Lillard the best PG in the game RIGHT NOW?

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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    No joke.
     
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    With the best PG and the best PF and another player Hickson, at 20 PER, and another at $10M per year, we should have won about 23 in a row by now.
     
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    What does right now mean?
     
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    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    I'm not sure I'd take another PG in the league on my team.
     
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    I'd take Kyrie over Lillard all things considered.
     
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    His injury history is starting to scare me. Put him on the Blazers and I would just be waiting for the ACL tear everytime he made a cut or jumped.
     
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    He's definitely top ten. He's certainly better than I thought he would be. I think the minutes Maynor has been able to take from Lillard helped him over the rookie wall.
     
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    He is upcoming superstar
     
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    How soon is now?
     
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    Why can't I look up JUST point guards on NBA.com or Basketball-reference.com?
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    And out of those 22 other point guards, who would you want more than Lillard?

    In my mind it goes like this (I'm probably forgetting someone):

    Tier 1
    CP3
    Rose (when healthy)
    Westbrook

    Tier 2
    R. Rondo
    T. Parker
    D. Williams
    K. Irving (when healthy)

    Tier 3
    S. Curry
    D. Lillard
    J. Holliday
    J. Wall

    Tier 4
    T. Lawson
    K. Lowry
    M. Conley
    K. Walker
    I. Thomas
     
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    quickly, I'd say you probably Parker too low and DeronisDeron too high. Wall's a bit closer to Tier 2 than Lillard, but they're both good. If Wall ever decides to learn how to shoot, he could be insane.
     
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    I think as you get to tier 3 and tier 4, it becomes harder to rank them. Easier to just group them.
     
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    Lillard is as good as any PG in the league offensively right now. When his defense comes around he will be ridiculous.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    I also think he assists will go up if we add some more weapons this summer.
     
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    More weapons would be great. Yeah I can only imagine how much better Lillard would be if we had always had another guy on the court that was hot. If the defense couldn't focus and run doubles at him it would open up his game quite a bit more.
     
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    I am also really shocked at how much his game has evolved this year. In the beginning of the season I thought he was just going to be an outside shooter and I was happy with that. He has proven be so much more than that I'm so happy I was wrong
     
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  19. Natebishop3

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    His ability to drive has far exceeded my expectations this year. I actually think he's as good as Roy was, which is something I did not anticipate. He could be even better than Roy was in his prime, which is a scary prospect. He's a better outside shooter than Roy was, and his ability to drive is quickly becoming just as good as Roy. Scary indeed.
     
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    Work on his lob and he already has three very competent players to finish at the rim.
     
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