The House of Blue

1. Rondo...now the undisputed leader of the C's. Will average over 10 assist per game and as many points as he wants to a point.
2. Wall...once he gets healthy, breakout season coming. He started putting the pieces together at the end of last year and he has more help now. 19 points and 9 assists per.
3. Knight...bright spot for Detroit right now and I suspect he'll be much improved in his second season. 20 pts and 6 assists on a bad team.
4. Teague...will play while Rose recovers, won't play when he gets back. He's a rookie PG on a good team. Play D and set up your team. 10 points and 5 assists.
5. Bledsoe...career backup at PG. Has earned minutes with the Clips, but just like last year they are loaded with vets in the backcourt. 7 points and 2.5 assists.
6. Saul Smith...oops! Sorry, just a joke.

First off, Bledsoe is not a career backup. Something will have to give there soon.

1. Rondo. Duh.
2. Wall. Team sucks, he doesn't.
3. Bledsoe. He has to stay healthy. Otherwise, the rest is irrelevant.
4. Knight. Knight has the 3 point shot, a few years experience and has been fairly consistent.
5. Teague. Could be higher eventually, but he is a rookie and has proven to be quite inconsistent in the past.

I don't see Bledsoe in the same universe as Wall. Wall is a 20 pts 10 assist guy... Bledsoe will struggle to avg 20 minutes a game. If he was almost as good as Wall that would not be the case.

Remember that the Clippers added to their backcourt this past offseason. They didn't create minutes for Bledsoe.

CP3 is better than Wall, let alone Bledsoe. You can't use that as a point. Wall would be playing backup minutes to CP3. The Clippers added Jamal Crawford, that's it. Crawford is a 2G. Billups or Bledsoe will get minutes behind Paul and I think that is determined by the situation. Billups is known for his poise and leadership. Bledsoe is going to be his energy and playmaking ability. I think you are definitely underestimating him. The Clippers are in an enviable position.

If the Clips had Wall, they would play him....they would have too, he's too good not to play. Actually, they might just trade him, but the point stands he's too good to sit. Bledsoe isn't too good to sit. That's the minutes point.

I don't see Bledsoe EVER starting in LA on a full-time basis, unless it is due to injury, and I really like Bledsoe. Nothing against the guy. I live in LA and go to Clips games just to see him play...I mean it doesn't hurt they have Blake and CP3, but I wouldn't pay money unless Bledsoe is on the active roster.

Hey, I hope I'm wrong, I hope he becomes an all-star and has a 15 year run in the league.

The crowd, players, and coaches love Bledsoe. He is their future PG.

Billups is hurt...CP3 is recovering from thumb surgery...the kid is going to play...but when they are healthy he's going to be lucky to get 20 minutes a game. Look, we can argue until we are blue in the face. We don't agree...that's fine. Let's just sit back and watch the season unfold. That's the only way this debate can be solved.

If the future is in 5-6 years then maybe he is the PG of the future, but don't be surprised when Paul re-signs with LA and he's still a backup. No, the Clips aren't going to let Paul walk because they have a cheaper capable replacement waiting....it's just not how the NBA works.

Well, Sports Illustrated just tabbed Bledsoe as being one of their candidates for breakout player of the year. Everybody here knows Wall is the second best UK PG in the league. I ranked Bledsoe ahead because Wall was out and he really didn't improve a whole lot from his rookie season. With that said, Bledsoe is one of the premier young PGs in the league. To think otherwise is absolutely foolish. Besides Kyrie Irving and Wall what PGs would you rather have since the 2010 draft? I understand if you say Knight, but after him would you rather have Bledsoe or a smallish Kemba Walker? Bledsoe or Damian Lillard? Bledsoe or Kendal Marshall?

Bledsoe is clearly the second best PG in his draft class, and was drafted as such. Plus, if you look at some of the guys drafted before him (as happened to Rondo) you can bet your top dollar some NBA GMs regret not taking him earlier. So of those players drafted ahead of him are: Wes Johnson (he's been okay), Derrick Favors (disappointment so far), Ekpe Udoh (Who?), Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry, Luke Babbit. I would rather have Bledsoe on my team than any of those guys. Just saying.

I'll have to agree with ja here ... no way you can logically rank Bledsoe ahead of Wall. I'd have a hard time listing Bledsoe ahead of Knight as well.

If you are ranking them based on minutes, then yes, Knight is ahead of Bledsoe...However, I like my list and I am sticking with it.

Read the fact that Mahoney makes note of in SI. The link is to Cal's website. If you don't feel like clicking it I will state it for you. Bledsoe led the NBA, yes the league, in adjusted +/- in both the regular season and playoffs last year in just his second year. It's unlikely that he does that again this year with increased playing time, but it's clear good things happen for the Clippers with Bledsoe on the floor.

I will acknoledge that I should have originally have ranked Wall behind Rondo, but with all due respect to Knight (who is one of my favorite players by the way) Bledsoe is the better NBA PG at this point in time.

Yep if Wall averages something like that and the Wizards improve quite a bit and at least challenge for the playoffs you'll see his stock rise quite a bit around the league. Thats the thing with EB and being a back up. He isn't directly responsible for the teams win/loss record therefore its hard to tell how good he really seeing as how thats really how guys are measured in the end especially PG's.