Why are these point guards never criticized for their defense...

[yobore]

Oh really? Let's look at some career numbers of points vs Paul:

RW: 18.2/4.0/7.0/1.7 with 4.1 turnovers on 40/30.2/82.5 shooting on 16.1 shots in 33.9 minutes.
DR: 17.6/5.2/8.6/1.6 with 3.6 turnovers on 40.3/50/91.7 shooting on 15.4 shots in 39.2 minutes.
TP: 17.7/3.0/6.0/0.9 with 2.0 turnovers on 54.9/38.1/77.1 shooting on 13.2 shots in 31.9 minutes.
SC: 17.3/3.9/6.6/1.4 with 3.7 turnovers on 49.5/50/92.7 shooting on 12.3 shots in 35.3 minutes.

Oh man, Paul can not defend top tier guys. All of those are noticeably higher than their career averages.

Also Rose's 2 good games against Paul came 1) at the point where he started playing without a brace and was getting owned by everyone and 2) his first or second game with the Clips who hadn't played together and barely even practiced because of trade and lockout

[Euroleague]

No one plays defense in the NBA. Hate to burst your bubble, but yeah, you need a reality check.

[KyrieTheFuture]

I don't think I see ANYONE get criticized on defense more than Kyrie Irving.

[deja vu]

Because point guards are usually not considered as great defenders.

Heck Nash won MVPs and he sucks on defense.

Payton was the best PG on defense I've seen.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

I don't think I see ANYONE get criticized on defense more than Kyrie Irving.

Steve Nash, James Harden, Antawn Jamison, Carmelo Anthony, Raymond Felton, Carlos Boozer, Andrea Bargnani...

Some of those guys don't even play and I still see them get more shit about their defense than Irving. Is Jamison even still playing?

Harden is probably #1.

[DoodleDa]

No one ignores this. Defense is a major flaw for all three guys.

[I.R.Beast]

Chris Paul, and TOny parker are also crappy defenders

[HoopsFanNumero1]

People criticize them all the time...

OP, it's not cool to be a hipster anymore.