Derek Fisher has five rings for the Los Angeles Lakers, and certainly, his past service with the team deserves the utmost respect. Having said that, he's arguably the worst starting point guard in the NBA at present.
This is more of a "what can you do for me tomorrow?" than "what have you done for me lately?" type of thing. They need a point guard who can help Kobe Bryant win that sixth ring.
That point guard essentially needs to be able to do three things: facilitate, shoot the deep ball and play defense.
He needs to facilitate to maximize Bynum and/or Gasol, depending on what trades go down and who is left.
He needs to shoot the deep ball because frankly, the Lakers have an awful three-point shooting team. They are the third-worst team in the NBA in three-point percentage.
He needs to be able to defend because right now, whoever is playing the Lakers is pretty much looking like all NBA (though Steve Blake looked decent yesterday against the Heat).
I'll grade each of the following five point guards on a scale of 1-5 and rank them accordingly.
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