The Greatest Point Guards in NBA History

Greetings all, I am back with another article regarding the NBA. This time I have decided to write a few articles by position, of the greatest players in NBA history. I am starting with, what I consider the "head" of the team, the point guard, because without a point guard an NBA team goes no-where. So here I go with my ranking of the top 5 point guards in NBA history starting in reverse order down to number 1.

Number 5 - Bob Cousy - 13 year Career "The Houdini of hte Hardwood"

Bob Cousy was "Magic" before Ervin Johnson was born, he was "Flashy" before flashy was in style, he popularized the behind the back pass, the no-look pass and the between the legs dribble. He was the original playmaker for the Boston Celtics at the start of their remarkable run of championships. When he retired in 1963, he was the NBA's all-time leader in assists, with almost 7,000, an average of 7.5 per game, an average that still ranks 14^th today, and Cousy played 5 years of his career before the 24 second clock was put into effect. Cousy also won 8 straight NBA assists titles, which stood as a record until John Stockton broke it in the 1996/97 season with 9 straight titles. Cousy was also an adept scorer with a career average of 18.5 per game and shot 80% from the free-throw line. Cousy was named to the all NBA first team 10 times and to the second team twice. Bob Cousy has been named a member of the NBA greatest players for the 25^th, 35^th, and 50^th anniversary teams. All of this solidifies his spot as one of the 5 greatest point guards of all time.

Number 4 - Isiah Thomas - 13 year Career