Assembling the greatest team ever: PG

[AboveLegit]

Here's an idea I got off of Bill Simmons book, The Book of Basketball. In one of the chapters, he constructs a team consisted of individual seasons of players in order to make the greatest team. He doesn't just take the 12 greatest players or seasons ever, he assembles a team that compliments each other in style, personality, and talent. He broke everything down, he didn't just take Magic Johnson, he wanted a particular Magic. He could have chosen from the '82 Magic that could play every position, or the '87 Magic which many considered to be the year in which he peaked as a leader.

 

Let's do the same thing here. We'll have a thread dedicated to each position, we can discuss/debate which player deserves to be voted in, and if this idea is a success, we can continue this with the backups. Here are the 10 nominees for the starting PG position:

 

1. 1982 Magic Johnson

Regular Season: 18.6 PPG, 9.5 APG, 9.6 RPG, 2.7 SPG, 53.7 FG%, 76.0 FT%, 78 Games, 57-25

Postseason: 17.4 PPG, 9.3 APG, 11.3 RPG, 2.9 SPG, 52.9 FG%, 82.8 FT%, 14 Games, NBA Title, Finals MVP

 

2. 1985 Magic Johnson

Regular Season: 18.3 PPG, 12.6 APG, 6.2 RPG, 1.5 SPG, 56.1 FG%, 84.3 FT%, 77 Games, 62-20, MVP Runner-Up

Postseason: 17.5 PPG, 15.2 APG, 7.1 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 51.3 FG%, 84.7 FT%, 19 Games, NBA Title

 

3. 1987 Magic Johnson

Regular Season: 23.9 PPG, 12.2 APG, 6.3 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 52.2 FG%, 84.8 FT%, 80 Games, 65-17, League MVP

Postseason: 21.8 PPG, 12.2 APG, 7.7 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 53.9 FG%, 83.1 FT%, 18 Games, NBA Title, Finals MVP

 

4. 2008 Chris Paul

Regular Season: 21.1 PPG, 11.6 APG, 4.0 RPG, 2.7 SPG, 48.8/36.9/85.1%, 80 Games, 56-26, MVP Runner-Up

Postseason: 24.1 PPG, 11.3 APG, 4.9 RPG, 2.3 SPG, 50.2 FG%, 78.5 FT%, 12 Games, Lost in 2nd Round

 

5. 2009 Chris Paul

Regular Season: 22.8 PPG, 11.0 APG, 5.5 RPG, 2.8 SPG, 50.3/36.4/86.8%, 78 Games, 49-33

Postseason: 16.6 PPG, 10.4 APG, 4.4 RPG, 1.6 SPG, 41.1/31.3/85.7%, 5 Games, Lost in 1st Round

 

6. 1990 Isiah Thomas

Regular Season: 18.4 PPG, 9.4 APG, 3.8 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 43.8 FG%, 77.5 FT%, 81 Games, 59-23

Postseason: 20.5 PPG, 8.2 APG, 5.5 RPG, 2.2 SPG, 46.3/47.1/79.4%, 20 Games, NBA Title, Finals MVP

 

7. 2006 Steve Nash

Regular Season: 18.8 PPG, 10.5 APG, 4.2 RPG, 51.2/43.9/92.1%, 79 Games, 54-28, League MVP

Postseason: 20.4 PPG, 10.2 APG, 3.7 RPG, 1.9 SPG, 50.2/36.8/91.2%, 20 Games, Lost in Conference Finals

 

8. 2002 Jason Kidd

Regular Season: 14.7 PPG, 9.9 APG, 7.3 RPG, 2.1 SPG, 39.1/32.1/81.4%, 82 Games, 52-30, MVP Runner-Up

Postseason: 19.6 PPG, 9.1 APG, 8.2 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 41.5/18.9/80.8%, 20 Games, Lost in Finals

 

9. 1990 John Stockton

Regular Season: 17.2 PPG, 14.5 APG, 2.6 RPG, 51/42/82%, 78 Games, 55-27

Postseason: 15.0 PPG, 15.0 APG, 3.2 RPG, 42/39/80%, 5 Games, Lost in 1st Round

 

10. 1964 Oscar Robertson

Regular Season: 31.4 PPG, 11.0 APG, 9.9 RPG, 48.3 FG%, 85.3 FT%, 79 Games, 55-25, League MVP

Postseason: 29.3 PPG, 8.4 APG, 8.9 RPG, 45.5 FG%, 85.8 FT%, 10 Games, Lost in Conference Finals

[Real Deal]

It's going to be Magic. The year is what's debatable, in my opinion.

 

There was an older poster over at TLN that said that Magic was never better than he was in 1987, that he never had his fingerprints on the game as much as he did in that season, so I'll have to go with what he says.

[Abro]

Going with the Big O!