Top 10 NBL SuperCoach Point Guards

Top 10 NBL SuperCoach Point Guards

Point guard is where SuperCoach seasons are won and lost. It's the position with the most reliable path to a big score — assists are cheap points, usage is high, and the minutes are usually locked in. But it's also the position with the widest price spread, and this year that gap matters more than usual. There are two or three genuine premiums, a handful of guys priced like premiums who might not deliver like them, and a couple of cheapies who could pay for your entire forward line.

Here's how we've got them ranked.

1. Cole Anthony

Yet to play a game in this league, which is exactly why he's the pick. He'll come in at roughly half the price of an established name like Davis, and he's the only pure scorer on a squad where everyone around him can shoot. That's the dream setup for a guard — spacing everywhere, no competition for the ball, and a price tag that doesn't demand perfection. There's obvious risk in a player with no NBL sample, but the upside-to-cost ratio here is the best on the board.

2. Kendric Davis

Big SuperCoach scores last year and a role that isn't going anywhere. You know exactly what you're getting, which is worth something in a format where surprises usually cost you. The only real knock is the price — you're paying full freight, and that limits what you can do elsewhere on the park. If you want set-and-forget production and you can afford it, he's the safest points on this list.

3. Bryce Cotton

MVP-calibre and still one of the most damaging players in the competition, but two things temper the enthusiasm. He's arguably not a true point guard, which matters if you need positional coverage. And Gleeson has already flagged reduced minutes and less isolation work. Both of those trim the top off his ceiling. Expect the numbers to dip slightly this season — probably not enough to make him a bad pick, but enough that the price tag stops looking like a bargain.

4. Jaylon Brown

New import pricing is the hook here. He won't play like Paul for the first five rounds, so you're getting cheap access to a high-usage role while the price catches up. He'll need to score in an up-tempo offence, and he's got the personnel around him to do it — Smith and McVeigh spacing the floor, Pinder as a lob threat rolling in behind. If the tempo holds up, this is a strong value play.

5. Parker Jackson-Cartwright

An interesting squad, but the same story as always: they'll lean on him heavily. Volume is not the question. The question is who's finishing to turn his creation into actual assists. If the shots go down, he racks up. If they don't, he's a guy with a lot of touches and not much to show for it. Worth a look, but the floor is shakier than the usage suggests.

6. Skylar Mays

A genuine stud coming off a down year, which usually means a discount worth taking. We like him. The hesitation is the backcourt — it is genuinely hard to shine sharing the ball with Sobey. Two ball-dominant guards splitting the same usage rarely produces two SuperCoach premiums. If he wins that split, he's underpriced. If it stays even, he's a solid mid-pricer and not much more.

7. Taran Armstrong

Handed the keys to a team with shooting everywhere and two legitimate interior presences. That's about as good as it gets for an assist-driven scorer — kick-outs to shooters, drop-offs to bigs, and no one else demanding the ball. The role is the appeal here more than the résumé, and the role looks excellent.

8. Arnas Velicka

We're picturing Josh Magette-level production. Not flashy, not a scoring threat that keeps opposition coaches up at night, but a steady stream of assists from a guy who'll have the ball in his hands constantly. That archetype has quietly returned decent SuperCoach value in this league before. Priced right, he's a fine bench-to-mid option.

9. Milton Doyle

We wouldn't call him a point guard, but here we are. He's turnover prone, which will cap some scores, and that's a real cost in a format that punishes them. The upside is that he'll have plenty of options around him, and we'd expect his assist numbers to land above his career average. A points-scorer wearing a PG badge — fine as positional cover, less appealing as your anchor.

10. Perth's import PG

TBC. Slot pending — worth holding this spot until the signing lands, because the role on offer could push whoever fills it a long way up this list.

The takeaway: the top of this list is expensive and the value sits in the middle. Anthony and Brown are the two names that could genuinely change what your squad looks like elsewhere. Davis is the premium you pay for peace of mind. Everyone from Cotton down comes with a caveat worth reading twice before you lock them in.

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