5 Dynasty PGs - NBA Fantasy Basketball
A new series from Noah Rubin...
Let’s start a new series! With the regular season over and the postseason underway, it’s a great time to evaluate players from this past season. We’ll start with the point guards and take a look at some of the intriguing players that altered their value with their performance this season.
Cade Cunningham
I’ve been really high on Cunningham since before he was drafted, and he finally took the expected leap forward to superstardom this season. He made his first All-Star Game, ended Detroit’s playoff drought, and will likely be named to an All-NBA team. He improved his numbers across the board, and his only weaknesses are an abundance of turnovers and a slightly subpar field goal percentage, both of which I think he will improve on as he ages. He’s still only 23! He’s improved every season, and he finally had the team around him for the world to see.
Scoot Henderson
The 2023 No. 3 overall pick once again showed some elite flashes without ever putting together a lengthy stretch of consistent production. His efficiency improved in year two, but it’s still subpar. He had a 39-point game with eight threes in January, which came one game after he scored just three points in a game. He followed up a 30-point game against the Knicks in March with a five-point game against the Raptors. There is plenty of reason to remain optimistic; it takes point guards time to figure things out, and he’s only 21. He’s shown plenty of flashes. But for every big game, there’s been an abysmal one. The talent is clearly there. He just needs time.
Josh Giddey
Giddey was sent to Chicago last summer in exchange for Alex Caruso in a deal widely considered lopsided in favor of the Thunder. Fast forward to today, and while Caruso will be a valuable piece for OKC in the postseason, Giddey just had the best regular season of his career. In the Bulls’ play-in loss, Giddey finished with 25 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, and two threes. Sure, I wouldn’t build my franchise around him, but that is a smaller factor for us in the fantasy hoops realm. As long as someone wants to pay and play him a lot, Giddey is going to stuff the stat sheet. We’ll see how much the Bulls are willing to give him, but they haven’t been shy about offering big contracts to keep their players in town (see Williams, Patrick), and Giddey could be next. He didn’t fit with OKC’s rotation, but he seems to have found a home with Chicago.
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Jared McCain
Sadly, we only got to see McCain play a handful of games during his rookie season. However, he was clearly the best rookie in the league prior to his meniscus injury. He’s a difficult player to evaluate between his situation with an aging 76ers team and his limited flashes that were very bright. He only played 23 games, but McCain led all rookies in points per game and threes per game, and he posted 46/38/88 shooting splits as a rookie. To put that into perspective, those are on par with Tyler Herro (47/38/88) and Tyrese Haliburton (47/39/85). Of course, a difference in role and defensive attention makes the comparison break down, but I wasn’t saying McCain is as good as two All-Star guards. I’m excited to see how he develops, even if I am concerned about how he fits in with Tyrese Maxey, Paul George, Joel Embiid, Quentin Grimes, and a likely top-six pick.
Isaiah Collier
The former five-star prospect slipped to Utah at the end of the first round, but he was one of the most productive rookies in the league this past season. He led all rookies with 6.3 assists per game and was 16th in the NBA in assists per game. Among players in the top-25 in assists per game, nobody played fewer minutes per game than Collier’s 25.9. Was that enough for Utah to feel confident in him as their point guard of the future? Does that matter if they get the No. 2 pick in the draft and take Dylan Harper? Is Utah even going to try to win games next season? There are so many factors to consider, but one thing is clear: Collier was really good as a rookie and has a future as a productive player in the NBA.
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