The guy playing an important role on a good team that is subsequently not available and is also not a PG?Louis Williams for the win.
The Knicks were a contending team?
PGs are cheap right now. We can fill the spot temporarily with Watson, Burks and Tinsley and look for a longer term option. We should have never gotten rid of Maynor, but if you look it seems most teams have solid young guys coming off their bench playing the 1. Dallas has Beaubois, Sac has Isaiah Thomas, the Hornets have Vasquez etc. Any of these guys can be serviceable and some of them can become break out stars. Quality PGs are not as difficult to come by as they once were.
I'm not saying we don't have a problem at the PG spot, I'm saying the situation can be dealt with effectively, and soon.
I like the methodology and the article, but it also says that Steve Nash is the 7th best PG defensively in the NBA.Kelly Scalleta (a featured writer for Bleacher Report) ranked all of the starting PG's defensively from last season using multiple statistics with some surprising results. Calderon is ranked 29th out of 30 as the second worst starting PG on the defensive end (before you argue with his results read the article, or at least his methodology).
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/813678-nba-power-rankings-defensively-ranking-every-starting-point-guard-in-the-nba
None of those players are quality PG's (besides potentially Beabouis). They are serviceable backups.
Also, Burks is not a damn PG.
So, not a (n actual) PG?He could be a Tyreke type, could he not??
I like the methodology and the article, but it also says that Steve Nash is the 7th best PG defensively in the NBA.