If Jeff Bezos played basketball: point guard, rated 85

Jeff Bezos as a basketball player: scouting report

Jeff Bezos started Amazon in 1994 out of a garage in Bellevue, Washington, selling books online, and the habit that built the company is the habit a point guard needs: figure out what the other person wants before they know it themselves. In basketball terms, that means hitting the cutter before he realizes he is open. Basketball IQ is the top mark on his card and his playmaking is right behind it, so he runs an offense like a delivery network, with every pass routed to the right teammate at the right moment.

The surprise is the jumper. His shooting sits almost level with his passing, which makes him awkward to guard in the pick and roll: go under the screen and he pulls up, go over it and he finds the roller. A Princeton graduate in electrical engineering and computer science, he would treat shot selection like an engineering problem, taking the looks the numbers favor and passing up the rest. His defense and rebounding sit in the solid middle of his card, so he holds his own on the other end without standing out.

Athleticism is the honest weak spot. He is not going to beat younger guards end to end or finish over a shot blocker, although a man who rode his own Blue Origin rocket into space in 2021 is clearly not afraid of altitude. Slide him to shooting guard and he gives up only a little, because the jumper travels; small forward is more of a stretch. Take him early as your primary ball handler, surround him with athletic wings who run the floor, and let him run the operation.

Plays like A pass first floor general who plans every set two moves ahead

Put Jeff Bezos in your lineup

8 rolls, a starting five and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.