Tony Parker Is a Top Three Point Guard

When people think of the point guard position in the NBA, they think of the popular ones - the Nash's, Paul's, Deron's, and Baron's. But one thing all four of those player have in common is that none of them have what Tony Parker has—three titles.

The overlooking of Tony Parker over the years as an elite NBA PG might be one of the most egregious of any player this decade.

How is it that Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups, and Baron Davis get mentioned ahead of TP? For one, three of those four players, Parker has beaten on his way to a title consistently.

As for Baron Davis, if your argument is that TP is not a disher, then what is Baron? He barely averages one assist more in his career per game and he isn't even a better scorer than Parker who's also much more durable.

Since the double-nickel and 10 assist game he put down on the "baby wolves" the other night, I immediately flash-backed to the 2008 Western Conference playoff coverage on TNT during the Spurs-Hornets series.

Charles and Kenny were speaking about the emergence of point guards like Deron and Paul and mentioned six other point guards before they mentioned Parker. I was like: "What the hell does this guy have to do to be mentioned among the best?" He's only 26 years old and has three titles already and has been an integral part of each of them.

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