OT: Favorite NBA Guard Of All Time

[joober jones]

Clyde the Glide

 

[Husky Johnny]

How about Celtics swingman John Havlicek.? Havlicek was a small forward & shooting guard, but could play at point guard when required. He was 8 and 0 in NBA finals. Bill Russell said of him, "he is the best all - around ball player I ever saw". Not too bad as a compliment. Also Nate "Tiny" Archibald in his prime was amazing. The old Dwitt Clinton High product from the Bronx was a seven time NBA All Star. Too many callow youth and know nothings out there (thank god for Red Deutsch out of Jersey City, NJ) who think that Michael Jordan invented basketball.

 

[JellyBean]

George "The Iceman" Gervin

 

[Hugo]

The man Red Auerbach called the greatest Celtic of all time … Dennis Johnson. (That was back when being a Celtic meant something)

Larry Bird said pretty much the same thing about DJ. Great clutch player.

 

[UConnNick]

Jerry West. There's a reason his silhouette is the NBA logo.

 

[huskiesouth]

Larry Bird said pretty much the same thing about DJ. Great clutch player.

DJ was a guy who did the "little" things when they were needed which did not always show up in the box score, tip a pass, grab a clutch rebound, draw a foul and make the shot, he was the "go to" guy on a team full of All Stars/Hall of Famers, remember that, while Bird stole the Pistons' inbounding pass, it was DJ who anticipated it happening, cut to the hoop, received Bird's feed and made the reverse layup all in about 2-3 seconds.

But in full disclosure I'm a Celtic homer, 100%, and proud of it.

 

[huskiesouth]

Had lunch next to John Starks at Mr. Leo's (now closed) in NYC and chatted with him briefly. Seemed like a pretty nice guy. He was with the most beautiful woman in the world so he gets points for that.
But favorite has to be MJ.

Played golf in Stamford with JS a couple of times at Sterling Farms, nice public course where he, Allen Houston, Herb Williams and other Knicks sometimes played (they certainly were not going to be joining a Fairfield County private club for reasons that hopefully need not be explained). Nice guy, really wanted to become a better golfer, got to know him well enough to ask which persona was the "real" JS, the polite, quiet guy I was riding around a golf course with, or the in-your face, trash talking punk on the NBA courts. His response was interesting, said the trash talking was mostly for show or simply let the other guy know who had the bigger d*ck.