PhDeac
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Ok. But i honestly wasn’t trying to troll with the win shares metric. I don’t know how well they are thought of compared to different baseball metrics that I’m familiar with. I’m guessing that most advanced metrics would favor Paul. I think there’s room to value team accomplishments. But why does Stockton get the nod over him for longevity and not CP3?
Stockton's peak seasons were better than CP's peak seasons. CP's longevity so far is not as long as Stockton's longevity. Like I said in the post you quoted, if CP has 3-4 more very productive years like Stockton did, I'll put him above Isiah.
Everybody knows this but it's worth repeating. CP is the best modern PG in terms of assists and steals. Stockton leads those categories all time by a huge margin. CP has about 2/3 Stockton's assists and 3/4 Stockton's steals in about 3/4 Stockton's games. So CP has to keep this going for awhile to have a chance.
Thomas couldn’t even win a spot on the dream team.
The fact Isiah was so hated works in his favor. Also that team only had two PGs and only needed two PGs, Magic and Stockton. I think Team USA typically only has two PGs anyway.