OLD SCHOOL A HISTORICAL LOOK AT POINT GUARDS WHOSE PASSING -- AND ALL-AROUND -- SKILLS TRANSFORMED THEIR POSITION:
Bob Cousy
Boston
You've got to go back to the 1950s to find the original. Ricky Rubio should pay him a royalty every time he makes a fancy pass.
OSCAR ROBERTSON
Cincinnati and Milwaukee
A big guard who changed the game with his combination of size and versatility and popularized the concept of the triple-double.
MAGIC JOHNSON
L.A. Lakers
He didn't get his nickname for no reason: At 6-9, the only guy in history who could start at point guard and center in the same NBA Finals.
JOHN STOCKTON
Utah
An incredible passer and tough, he missed only 22 games in 19 seasons and is the NBA's all-time assists leader by nearly 4,000.