Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Young Gun Point Guards

The story on Derrick Rose in SI this week was very interesting.  He seems to be almost the anti-modern athlete; hard not to like how he is going about his career.  There is much debate on who is the best point guard in the NBA right now with this group of young guns making a lot of noise.  I took a look at the current stats:

Rose:  24.6 pts  8.1 ast  1.0 stl  .442 fg%  .328 3pt%  .840 ft%  6'3" 200
Williams:  20.8  10.2  1.2  .450  .333  .849  6'3" 210
Paul:  15.9  9.6  2.4  .467  .423  .893  6'0" 175
Westbrook:  22.4  8.4  1.8  .442  .315  .841  6'3" 190

I also looked at efficiency rating per 48 minutes; Westbrook is 18th, Paul 20th, Williams 29th, and Rose 32nd.

Williams has been my favorite because of his size and all-around game.  But Westbrook and Rose are closing fast and Rose probably has the most upside.  If I had to build a team?  Rose.  But tough call, these guys are all really good.

S

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