Most and least important positions in NBA

cellphonecamera · Post #1 » by **cellphonecamera** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:45 pm

What position is the most important and least important?

I think most - PG
least - SF

Axolotl · Post #2 » by **Axolotl** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:47 pm

cellphonecamera wrote:What position is the most important and least important?

I think most - PG
least - SF

Most - wings.
Least - not wings.

Post #3 » by **ken6199** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:50 pm

Power forward is an extremely blurry position right now. You get a Kawhi + PG you don't really care which one is the "power" and which one is "small".

Point guard is still important, it's just a role these days being played by different players from Rubio, to Harden, to LeBron.

clyde21 · Post #4 » by **clyde21** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:51 pm

Most important: combo guards and wings, wings, and wings.

Least important: everything else

but they are all important

The Explorer · Post #5 » by **The Explorer** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:51 pm

We're in the era of positionless basketball - there is no most/least important position right now.

Crizzle · Post #6 » by **Crizzle** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:52 pm

i think its more about players who can do multiple things > players who are one dimensional

JXL · Post #7 » by **JXL** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:56 pm

Most important: Superstar players
Least important: Anthony Bennett type players

MrSparkle · Post #8 » by **MrSparkle** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:00 pm

SF is least important? What?!

Kawhi
Durant
Lebron

How many collective chips have these guys won since 2012? GSW (Barnes, Iguodala) and DAL (Marion, Stevenson, Peja, plus mia/injured Caron Butler) had good depth to compensate and throw options against Lebron.

SF has been most important and it’s not close. If you don’t have long athletic 3D wings to slow down Lebron, Durant or Kawhi, then good luck winning a chip.

Least important is obviously Center, seeing as the last 10 champs have started roleplayers and vet min waiver pickups.

WestGOAT · Post #9 » by **WestGOAT** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:00 pm

Traditional shooting guards? Been superseded by scoring PGs and by 3&D fowards.

Post #10 » by **THE J0KER** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:02 pm

It is more about player profiles than positions:
MOST: playmaker-scorer (LeBron, Curry, Harden, Jokic...) and elite two-way player (Kawhi, Giannis, George, Embiid, Davis...)
LEAST: old school center-rebounder and also a defensive specialist

ocelot17 · Post #11 » by **ocelot17** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:40 pm

Most important positions- guards and wings.

Least important - Center, power forward.

Today’s league is a perimeter oriented league. When was the last time a team led by a big won a title? Dirk in 2011.

Jokic, Griffin, Love, Davis, cousins, KAT, Drummond, Aldridge, Bosh, Vucevic, none of them have ever even been close to contending for a championship.

The closest one is embiid but he had three other all star on his team, and even then he couldn’t even reach the finals.

RealityIsDemar · Post #12 » by **RealityIsDemar** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:41 pm

Most important - Facilitator/Traditional PG or Ballhandler

Least important - Power Forward or non rim protecting big

Post #13 » by **bisme37** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:44 pm

Most important are wings who can play like ball handlers. Least important are bigs (although bigs are still important).

KqWIN · Post #14 » by **KqWIN** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:48 pm

Positions are an anachronism. The who attacks with the ball the most is the most important on offense. The guy defending the rim/PnR is the most important defensive player.

Traditional positions say very little about what the player actually does on the court.

Mogspan · Post #15 » by **Mogspan** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:50 pm

cellphonecamera wrote:What position is the most important and least important?

I think most - PG
least - SF

Bruh, the last 8 FMVPs have been won by small forwards.

timO · Post #16 » by **timO** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:59 pm

Most SF, last 4 rings were won with a top 3 SF.

lambchop · Post #17 » by **lambchop** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:03 pm

SF / wings can never be played off the floor and are never a liability, unless they shoot less than 30% from range. Offenses will usually target either the PG or C for buckets / to create havoc leading to easier buckets elsewhere

dhsilv2 · Post #18 » by **dhsilv2** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:11 pm

Mogspan wrote:
cellphonecamera wrote:What position is the most important and least important?

I think most - PG
least - SF

Bruh, the last 8 FMVPs have been won by small forwards.

Lebron plays the point...leonard plays as a wing. Get out of where with this fake small forward thing.

thebigbird · Post #19 » by **thebigbird** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:18 pm

most important: ball handlers

least important: non-ball handlers

Your superstars better be able to handle the rock. If they can't, you're in trouble because they will struggle to create their own offense in the playoffs.

Johnny Bball · Post #20 » by **Johnny Bball** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:20 pm

Depends what you mean by important. It’s toughest to fill the SF and especially PF with elite talent so to say SF the least important just ain’t right.

PG or SF most.

Least SG.

But you have any holes in your starting lineup and you’re not winning it all.