He talked a lot about “King Hoopers” and who his first five might be.
Over the course of conversation, the rules were made clearer – if you didn’t play in 50 games, you were out.
This excluded obvious choices like Curry, Leonard, and Cousins.
With so many guards having career years, and Durant, LeBron, Anthony Davis, and James Harden locks to make it, “Who’s your fifth?” is becoming a pretty good topic for discussion.
With the NBA regular season fast coming to a close, we’ve selected 14 players that have first-team potential.
Who you got? Check out our gallery of nominees and let us know what you think in the comments.
The rules are simple, you have to play over 50 games to be on this list. (removing Steph, Kwahi, and Boogie from consideration) The first four, AD, Bron, KD, and Harden are mortal locks for first team NBA honors, right? But with so many guards having career years, the choice for the last slot isn't so obvious. Who you got?
Michael Beasley - NYK
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We know, he only plays 22 mins per game, but his 48 mins scoring average is 28.2. Someone has to give the man credit for being a scoring machine. As hard as it is to believe, this 2008 first round pick is only 29 years old. But, could he play the 2?
His minutes are way down this season on the team with the best regular season record, but this 2005 draft pick out of Wake Forest is averaging 28.1 points over 48 mins.
At 28.9 per 48 it's hard to not count CJ as a King Hooper, but first team NBA? Not this year, but is there an argument that he's part of one of the 3 best backcourts in the NBA? Yep.
At 34.9 per 48 mins, this RipCity guard is a scoring machine and nearly unstoppable. First-team honors should come someday soon as well as MVP consideration.
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