Update: January Rookie "point" guard measures

Johnny Flynn and Brandon Jennings had MONSTER games yesterday. 

George Karl and the Nuggets were ebullient in their praise for Ty Lawson's importance to their elite team play, and welcomed him back loudly last week.  Jrue Holiday has just about passed Lawson up for January AST/TO lead, though, as he weathers the idiotic reign of terror in Philadelphia.  Rodrigue Beaubois is coming back to game play and still putting up incredibly efficient rates but I'm holding him out of the month's rankings due to games missed.  Sundiata Gaines has been the best D League call up in the league so far, a real lightning bolt bench guard for a searching Utah team.  He got his shot because Eric Maynor was sent to be the essential backup to Russell Westbrook with James Harden immediately backing up Kevin Durant and co. as the leading rookie 6th man of the year candidate on a stacked and playoff-bound Oklahoma City Thunder squad that continues to hit youth development and efficient team building out of the park.  Presti is the best in the business.

A.J. Price is still making a strong case for Steal of the Draft while helping Indiana to its first winning January this late in the month in a long, long time.  But DeJuan Blair would beg to differ as he starts for the surging Western powerhouse Spurs.  Tyreke Evans is doing his best to endure Kevin Martin's return.  He was electric once the Kings benched the ineffective Martin in their last game and led the team to excellent results like it was still December.  Not that long ago, Michael Redd really set the Bucks back by trying to play before he quit for the remainder of the season due to injury.  A great young core of Bogut, Jennings, and Ilyasova was seriously disrupted by the volume shooting vet's demand for shots.  Jerry Stackhouse's defensive focus and low volume touch demands will complement Brandon Jennings' elite rookie point guard work.  Jennings is incredibly fun to watch when he's engaged in team play and not just playing one-on-one chuck ball.  Jennings and Evans figure to continue their ROY battle so long as Kevin Martin is dealt soon. 

Johnny Flynn continues to rise in the gross APG rankings while cleaning up his rates considerably this month, shaking off the Minnesota winter and the Rambis obstinancy to remind Ty Lawson there are still two pure point guards vying for Rookie of the Year right now.  Jeff Teague and Darren Collison don't get a ton of time with Jamal Crawford's 6th Man of the Year campaign taking time in Atlanta and Chris Paul's trade showcase staying on the floor for long hours in New Orleans.

AST/48
1. Lawson - 10.0
2. Jennings - 9.6
3. Holiday - 8.8
4. Price - 8.2
5. Maynor - 7.7
6. Evans - 6.8
7. Gaines - 6.7
8. Flynn - 6.5
9. Teague 6.3
10. Collison - 5.9

AST/TO
1. Lawson - 3.86
2. Holiday - 3.83
3. Price - 2.46
4. Jennings - 2.46
5. Gaines - 2.33
6. Evans - 2.32
7. Maynor - 2.18
8. Teague - 2.00
9. Flynn - 1.90
10. Collison - 1.67

AST
1. Lawson - 6.8 (32.5 MPG)
2. Jennings - 6.6 (32.7)
3. Evans - 5.5 (38.7)
4. Flynn - 4.4 (32.8)
5. Curry - 4.3 (36.8)
6. Price - 3.6 (20.8)
7. Holiday - 2.9 (15.6)
8. Maynor - 2.7 (16.7)
(X) Casspi - 2.0 (34.7)  He does it ALL!
9. Collison - 1.3 (10.1)
10. Teague - 1.1 (8.7)