Chris Hu said:
Nuvendil said:
Yeah, sorry but I wouldn't have Stockton at starting PG either. I would go Jerry West. He's flexible with great offensive and defensive capabilities. 27 points (no 3 point line either and he shot from deep), 5.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists. Blocks and steals weren't tracked, but official estimates put it at .7 to 1 blocks and 2.6 to 3 steals per game. And he could achieve multiple blocks and 6 to 10 steals in a game; was reported to do so multiple times. He is reported to have pulled a quadruple double with 44 points, 12 rebounds, 12 assists, and 10 blocks. I mean come on, he won the Finals MVP while being on the losing team in 1969; no one else has performed well enough to earn that. The guy is just more flexible and impactful than Stockton based on data.
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Well West was a undersized shooting guard and that is the poistion he played most of his career. John Stockton alwasy was a point guard and is the best pure point guard of all time.
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Well I'll take flexibility over specialization any day. Especially when the former can be exception at the latter's specialty. In 72, he was point essentially the whole time and averaged 9.2 assists led his team on a 33 game winning streak, and that's late in his career. And when you factor in Jerry's lockdown defense, it's a pretty easy choice IMO. Not to mention how severely West outclasses Stockton offensively. I would bring Stockton or Magic off the bench personally; I would want to lead with my heaviest hitter.
