2016 NBA Draft: Best Floor Generals
By Chris Stone
Every offense needs someone to set the table, facilitating the offense, and getting everyone else the ball in the preferred spots. Who are the best floor generals in the 2016 NBA Draft?
The easiest way to have an effect on the offensive end in a basketball game is to have the ball in your hands. With the ball, you can obviously score, break down the defense with your dribbling, or find open teammates for efficient scoring chances of their own. An all-around point guard can do each of those things well, acting as the team’s primary ball-handler while setting the table on offense and scoring when needed. However, in the modern era, NBA teams are no longer reliant solely on point guards as initiators of their offense. So-called point forwards — think Lebron James and Draymond Green — are capable of bringing the ball up the floor as well.
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Because of this move towards “position-less” basketball, our look at the 2016 NBA draft’s best floor generals won’t be limited to just the prospects who fit the mold of a traditional point guard (although they will feature heavily). However, the players in this group still share common characteristics, namely the ability to command the floor, the skill necessary to dominate the game with the ball in their hands, and the capacity to make the teammates around them better players.
A number of NBA teams in the first round will be looking for a prospect who can eventually take over the reigns of their offense. Who can handle the load? Let’s take a look.
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