If you're a believer that the NBA is a point guard league, the Eastern Conference standings provide strong evidence for your position. Of the top four teams in the East, three are led in scoring by their point guards. The one exception (the Chicago Bulls, where Derrick Rose is third in scoring) has a former MVP at the position. And the team in fifth, the Cleveland Cavaliers, have an All-Star point guard in Kyrie Irving.
But who's the best of the group? Let's take a deep look inside the numbers to find the East's top point guard.
Scoring
I find it instructive to graph the two primary elements of scoring -- efficiency, as measured by true shooting percentage, and volume, as measured by usage rate -- to see how players compare.