Stockton the Ultimate Point Guard

[215Philly]

It comes down to personal taste.

Who would you prefer in your team, Jose Calderon or Kyrie Irving? Because Calderon is the better point guard, by far.

[Stringer Bell]

I get the idea in the traditional sense, when people say Stockton was the best "pure point guard", playing how most people envision how a PG should play.

But what about revolutionizing the position? Doing things above and beyond what most point guards are expected to do? Magic could score 20+, rebound, create by driving to the hoop or by posting up. If a PG's main priority is to create and make good passes...well Magic might be the greatest passer ever and could create in different ways.

Magic is the greatest PG ever. He did what a PG is expected to do, and then some.

[Pointguard]

Magic had a stacked team while Stockton never had a stacked team. Fact.

On both the Olympic teams and the All-Star teams the play degraded a whole level when Stockton substituted for Magic. Magic was on a whole different level. Magic could push the level of play much better and force pace better, and lead his target better. Magic knew tendencies a little better and was of the few that had Stockton's superb timing. Magic was also more creative. Magic could also feed the post better. Stockton could get to a very good level of play most of the time. Stockton could rarely get to a great level of play.

[Xiao Yao You]

On both the Olympic teams and the All-Star teams the play degraded a whole level when Stockton substituted for Magic. Magic was on a whole different level. Magic could push the level of play much better and force pace better, and lead his target better. Magic knew tendencies a little better and was of the few that had Stockton's superb timing. Magic was also more creative. Magic could also feed the post better. Stockton could get to a very good level of play most of the time. Stockton could rarely get to a great level of play.

Rarely as in almost 20 years of great?

[Lebron23]

On both the Olympic teams and the All-Star teams the play degraded a whole level when Stockton substituted for Magic. Magic was on a whole different level. Magic could push the level of play much better and force pace better, and lead his target better. Magic knew tendencies a little better and was of the few that had Stockton's superb timing. Magic was also more creative. Magic could also feed the post better. Stockton could get to a very good level of play most of the time. Stockton could rarely get to a great level of play.

Magic was just a better player than Stockton, and he had that winning mentality. The guy is a 5x NBA Champion, 3x NBA MVP, and 3x NBA Finals MVP, and he elevated his game to another level in the playoffs and Finals.