, ranking the top in the league, or there is a good efficiency, so that in this conversion, Schroder's ability is still online. Although his points per game average this season has dropped significantly, his shooting percentage remains at the same level as last year. It should be no problem for Blackie to get a 3-year 7500W contract next season!
And the best point guard in free agency in 2023 is Irving and Gab Vincent, and when the team needs a defensive titan, choose Beverley, a veteran player.