Tony Parker's Hall-of-Fame career overlapped with many other point guards who are bound for Springfield. Steve Nash won back-to-back MVPs with the Phoenix in the mid-2000s. Jason Kidd had an argument as the best player in the world a couple years earlier. Before he was traded from the Utah Jazz, Deron Williams was nearly as good or perhaps even better than Chris Paul, who nearly won MVP in 2008.
As Parker sees it, though, he and his peers at floor general don't hold a candle to the current generation of point guards. Why? The San Antonio Spurs icon, who retired at the conclusion of the 2018-19 season, believes the NBA is currently enjoying a “golden age of point guards.”
“I think the game is in a great place. You have great players. I feel like it's a golden age of point guards; you got a lot of great point guards,” Parker said in an interview with ESPN. “So I'm gonna watch now and enjoy, especially next year with all the changes. It's gonna be an exciting year.”
He isn't wrong.
Steph Curry has a case as the most valuable offensive player in league history, and no primary ball handler has ever put up better numbers than James Harden. Damian Lillard has firmly established himself as one of the league's 10 best players. Few who have ever taken the floor have been as skilled as Kyrie Irving. Russell Westbrook, Kemba Walker, Paul, and Kyle Lowry each play at an All-Star level consistently. Ben Simmons is already there, and guys like Trae Young and Jamal Murray will be soon.
Needless to say, there will be countless opportunities next season and going forward for Tony Parker to watch his fellow point guards prove him right.
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