If we were handicapping these seasons by teammates, it's hard to argue that Magic had the best situation, which would take away from his numbers. Paul also has Peja Stojakovic and Rasaul Butler to kick the ball out to, shooting 40 percent and 45 percent from deep, respectively. Chris Paul has the versatile David West as his major wingman, pulling in 20 and eight every night, along with the incomparable alley-oop-catching Tyson Chandler. Outside of Malone, Stockton's Jazz really didn't have much for role players to speak of, with a third leading scorer of Thurl Bailey. John Stockton only had one HOF teammate named Karl Malone, but he managed to average 31 points and 11 rebounds that year. Green, along with Michael Cooper, the reigning defensive player of the year. He also had notable role-players in Byron Scott and A.C. Magic Johnson had two HOF players on his team, NBA all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and a young James Worthy. Teammates Another angle on this comparison has to be each guard's team he had to work in. For Stockton, his sixth year in the NBA, 1989-90, stood out with career highs in points and assists, while for Magic his eighth year in the league, 1986-87, had a career high in points and other solid numbers as well. For the sake of comparison, I selected the season for each of them that appeared to be the most outstanding statistically. I've decided to test that against the two most prominent names in point guards from the past 30 years: John Stockton and Magic Johnson. However, one comparison that can be reasonably made is that Chris Paul may be having the most dominant point guard season since the merger. ![]() ![]() So the question then becomes: Where does Chris Paul stand in NBA history? Obviously, with less than four years under his belt, an argument as one of the best point guards of all time would be a bit premature. This isn't the first year of dominance for CP3, as he finished second in last year's MVP voting, with 28 first place votes, more than Kevin Garnett and LeBron James combined. ![]() He's managed to put together a line of points, rebounds, assists, and steals thus far that hasn't been achieved by a player since they started tracking steals as an official statistic, and on top of all of that, he's starred in some of the worst deodorant ads I've ever seen. He's carried the Hornets through injuries this year to a 38-22 record thus far, including the current six-game winning streak. As he proved once again Thursday against the Mavericks, Chris "CP3" Paul is the best point guard in the NBA.
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