Houston Rockets

Jimmy Butler calls discussion of NBA's best shooting guard 'nonsense'

Published Jan. 6, 2016 4:01 p.m. ET

Brett Pollakoff

The discussion of who the NBA's best shooting guard is has remained in the news cycle this season, mainly because the players near the top of that list have been keeping it there themselves.

Klay Thompson of the Warriors went on record as saying he was the best, while James Harden responded somewhat dismissively.

The only thing missing was a comment from Jimmy Butler, but he made it clear he had no interest in taking part in the conversation.

If we're looking at only this season, it's probably Butler and Harden in some order at one and two, followed by Thompson, who really isn't that far behind. But Butler's the only one of the three who is choosing to let his on-court performance speak for itself.