New York’s finest
Cole Anthony, the five-star prospect from Manhattan, is the latest in a long line of elite New York City point guards. The Post’s Zach Braziller breaks down 10 of the best the city has produced, listed in alphabetical order:
KENNY ANDERSON: Slick southpaw from Queens was a fourtime All-American at Archbishop Molloy and led Georgia Tech to 1990 Final Four before embarking on a 14-year NBA career.
NATE “TINY” ARCHIBALD: DeWitt Clinton alum from The Bronx is only player to win NBA’s scoring and assists titles in the same season (1972-73).
BOB COUSY: Ambidextrous and flashy point guard from Andrew Jackson High School (now Campus Magnet) won six NBA titles with Bill Russell and the Celtics from 1957-63.
MARK JACKSON: A star at Brooklyn’s Bishop Loughlin, he attended St. John’s and played for the Knicks from 198792, the rare city kid to shine locally in college and pros.
STEPHON MARBURY: The first of the legendary players from Lincoln High School in Coney Island, an ultra-confident floor general (right) was the fourth overall pick of the Timberwolves in 1996.
KENNY SMITH: A McDonald’s All-American for Molloy in 1993 and two-time NBA champion.
SEBASTIAN TELFAIR: A three-time city champion at Lincoln, he became the first point guard to make the jump to the pros from high school in 2004.
KEMBA WALKER: A late bloomer at since-closed Rice High School in Harlem, Walker is the best local pro currently in the NBA, a two-time All-Star with the Hornets and national champion with UConn in 2011.
DWAYNE “PEARL” WASHINGTON: The smooth guard from Brownsville was known for putting on a show at Boys High, where he was the No. 1-ranked player in the country in 1983, and later at Syracuse as a second-team All-American honors in 1985 and 1986 during the heyday of the Big East Conference.
LENNY WILKENS: In the Hall of Fame as a coach and player, and was a two-time All-American at Providence despite only playing as a freshman and senior in high school at Boys High in Brooklyn.