[New York Post] Pitino: “There are no point guards anymore… Point guard is totally done in basketball. The days of John Stockton are long gone. There are no more point guards. Chris Paul is probably the last one.”

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1. Haliburton

2. PHX reminded us last year how important a point guard really is

3. Table setters, in line of Kidd/CP3/Nash, have certainly decreased but you’ve still got Haliburton lol. Also Harden shifted from a helio to a table setter years ago imo.

   Now a days it feels like a lot of guards are helio(Luka, Brunson, Trae), “combo” guards that skew SG(Shai, Ant, Booker, Mitchell), or like 3&D guards.

4. How can you possibly argue that Haliburton isn’t a point guard?

5. did haliburton die

6. It just became obvious that the more you score and the more attention you attract, the more passing options you will have. The only exception is Haliburton but that is also thanks to the pacers and their system, if Hali was in a situation where he needed to be score first he probably would

7. Tyus Jones and Jordan McGloughlin however you spell it

   Elfrid Payton was drafted right as the Rondo like facilitator started dying

8. Haliburton is the obvious exception to this, but also, I know he gets buckets too but Trae Young is very much a traditional point guard. Averaged 24 ppg and 12 assists last year, he’s barely 6 feet tall, he is absolutely a point guard in the typical sense

9. Haliburton is injured, not dead. it’s not like there were always multiple guys like Stockton or Paul in their eras either.

10. Did Trae Young Retire?

11. This slippery MFer really does love the sound of his own voice.

12. John Stockton isn’t walking through that door 

13. *stares, Haliburtonly*

14. Based on his criteria, how is Trae not the last point guard?

15. I think he means Point Guard as a shorter player who’s pass first is gone.

16. Sorry Darius Garland. You’re done.

17. the traditional point guard who passed the rock a ton while barely looking at the rim…. yeah that archetype is dead.

    there are still plenty of point guards who are great playmakers but they complement it with their scoring.

    The guys like Rubio who could dish but couldn’t score to save their lives have basically been schemed out of the league. If you have the ball in your hands a lot, you are expected to score.

18. Isiah Collier erasure smh

19. So did the traditional PF and SG. All of these positions evolved.

20. Trae damn near averaged 12 assists a game last year lol what

21. Tyrese Haliburton might be the closest thing to a pure point.

22. Trae

23. Trae Young

24. Trae Young? 

25. Watch wemby play with Sochan vs Jones as a PG and tell me the position is dead with a straight face (no shade at sochan just making a point)