Serious? Bosh (none of his success has translated to winning), Roy (bad knees, always has, not athletic and not particularly big or strong, I also don't sense a ton of passion out of him either), and Rose BY A MILE. Rose is quick off the dribble and can jump, what else? His court vision isn't great, he's not a great passer, and he's still a suspect shooter. Besides zooming to the hoop, what is it that is so great about this kid?
Besides Dunking and blocking shots, what does Dwight do? Memo can do a lot more than Dwight can, so can he be considered better?
Besides dunking and playing horrid pick and roll defense, what has Shaq ever done in his career?
Who cares if Rondo or Drose struggle shooting. The way they score and the way they draw fouls more than makes up for their lack of perimeter shooting.
If we're going to limit ourselves to weak "who wins" (which is what you used against Bosh) then Fisher and Parker own Deron.
Just because Deron has a better jumper doesn't mean that he's better than Drose or Rondo or CP3. If Deron wants to be considered better than those players, then he needs to put up better numbers and carry this team to more wins. He'll get his chance. CP3 just took down the Heat. CP3 is leading the Hornets to a 6-0 start.
Lets see Deron lead his team to that next week. I'd love for him to do that. Take down the Heat, win some road games, and actually have a winning record. That would be nice.
And as Nissalki stated, "Deron's the only PG that could have had this type of game." Hogwash. Drose is doing it, on a nightly basis. Hate him for his lack of a jumper all you want. But he's getting the job done. Rondo had 29 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists against the #1 team in the league last year in the playoffs and is averaging Stockton like assist numbers this year. CP3 has his team tied with the lakers for #1 in the west. Curry just beat us. Nash is keeping the Suns afloat. Westbrook is a beast.
I understand that Deron is a very good PG. But I'm not ready to declare him THE BEST PG in the league. Especially when I look back just 24 hours ago when he had 8 turnovers compared to only 6 assists. I'm certainly not ready to declare him a top 10 player. He's close. But not yet. And I'll never say that his game tonight was something that Stockton couldn't have done. That's just crazy.
