Arizona Basketball great Gilbert Arenas says he is the best guard to come out of A Players Program, what do fans think?
Mike Bibby and Jason Terry played basketball together at the University of Arizona, then came Gilbert Arenas. Talent-wise, skill-wise, Arenas told Ashley Nevel at the BIG 3 draft that he thinks he is the best point guard to come out of Arizona. He meant to come out of Arizona and played in the NBA.
We took to social media to see what the fans thought. It’s an awfully difficult decision to make. Just look at you had to choose from! Here is the list of guards drafted into the NBA by year
Year Round Pick Player name NBA team
1950 – – Lincoln Richmond Fort Wayne Pistons
1951 5 44 Leo Johnson Fort Wayne Pistons
1952 – – Roger Johnson Milwaukee Hawks
1960 17 95 Ernie McCray Cincinnati Royals
1971 11 170 Bill Warner Buffalo Braves
1971 9 147 Tom Lee Philadelphia 76ers
1972 7 101 Bruce Anderson Detroit Pistons
1974 2 33 Eric Money Denver Nuggets
1974 3 37 Coniel Norman Philadelphia 76ers
1976 2 30 Al Fleming Phoenix Suns
1976 5 77 James Rappis Milwaukee Bucks
1977 2 43 Herman Harris Philadelphia 76ers
1977 8 164 Jerome Gladney San Antonio Spurs
1979 1 9 Larry Demic New York Knicks
1981 6 148 Robbie Dosty Golden State Warriors
1983 8 177 Frank Smith Portland Trail Blazers
1985 7 158 Eddie Smith Denver Nuggets
1988 2 50 Steve Kerr Phoenix Suns
1994 1 12 Khalid Reeves Miami Heat
1995 1 7 Damon Stoudamire Toronto Raptors
1998 1 2 Mike Bibby Vancouver Grizzlies
1998 2 42 Miles Simon Orlando Magic
1999 1 10 Jason Terry Atlanta Hawks
2001 2 31 Gilbert Arenas Golden State Warriors
2005 2 31 Salim Stoudamire Atlanta Hawks
2006 2 54 Hassan Adams New Jersey Nets
2007 2 33 Marcus Williams San Antonio Spurs
2008 1 11 Jerryd Bayless Indiana Pacers
2014 2 17 Nick Johnson Houston Rockets
2017 2 53 Kadeem Allen Boston Celtics
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Facebook only allows you two options, so we picked Jason Terry and Gilbert Arenas. At the time this post was written, Terry was ahead of Arenas by double the votes, 276-143 (total 419 votes), but fans also had other ideas. A lot of fans picked Jason Gardner. Still, others thought Salim Stoudemire was the best. It was clear that no one can agree. On Twitter, we were able to include four total players in the poll, but again, we were faced with not having enough players to satisfy everyone.
With 579 voters on Twitter the results were as follows:
23% Gilbert Arenas
40% Mike Bibby
17% Salim Stoudamire
20% Jason Terry
If you were going to vote on the best guard while playing at Arizona, many fans said they had never seen anyone better than Khalid Reeves, Salim Stoudamire, Damon Stoudamire, Miles Simon or Jason Gardner. A few fans threw in TJ McConnell and Allonzo Trier.
If you were going to judge the best guard based on NBA performance along with college, Steve Kerr‘s name came up a bunch, he is highly decorated. But overwhelmingly, Mike Bibby was the favorite along with Jason Terry.
Recently Jason Terry and Salim Stoudamire were recently spotted together, and that always brings a smile to our faces. Arizona ties run deep.
A couple of the best guards @APlayersProgram has seen.... pic.twitter.com/E43X6c2wC8
— ZonaZealotsFS (@ZonaZealots) May 5, 2019
We all have our favorite guards, and a lot of fans could not decide. Gilbert is one of the top guards as well as Bibby, but fans gave the nod to Bibby. There are so many great guards that have come out of Arizona, how can you choose?