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MCW Not Ranked Among Top-30 NBA Point Guards According To NBA Personnel

By Andrew Porter

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- When the Sixers traded point guard Michael Carter-Williams to the Milwaukee Bucks, folks in Philadelphia were flabbergasted.

The thought was the Sixers took a step backward by trading MCW, the reigning NBA Rookie Of The Year, for the Los Angeles Lakers' top-five protected 2015 first-round pick (top-three protected in 2016, 2017, and unprotected in 2018).

However, Carter-Williams was not ranked among the top-30 NBA point guards by ESPN Insider's Jeff Goodman, according to NBA personnel. In 13 games since joining the Bucks, MCW is averaging 14.5 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 5.5 APG, and 3.2 TOPG in 31.6 minutes per game.

The top-30 point guards were ranked in tiers based on responses from 25 people in the NBA, which included a combination of executives, coaches and players. Russell Westbrook, Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, Kyrie Irving, and Damian Lillard were the top-five, in that order (from best to worst).

Point guards 25-30 were (from best-to-worst): Isiah Thomas, Patrick Beverley, D.J. Augustin, Jarrett Jack, Mo Williams, and Trey Burke.

Full list here

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