you know I always had a problem with people calling certain guys "pure point guards" ..particularly guys like Stockton and Nash ...and ranking them high as pure point guards just so they could be higher (or in the case of stockton AHEAD of) Magic Johnson....
I say just rate them as players who played that position...who is the better player(s) who played the position of point guard..
and if that is the case... there are some guys who would challenge Nash in the top 5 post merger...
because again..I'm counting "combo" guards who mostly played the point in that category...such as Dennis Johnson.... Like I would rank DJ ahead of Steve Nash because with Nash having more assists and being a better 3 shooter percentage wise...DJ's defense and his leadership of 2 different teams to titles outweighs that to me... If I had to choose between which one I'd want running my team I'm picking DJ....
then there is the far too often overlooked Tiny Archibald....
I mean...from 1971 through 1977 you simply cannot front on these stats....