johnnyramonsanchez

Barkley had a very unbarkley like comment last night in regards to rudy G and towns. However in the past year or so results of small quick guards have been mixed, even though GMs have continued to draft and sign combo guards to outlandish contracts

• Jordan Poole - signed a 4/128 contract and was one of the worst players on GSWs roster last year

• Tyler Herro - signed a 4/120, Decent offensively last year but his percentages regressed from the prior year, and Miami played much better without him in the playoffs

• Anfernee simons - signed a 4/100, played well offensively on a poor team, but awful defensively

Other young guys:

Tyrese maxey - up for a huge payday and looking like a perennial all star

Jaden Ivey - #5 pick, results mixed so far entering year 2

Scoot Henderson - too early to tell, struggling a few games in

Almost all of these guys have horrific defense which diminishes their offensive plusses. So is Barkley right about smalls?

They’re typically not mentioned as the best over mj Scottie, magic kareem, malone Stockton and bird mchale. I think the primary reason is the regular season accolades weren’t great due to voter fatigue, team success, and injuries.

Curry was regarded as the best or second player in the nba after the back to back mvps, and KD was 3rd behind lebron after being the more recent mvp. They were both in their primes as top 15-20 players all time, fit seamlessly and had all the team success with the chips.

The two duos that are typically at the top are mj/ Scottie, and Kareem magic

Arguments against MJ Scottie, MJ is the greatest ever but Scottie was closer to the top 5-10 player during his era at his peak.

Magic Kareem: Kareem’s last dominant mvp year was magics rookie year. Definitely a longer stretch as a duo but for 2 year stretches, they didn’t win back to back titles until kareem was 41

Honorable mention is Cousy and bill but none of us remember that.