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Originally Posted by xorbie
I think the elite PF/C goes a lot deeper than elite PG (really after Deron Williams went I think its a significant drop off, and there weren't a lot of PG taken before him). But, there's a large pool of decent PG, that goes all the way down to Cassell, Doc, Sleepy, etc and there are still a few good PG that haven't been drafted. The big men drafted in these rounds were not as good IMO, much more flaws or more limited players.
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Originally Posted by capone0
You don't think Kevin Johnson is elite? You don't think Hardaway or Price are elite, I don't think there is that much gap between them and Billups or Deron especially since Deron has 2 elite years only while Tim and KJ had 5 in their career.
Who are the elite PGs of this draft?
Magic
Stockton
Paul
Thomas
Kidd
Payton
Nash
Billups
Deron
KJ
Price
Parker
Tim H
Andre Miller
Baron Davis
These are the first 15 pure points taken. If you want to count AI, Wade, Gilbert, Dumars as PGs, so be it. To me there all combos.
Then you have big men:
Shaq
TD
Hakeem
David
KG
KM
Barkley
Dirk
Dwight
Patrick
Kevin
Amare
Zo
Ming
Mutombo
Webber
Brand
I don't think Price, Hardaway, and KJ are elite for this draft. People throw the word elite around way to much.
The Elite PG's in this imo are Magic, Stockton, CP3, Payton and maybe Kidd and Isiah.
I don't think think this is a knock on guys like Price, KJ, Deron, Chauncey. They just aren't on the top top level, still all good picks though.