Definitely has the potential to be a top PG in the league. But as everyone else is saying, he's not there just yet. Rondo, Williams, Paul, Nash are all a higher class of PG at the moment.
Sorry Disagree. Rose is better than Rondo,Williams and Chris Paul right now. Only Nash is better than Rose at the moment. He has the potential to be totally dominant. He is incredible.
What's your reasoning for this proclamation?
His stats are worse than all of those players.
He can take over a game. He plays big in the biggest games and he is only 22 cmon. None of the point guards besides Nash have the ability to be so dominant.
Wake me up when he puts up something close to 29/18/13.
Tuesday April 13, 2010 vs the Celtics
39 points 7 assists and 5 rebounds.
It takes so much pressure off your offense when your point guard is a great scorer. Why? Because he is handeling the ball most of the time. Sorry If given the choice I would take Rose over Rondo anytime.
That's not even close, as roy has pointed out. That is not a compelling counter to BBall's example.
Add in the fact that it was played on a game that the Celtics really had no interest in and Chicago desperately needed, and it's even less so.
Rose has the potential to be in the top three based on his physical skill set, but he is not even in the top five right now. He needs to master running a team as opposed to dominating the ball and making a few flashy passes.
I think he'll likely get there in a few years, but right now, if i had to take a PG to run my contending team during a playoff series, I take, in no particular order:
Rondo
Nash
Paul
Williams
Billups
and possibly, though I'd likely take rose:
Kidd
Parker
Nelson
The topic was "Is he a top 3 PG right now?" and i don't think he is
as of this moment.