10 toughest players to guard in the NBA

#8 Chris Paul

Widely regarded as the best point guard of this generation, CP3 is a devilishly slippery and cunning customer on offense. Although he isn’t a flat-out scorer like most of the other players on this list, that’s because he chooses to keep the Clippers’ offense on point with his playmaking.

His footwork, dribbles and body feints are nightmarishly tough for opposition point guards to read and defend. He is adept at using his body to get out of double-teams and tight situations on the floor. Once he’s double-teamed, he’s a bookies’ bet to set up open teammates.

Although he doesn’t go on incandescent scoring streaks often, Paul is more than capable of taking over scoring responsibilities, and does so with regularity in clutch time. When his teammates are out of ideas and Jamal Crawford isn’t on his A game, it’s Paul who steps up to the plate and makes things happen.

He is known to have games when he isn’t impeccable, but these come few and far off each other. His impact as a pure point guard on the offensive end is unmatched in the entire league, and multiple All-NBA selections only drive home this notion further.