Top 5 point guards ahead of 2024-25 NBA season
Point guards will once again have central roles for their teams in the 2024-25 NBA season. Teams with legitimate championship aspiration need a great point guard to challenge for the Larry O’Brien Trophy. In the 2023-24 finals, Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White were some of the best players.
As teams look to dethrone the Boston Celtics as the champions next season, here are the point guards who could lead the charge.
Predicting the best point guards of the 2024-25 NBA season
#5 Tyrese Haliburton
Tyrese Haliburton hardly played during Team USA’s gold-medal run in the Paris Olympics. Part of the reason was because he was dealing with an injury. But a healthy Haliburton would have still found it tough to crack the rotation considering the Americans’ embarrassment of riches.
The Indiana Pacers or any team will not have that kind of collection of talent, making Haliburton invaluable. Behind the All-Star play of Haliburton, the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference finals last season. An injury and Boston’s superiority, however, were too much to overcome for Indiana.
Tyrese Haliburton’s Olympic experience, the pain of getting swept in the playoffs and constant criticism will only push him to get better. Not many point guards will be better than him in the 2024-25 NBA season.
#4 Jalen Brunson
A handful of analysts and some fans thought Jalen Brunson deserved a spot on Team USA more than Tyrese Haliburton. The New York Knicks point guard, however, fractured his hand in Game 7 of the playoffs against the Pacers.
A healthy Brunson, though, is expected to have a superb 2024-25 NBA campaign. The lefty guard dragged the Knicks deep in the playoffs despite guiding an injury-hampered roster. For what he has shown over the years, the franchise made him the team captain, an honor left vacant since the 2018-19 season.
All signs point to a superb 2024-25 NBA season for the Knicks’ newly-named team captain.