The Point Guard Position (Bledsoe)
The release of the ratings by position began on Thursday when the NBA 2K Twitter account tweeted out a picture of the top-10 rankings. Not surprisingly, Stephen Curry topped the list at 93 overall, but there was one omission to the list that turned a few heads.
Eric Bledsoe is a Top 10 NBA Point Guard in my opinion
— BLAZEMOVING.com (@BlazeMovingLLC) September 17, 2015
Eric Bledsoe should be in the top 10, he had a better 14'-15' season than Kyle Lowry & Derrick Rose https://t.co/9IUF5vcXUw
— Suns Nation (@SunsNationNBA) September 17, 2015
Eric Bledsoe’s overall rating in the game is an 82, which isn’t terrible by itself, especially considering that the player ratings are lower in general. However, there’s one player in particular ahead of Bledsoe on the list that certainly caused a stir.
Tony Parker over Eric Bledsoe at this point in their careers is actually absurd. I can't stand that. https://t.co/ERuSrleAdh
— Scott Chasen (@ChasenScott) September 17, 2015
@SChasenKU Parker over Dragic, as well. Like, what? These 2k ratings suck. Looks like MCW is crapped on, though, so that's realistic.
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) September 17, 2015
About 15 weeks ago, I wrote about how it seems somewhat ridiculous that the 33-year-old Parker was rated higher than the 25-year-old Bledsoe, and I broke down the various individual ratings that skewed those numbers; it’s only more so the case now. At this point in time, Bledsoe is a better rebounder and defender than Parker, with advantages in both speed and athleticism.
He can meet players up at the rim and swat their shots away, and he can absolutely throw down at the other end, and while Parker certainly isn’t a slouch — and is even a lock for making the Hall of Fame in the future, with a chance greater than 90 percent, per Basketball-Reference — he isn’t better than the Suns’ point guard in his current state, nor was he better than Goran Dragic a couple of years ago, when Dragic was the most notable All-Star snub.
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However, I definitely don’t think the system is broken. I think it’s just a case of one player getting too much respect in the present for what he’s done in the past; and Parker could certainly prove me wrong this year too.
Overall, I do think 82 is a good number for Bledsoe, so I wouldn’t complain about that as much as some of the ratings for the other players. However, it is worth noting Bledsoe’s 82 is higher than former Suns point guard Goran Dragic (81), which is probably the right call with all things considered.
However, like Bledsoe, Dragic probably could’ve been bumped up the PG rank a little bit. Dragic is on par with another former Suns’ point guard, Isaiah Thomas, who is now with the Boston Celtics. Both Dragic and Thomas were dealt in what was an absolutely absurd trade deadline day for the Suns; Thomas was the only player to appear in the postseason last year.
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