New Orleans Pelicans: Ranking the Top-Ten Backcourts in the NBA

In a Golden Era for NBA guards, the New Orleans Pelicans have a dynamic backcourt duo, but is it the best in the league? Let’s take a look.

The NBA has rarely had a better collection of players at the guard position. That includes the New Orleans Pelicans, who have one of the best backcourts in the league.

There is so much talent at point guard that Trae Young and Luka Doncic, two of the best young players in the game, didn’t even make this list.

Ja Morant is the likely Rookie of the Year, but still couldn’t crack into the top-ten, which shows just how competitive the guard position is.

This really all started with Steve Nash, who showed that a small-ball lineup led by a point guard could be successful in the modern NBA.

The point guard position has never been stronger. Just ask Hall of Famer Chris Paul, who wasn’t even able to crack the All-NBA third team the last three years.

You could make an All-NBA team just out of the guards who weren’t selected and it would be a 50/50 bet who would win if they were to play the guys who were.

With back-to-the-basket big men rapidly going extinct, teams are loading up on guards and wings who can play with pace and shoot from long-range.

Those who yearn for the days of Patrick Ewing, Shaquille O’Neal and Alonzo Mourning are probably going to be disappointed, as small-ball is here to stay for the foreseeable future.

It’s a guard’s league now, which is why this top-ten list was so difficult to put together.

We tried to balance present skill with future potential, to choose backcourts that are not only good now, but will be for years to come.

Here are the top-ten backcourts in the NBA right now.

Do the New Orleans Pelicans have the top pair? Let’s find out.