Gilbert Arenas bold take on the guard GOAT debate between Curry & Magic

Last week, the Golden State Warriors came out to surprise everyone with his statement of being the best guard of all time in the NBA even over Magic Johnson.

Different analysts and even Michael Jordan have given their take on the matter, and most of them side with Magic being the greatest guard ever, but now Gilbert Arenas has given his two cents about it.

“[Magic] came into a dynasty…he inherited greatness off the jump. You didn’t go to some bottom-feeding team and build it like Steph.” Gilbert Arenas on the point guard GOAT debate, via YT/Wild Card Hoops.

Arenas believes that when Curry signed with the Warriors the team was at the bottom, unlike the Lakers when Magic arrived, so he gives more credit to the chef and thinks that's what makes the Dubbs star have the edge over the purple and gold legend.

Arenas also believes that LeBron could be the Guard GOAT

“Magic was a small forward/shooting guard coming into the NBA,” said Arenas. “His first four years, he was the shooting guard. Norm Nixon was the point guard. When they moved Norm, they gave the ball to Magic because it was better played by a guy of that size. So, he was your small forward who guarded the small forward but had the ball in his hands, and because he did what he did as Joker (Nikola Jokic) did, they called him the point guard. That’s where the point forward comes in from. 

So if we want to use, and I always did this to people just to f— with ’em, if you’re going to use Magic as the best point, I’m going to use LeBron. Now LeBron’s the No. 1 point guard, and you could be like, ‘Oh LeBron ain’t a point,’ well he’s led his team in assists every f—— year. So he has to be the best point guard of all time. So if you’re going to play with Magic because LeBron was 2.0 of Magic Johnson. Coming into the NBA he was Magic Johnson with Jordan-like jumping ability. That was the frame — you can’t now take him out of it, because he’s then surpassed all of these stats. So if you’re going to try to use Magic as the point guard, then you have to throw LeBron as the best point guard.”