What is the best position to build around?

[NO-KG-AI]

Agreed with Harry, look at the Hornets, Tyson is solid, but not completely stellar, West is solid, but Peterson and Peja are poo....Paul pressuring the ball is really important to us having elite defense.

[rpa]

I think it's somewhat naive to use championships to grade which position is best to build around. Of all the NBA champions you can look on nearly every team and say "they had 1 of the best players to ever play the game in his prime". The Spurs had Duncan, Lakers had Shaq, Bulls had Jordan, Rockets had Hakeem, Pistons had Isiah, Celtics had Bird, Lakers had Magic, etc. etc. etc. It doesn't matter what position those guys play because of those 7 players 6 of them are probably in the 10-12 best of all time debate and Hakeem is right there as well (but I think he's below the other guys on that list).

If you're talking about the best position to build around look at the playoff teams year by year and see which teams are generally successful.

The best "position" to build around is a superstar--doesn't matter where they play. To be successful without a superstar I'd say the best position to build around is PG. Rarely do you have teams with legitimately good TEAM PGs that miss the playoffs. Good swingmen miss the playoffs all the time; good big men miss the playoffs all the time (see: KG on the T'Wolves); but the top PGs in the league almost always make the playoffs.

[Ballings7]

You have to build around a dominant big man, albeit a PF or C.

Then just have the other big man compliment him.

Set. It's a big man's game, overall.

[mudyez]

The best "position" to build around is a superstar--doesn't matter where they play. To be successful without a superstar I'd say the best position to build around is PG. Rarely do you have teams with legitimately good TEAM PGs that miss the playoffs. Good swingmen miss the playoffs all the time; good big men miss the playoffs all the time (see: KG on the T'Wolves); but the top PGs in the league almost always make the playoffs.

very good point...IMO the reason should be that they have the ball in thair hands most of the time
...bigman need others to set them up and to spread the floor
...wings somehow too

after all it also comes down to, which position is hardest to fell prpberly!!!

is it easier to get a starter caliber center/pf or pg (I dont think, anyone thinks it's a starter-wing)...that said, I think I'd take the center/pf by a slight margin, but I can understand someone taking the PG

the question also could be howard or paul as both are young promising players, which could end up beeing top 20AT!
IMO its easier to build around a PG but to win it all I'd take the C!

[kandiking]

any low post presense (non jump shooting big man) would work. a team built around perimeter players would work as long as they're great at driving to the basket. Notice no team with a primarily jumpshooting bigman has ever won.