Welcome on to the final edition of our position rankings here on

Dunke on as we work towards selecting the top players in the NBA regardless

of position so we are now going to do the point guards.

Perhaps the most controversial because it has up and down the most star power.

This is the position where these guys get the ball the most.

I think the casual fan probably can evaluate these guys the best

because they're on the ball the most.

So let's begin Danny with our quick usual summary for those who may have missed an earlier

episode of how we do this.

The criteria is we're imagining a full season starting today, so regular season 82 games and playoffs and you

heal players from short-term injuries but propensity for injury or recurring things

those can still count.

And this is thinking about players on the average team.

So if they're, you know, the surrounding talent,

we're trying to equalize that.

Versaitility matters, malleability matters, but especially at point guard things are a little bit different because just like with centers which we discussed over the last few days

if you cannot fulfill the positional responsibilities of being the offensive engine and with

point guard the term is so loaded because some people think of it as an offensive role

we define it more defensively that if you can't run an offense then then your team needs someone else who can.

So you need to be really good at everything else, and there of course are guys that can do that.

Yeah, and you certainly do run into that same thing where once you get below a certain level as that main offensive engine you may start to run into guys who are more fit guys who can play off the ball a little bit more defend shoot if as an unball guy you're not really pushing your team's offense to an

extremely high level but generally the expectation here is that you can at

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