The Best Point Guards Of The 2017-18 NBA Season
Who were the best NBA point guards in 2017-18?
Bigger players are growing more skilled and taking on larger offensive roles in the NBA. And so the role of the league’s point guards continues to evolve. It was once almost solely this position’s responsibility to run the offense and distribute. But now, playmaking wings and big men have placed added importance on a point guard’s ability to space the floor with shooting and defend multiple positions. So here are the best NBA point guards of the 2017-18 season. Although we’re excluding those not healthy enough to muster 50 regular season games. Sorry, John Wall, Mike Conley, and Reggie Jackson. For more reviews of the 2017-18 NBA season, also check out our lists of the most overrated and most underrated players of the year.20. Dennis Schroder
About four or five players could be in this spot, but Schroder gets the nod after proving he can take on a significant scoring load, averaging 19.4 points, albeit not very efficiently. His ability to speed into the lane makes him a solid playmaker.
While he has the tools of a good defender, he has yet to put things together on that end.
19. Rajon Rondo
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As he tends to do whenever he joins a new team, Rondo quickly developed a connection with his big men in New Orleans. Though he can coast on the defensive end for stretches of the season and doesn’t have much gravity on the perimeter as a low-volume shooter, the man knows how to lead an offense.
18. Kris Dunn
Dunn was inefficient as a scorer in his sophomore season, but he did just enough in that regard and as a distributor to allow his elite defense at the point of attack to flourish. He had the second-highest steal percentage in the NBA among qualified players (3.3), trailing only Victor Oladipo.
17. J.J. Barea
The 33-year-old, generously listed at six feet tall, finished the season 10th among qualified point guards with 6.3 assists per game despite coming off the bench and playing just 23.3 minutes per contest.
He posted the second-highest assist percentage in the NBA, behind Russell Westbrook and ahead of James Harden, according to Basketball Reference.