Gary Payton Says Curry, Harden, and Westbrook Are Not True Point Guards

Payton then named two guards who he believe remain true to their position.

“To me, there are only two guards in this league that are true point guards. That’s [Rajon] Rondo and Chris Paul.

Now, Chris Paul has turned into a shooting guard more, but Rondo is a true point guard,” Payton continued.

“He looks first to get people off. He does his defense and he makes people better around him. Not, let me score 30. Not, let me shoot a jump shot first.

He’s not doing that … If we name a lot of point guards that’s right now in this NBA, they are not point guards.”