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Chris Paul and aside from this season it's really not close. Prior to that, MVP-era Steve Nash. Come on now.
I can't think of another point guard that's been more dominant over the last 10 years has Tony Parker. Even to this day he still seems just a step faster than everybody. Who else in the last 10 years has to sustained that type of play. Best pg of the decade?
Chris Paul and aside from this season it's really not close. Prior to that, MVP-era Steve Nash. Come on now.
From 2003-2013 Parker has been top 5 . Who else has maintained that level of play and is getting better as we speak? 26 and 11 tonight.
Besides Chris Paul hasn't won anything. Parkers a 3 time champion, finals mvp. He's won 70% of the games he started.
Parker is the starter for the Spurs, and the Spurs have a 70% winning percentage during the Tim Duncan era. Of course Parker has won 70% of his starts. Similarly, to win a ring or get a finals MVP you have to be on a team that can take you to the finals.
Using team stats as an argument for individual dominance is disingenuous. And on individual stats, he's been consistently good but not anywhere near the most dominant of the decade.
Steve Nash? Even CP3 is ahead over that period of time. Tony's been great, but not ahead of those two... yet.
Steve Nash, Kidd perhaps.
First reply is the winner. The only argument for Parker over Paul is that Chris Paul has only played 8 years.
But aside from that detail, I'd put Parker 2nd, although it's almost a dead heat with Nash. Nash's numbers are slightly better (even after the defensive adjustment), but I have to take away for the D'Antoni Factor.
I wonder what Tony Parker's stats look like against Chris Paul, Steve Nash and Jason Kidd during that time. Wins, points, assists, turnovers heads up would be cool to see. Wonder if timvp or Bruno can hook us up with some numbers. I'm off to bed. Gnite ST.
Jason Kidd also had some pretty good years in the last ten. Tony is really good but we don't have to go crazy. There are some guys who are definitely better, like Chris Paul. But I think we can take pride in saying tony is one of the best point guards in the league right now. He runs our system perfectly and has blossomed into a really good player.
Paul is clearly the most dominant PG.
But you can't deny that Parker individual statistics have suffered from Duncan/Ginobili presence.
So, considering team success makes sense.
By the way, in any stretch of games without Duncan or Ginobili, Parker has been having really dominant individual statistics (not only this season).
If you're talking about this stretch (if you can still call it that at this point), then no; I'd go with '08-'10 Paul. But after that, I can't think of another one I'd put clearly ahead of him.
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I'd put Nash and CP3 ahead of him
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TP > CP in their match ups; idem with Nash
It's difficult to compare individual statistic : different team, different coach, different system.
At the end : TP with three rings and final mvp. It's enough for me to place TP at the first rank.
CP , Jason Kidd and Steve Nash are also extraordinary players but I prefer TP.
Actually http://www.nba.com/mvp-ladder/2012-13/index.html
Rank Status Player 1 -- LeBron James 2 -- Kevin Durant 3 Tony Parker 4 Carmelo Anthony 5 -- Chris Paul
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I'm a Tony fan and TP has only been great the past two seasons; the prior seasons (2005 onward) he was merely very good.
How quickly we forget Derrick Rose.
He hasn't been around for most of the decade.
So wait a minute, it's fine to use individual stats (a la Nash) even though the player played in a system which was conducive to stat-padding (to the extreme, I might add) even though there was no chance in it would translate into any kind of playoffs success; but it's not fine to use team achievements for a player who has always played down to the system and been a key cog in the machine?
Double standards FTW.
Parker is definitely the most successful PG of the last decade (no contest). He owned Nash and Paul every single time they met. Keep watching BSPN highlights while we watch basketball.
I like Nash and Paul but even in their best years- Parker would eat both in their head to head matches. so even if Nash and Paul would probably have better stat years than tony longoria- I would take Tony any day even at the first day of Tony's career
lol he only had one great full season
Which was the most dominant by a point guard in the last decade. Did the OP mean ten years of dominance? If so, then the answer is probably Chris Paul.
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