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Arizona Basketball is Point Guard U, so who is the best guard ever?

By Shereen Rayan

MIAMI, FL - MARCH 03: Gilbert Arenas #1 of the Orlando Magic passes around Mike Bibby #0 and Joel Anthony #50 of the Miami Heat during a game at American Airlines Arena on March 3, 2011 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
MIAMI, FL - MARCH 03: Gilbert Arenas #1 of the Orlando Magic passes around Mike Bibby #0 and Joel Anthony #50 of the Miami Heat during a game at American Airlines Arena on March 3, 2011 in Miami, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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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.

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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?

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