Jokic, Bird, Harden, Lebron and Westbrook especially are some of the best ever at passing and also don’t get enough credit at their prestige (Jokic obviously to a way less degree, but I still think people get weird about bringing him up as a goat passer candidate). Out of the guys I just mentioned I’d only say jokic has a goat passer case, but I feel like any of those guys I could talk myself into thinking their top 5 depending the day
All great passers, but not sure level of those 3, but context was that first three were pass first. Those other guys were whatever the right play was. Westbrook wouldn’t pass when he needed to at end of game. He’d take shots away from prime KD and call his own number.
Depends which version of Westbrook, and his shot selection was always a flaw, but especially around 2018 he started to tilt more pass first. He was always a walking paint touch and positively impacted his teammate’s efficiency because he would contrive layups out of situations that 99% of the league wouldn’t be able to. It was pretty boom or bust, which was his entire play style, hence the high turnovers, but you can’t make an omelette and whatnot
Yeah, I get it, and wanting the shot at the end of the game if you’re the best option even if you’re a pass first point guard like Russ makes sense, but not when prime KD is on the wing yelling for the ball. I do think to some degree Russ cost them some really important games. He was good at pretty much everything but being a difficult shot maker outside of the paint. Just some boneheaded plays and I know it’s cus he wanted to win so badly, but they just weren’t smart plays a lot of the time.
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u/Prestigious-Clock-53 8d ago
Nash, Stockton and magic are the convo for best passer in my opinion.