NBA: Top 10 Point Guards For Next Season

10. Mo Williams (Cavaliers)

Williams is one of the highest-scoring point guards in the game. Last season on a bad Milwaukee team, he averaged over 17 points, 6.4 assists, and three rebounds. He also shot a very impressive 48 percent from the field, 39 percent from the three-point line and a very good 86 percent from the free-throw line.

This season, playing next to Lebron on a much better Cleveland team, Williams should blossom into one of the elite lead guards in the game. I can see him averaging around 18 points and eight assists, along with great percentages from the field, the three-point line, and the charity stripe.

9. Andre Miller (Sixers)

Miller has been one of the most consistent pass-first point guards in the league for the last decade. Last season, he led a young and below-average Sixers team into the playoffs, where they were highly competitive with the more talented and experienced Pistons. He averaged 17 points, seven assists and four rebounds last season, while also shooting a great 49 percent from the field and a solid 77 percent from the free throw line.

He is always a lock to play around 80 games and be at the top of the league's assist leaders. This season, with a more experienced and improved Sixers team—he will fit great with Elton Brand—he will average around 16 points and nine assists, along with good percentages from the field and free-throw line.

8. Tony Parker (Spurs)

Parker has developed into one of the top point guards in the league over the past couple of seasons. as he has learned to use his incredible quickness to get into the paint—scoring himself or creating easy shots for his teammates.

Last season, he averaged 19 points and six assists while shooting nearly 50 percent from the field on one of the best teams in the league—and he only turned the ball over a little over twice a game.

7. Jason Kidd (Mavericks)

Kidd is not the same player he was seven or eight years ago, but he is still one of the best passing and rebounding point guards in the league.

Last season in New Jersey and Dallas, he averaged 11 points, 10 assists, 7.5 rebounds, and two steals per game, and shot over 80 percent from the free-throw line.

Kidd is still one of the smartest and craftiest players in the league with the ball in his hands.  He will again be at the top of the assists leaders this season, and will undoubtedly be the leading rebounder amongst point guards.

6. Jose Calderon (Raptors)

Last season, Calderon burst onto the scene after starter T.J. Ford got injured. As a starter, he averaged 1three-points, nine assists and three rebounds.  He also became only the sixth player in the history of the league to shoot 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from the three-point line, and 90 percent from the free-throw line. He also averaged an unbelievably low two turnovers, and had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.5.

Now that the Raptors have traded Ford for six-time All-Star Jermaine O'Neal, who will pair up with Chris Bosh to form one of the best big-men duos in the league, Calderon will become the starting point guard in Toronto—and he will have a great team around him to become elite.

This season, I see Calderon averaging 14 points, 10 assists, and three rebounds, and replicating his historic shooting percentages of last season.

5. Steve Nash (Suns)

Nash has become one of the elite point guards ever since he signed with the Suns a few years ago, as he fit perfectly with Phoenix's uptempo offense.  Last season, Nash averaged 17 points, 11 assists, and 3.5 rebounds, while shooting 50 percent from the field, 47 percent from the three-point line, and 90 percent from the free throw line.

The reason why he isn't higher on the list is because of his terrible defense, and the fact that he is getting old (Nash will turn 35 in February).  However, he will still average double-figure assists and around 16 points with great percentages from the field, three-point line and the free-throw line.

4. Chauncey Billups (Pistons)

Billups has been one of the most consistent point guards in the game since he became a member of the Pistons. Last season, he averaged 17 points, seven assists and three rebounds, while shooting 45 percent from the field, 40 percent from the three-point line and 92 percent from the free-throw line.

He also averaged only two turnovers per game and is one of the better defensive point guards in the league. He also is one of the most clutch players in the league at any position—as evidenced by his several game winning shots and his Finals MVP.

3. Baron Davis (Clippers)

Davis has long been one of the best point guards in the league—as long as he is healthy. When healthy, he is as good as any point guard.   He can score with the best of them and is also an excellent passer.

Last season, he played in all 82 games, and averaged 22 points, 7.6 assists, and five rebounds.  He was also tied for second among steals leaders, with 2.3 per game.

Davis is one of a few players in the league who are good enough to dominate the game by both scoring and passing the ball.

2. Chris Paul (Hornets)

Paul is the most exciting and entertaining point guard in the league—but Deron Williams is a notch better than him, in my opinion.

Paul averaged 21 points, 11.6 assists and four rebounds last year, while also leading the league in steals at 2.7 a game. He also shot 49 percent from the field, 37 percent from the three-point line, and 85 percent from the free-throw line.

Paul also led a young New Orleans team into the second round of the playoffs in just his third year—and he was as good as he was in the playoffs as he was in the regular season.

1. Deron Williams (Jazz)

Williams is the best point guard in the NBA. Last season, he averaged 19 points, 10.5 assists and three rebounds, while shooting an incredible 51 percent from the field, 40 percent from the three-point line, and 80 percent from the free-throw line.

The reason he averages slightly fewer points and assists than Paul is because Utah runs half-court offense, as opposed to New Orleans' much faster uptempo offense.  The Hornets sport better athletes—Tyson Chandler and David West instead of Mehmet Okur and Carlos Boozer, both of whom aren't athletic at all, and are better in the half court.

Another reason why I think Deron is better than Paul is because Paul has a better overall supporting cast than Deron does. West is better than Boozer, Peja is an assist machine and still the best shooter in the league, and Chandler is the quickest and most athletic center in the league.

Kirilenko is not close to the player he was a few years ago. Boozer is a solid power forward who is nothing special, but has good stats because of Deron's passing. And Okur is a soft big man who can only hit a few outside shots and can't do much else, as he has no inside game whatsoever.

Overall, Deron is a as good as a scorer as Paul, a slightly better passer, and a slightly better defender—as he is big enough to guard both point guards and combo guards, which Paul is too small to do so.

Deron led his team to the West Finals in just his second season, and is a more durable player than Paul—who has a high-injury risk because of his small stature.

Another reason why Deron is better than Paul is because he always dominates Paul when they go head to head. In his career against the Jazz, Paul averaged a mere 14 points, nine assists and three rebounds, while shooting a pathetic 35 percent from the field and a dismal 15 percent from the three-point line.

On the other hand, Deron has completely dominated Paul, as he has averaged 17.5 points, eight assists, and 3.4 rebounds, while shooting an amazing 54.3 percent from the field and 42 percent from the three-point line in his career against the Hornets.

The Jazz are 8-3 against the Hornets since Deron has been drafted, including 3-1 last year.