The NBA boasts more elite point guards than ever, each leading his team’s offense in distinctive ways. It is difficult to narrow down a list of the best point guards because there is so much skill at the position. But as the regular season draws near, these are the ones who are superior to the others (in descending order):
5. Memphis Grizzlies’ Ja Morant
The Grizzlies have suffered since their bright 2022 postseason, when Ja Morant led the club with averages of 27.1 points and 9.8 assists. Memphis lost in the first round of the 2023 playoffs and missed the playoffs the previous year.
These setbacks are primarily the result of Morant’s injuries and bans, which overshadow his performance on the court. Over the previous three regular seasons, he averaged 26.6 points in 127 games. The 2022 Most Improved Player of the Year, who is 25 years old and has much to prove, will probably be extremely driven to help the Grizzlies make it back to the postseason and regain his All-NBA form.
4. Jalen Brunson, a Knicks player Mikal
Bridges’ arrival to the Knicks during the offseason suggests that this group might be the best of the twenty-first century. As New York hasn’t advanced past the second round since the 1999–2000 season, Brunson will be counted on to guide the team there.
With an outstanding defensive group surrounding him and well-known colleagues in OG Anunoby, Bridges, Donte DiVincenzo, and Josh Hart—all former Villanova standouts—Brunson is well-positioned to expand on his All-NBA 2023–24 campaign, in which he averaged 28.7 points, 6.7 assists, and 40.1% from three-point range.
3. Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
This season, the 2024 MVP runner-up will have to live up to the highest expectations in his career. With the addition of Isaiah Hartenstein and Alex Caruso in the offseason, the Thunder are perhaps the deepest team in the NBA, but they still have pressure to produce. A trip to the Western Conference Finals would be the ultimate disappointment.
Fortunately for Oklahoma City, it has little to worry about with Gilgeous-Alexander at the helm.
In the 2023-24 playoffs, a stage where many young players falter, the Kentucky product maintained his MVP production, averaging 30.2 points and 6.4 assists and showing he has what it takes to captain a championship team.
2. Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors
Curry’s remarkable showing at the Olympics this past summer — he scored 60 points in the final two games on a blazing 65.38% mark from three to lead the United States to a gold medal — underscored why the Warriors are doing a disservice by not surrounding the four-time champion with enough talent to compete for a championship.
Though he’s not the player he was during his unanimous MVP days, Curry is still more than capable of performing on the biggest of stages and leading a championship team. Last season, he won the Clutch Player of the Year, averaged 26.4 points and shot 40.8% from three.
1. Luka Doncic | Dallas Mavericks
Doncic has firmly established himself as the best point guard in the world.
In six seasons in the NBA, he has made five consecutive All-NBA first-team appearances and led his team last season to the Finals, where he averaged 29.2 PPG.
The 2024-25 Mavericks will feature the strongest supporting cast of Doncic’s career, allowing him to reach new heights, as defenses will be forced to play him more honestly rather than constantly selling out to pressure the five-time All-Star.
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