Or maybe it wasn’t an accident. Regardless of intent, the comments were made by Ty Lawson, and the process of elimination tells us he doesn’t believe Chris Paul, a consensus top point guard, to be an “elite point guard” by his own logic.
Backing up, the comments derived from an interview between Lawson, who was traded to the Houston Rockets from Denver this summer after unpredictably wearing out his welcome, and Yahoo Sports scribe Adrian Wojnarowski. The interview consisted of many quotable moments, including commentary on his stint in rehab, some (what I believe to be) hot takes about ’14-15 MVP Stephen Curry, and the comment that brought us here, the qualifications of being an elite point guard in a league filled with many good ones:
“I don’t think you’ve ever seen so many good point guards in one conference at one time in the league ever,” Lawson told Yahoo Sports.