All validity goes out the window when someone calls Russell Westbrook a better POINT GUARD than Rondo.
Seriously, by any measure of a point guard, Rondo is clearly superior. He even scores more efficiently.
who is a better basketball player?
Ahhhh this guy.
I like Rondo better, personally, but I recognize that that is not the conventional wisdom, so if this list were "top 10 players that play point guard" I would not have commented.
That seems like a heck of a silly thing to say, but I believe that PG's who pass well are better than PG's who score well (just as I feel the opposite is true of SG's(though, as stated later in this thread, having both is obviously the most prime choice)). I feel the Thunder, in particular, would have been WAY better had they kept and paid harden, and moved Westbrook for a more traditional point and picks or such.
I know you think Rondo is massively overate around here, and while as a C fan I do not get how you think that, I can respect it.
This season, Chris Paul and Kyrie Irving have shown me that they are better than Rondo (or in the case of Kyrie, will be in very short order, if not now). Tony Parker is very crafty, and due to his lengthy experience, could be argued is a better PG this season, but I think Rondo at that point in his career would be easily better than Parker. I think Derrick Rose and Westbrook are HUGELY overrated, and would take Rondo over either of them every time.
I feel that Rondo has that "it", that you don't think he has. I think Rondo can be the #1 player on a championship team. I do not feel that way about Russell Westbrook.
EDIT: Just to be clear, I was speaking to the writer of the article. I didn't mean to imply the same for posters in this thread, even if it seemed like it!