What's the most important position on a team - a Point gaurd, SG...etc?I personally think the Point gaurd is THE most important part of any team - I learned this the hard way when the Pistons were without Chauncey Billups for about 2 weeks or so. The point gaurd position is essential for the flow and organization of the game - without a good PG (like Chauncey), I noticed Flip Murray had these plays and they looked so jumbled and disorganized - thats why we lost so much.The 2nd most important position is probably the Center position. You need a great center to be successful - the Center position anchors your team. They grab the most underrated thing in basketball - rebounds. A lot of times - if they can play D - they prevent teams from driving the lane over and over again. After that is up in the air between the SG - SF - PF. I think I'll go with SG for the next important because the SG usually does most of the scoring, next is the PF who usually helps out the Center in grabbing rebounds and defending - and last but not least, because every position is important is the SF. The SF does a little bit of everything - but isn't as crucial to a team as a PG or a C.
I completely agree with you. Having a great point guard and a great center is 1 and 2, and you can make a case for either being more important. Wing players are very, very replacable, especially in the NBA in todays day and age. If you can get top notch production from your point guard and center, you will be a very good team.
1. PG2. PF or C is equally important3. SF4. C (or PF)5. SGI said PG first because the PG is the floor general. He runs the team and is the coach on the court.I say PF and C are interchangable. It's important to have a good big man, but to me, it doesn't matter if it's center or power forward that's the dominator. Both would grab many rebounds and score some buckets inside and possibily outside. Suprisingly, I picked SF next. This player is normally the most versitale, and would generally have to guard the other team's star SG/SF. They could shoot the three, take it to the rim, basically do anything.I picked the other big man, C or PF next. Someone to score and rebound and play solid defense, helping the star PF/C out.Finally, shooting guard, because all I really need from them is points. A Stephen Jackson-like player here.
Well, there are a lot of ways to cut this up, but IMO the most efficient and dangerous position, if you have the right player, is the swingman position. If you have a Kobe, LeBron or T-Mac, you got all the scoring you need out of the SG/SF, and you don't need a very good PG to succeed (Rafer, Smush and Snow are all near the bottom of the PG list). They can also take single handedly take over and win you games, be the main playmaker for your team, get you rebounds, steals, etc...Many people will say center or PF is the most important spot, but I disagree. Good example is Houston this year....9-3 with T-Mac and without Yao, and 2-5 vice versa. If you have the right kind of swingman he can do a lot more and make the players around him much better. Houston is a great example of this.
The PG is the most important. They act as the glue for the team, BUT if the leader of the team is at another position, that can serve equally as well. A dominant big man can be just as important as a great pg, too.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ Jan 20 2007, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well, there are a lot of ways to cut this up, but IMO the most efficient and dangerous position, if you have the right player, is the swingman position. If you have a Kobe, LeBron or T-Mac, you got all the scoring you need out of the SG/SF, and you don't need a very good PG to succeed (Rafer, Smush and Snow are all near the bottom of the PG list). They can also take single handedly take over and win you games, be the main playmaker for your team, get you rebounds, steals, etc...Many people will say center or PF is the most important spot, but I disagree. Good example is Houston this year....9-3 with T-Mac and without Yao, and 2-5 vice versa. If you have the right kind of swingman he can do a lot more and make the players around him much better. Houston is a great example of this.</div>The Kobe thing holds true for any position - if you have a dominant player at whatever position, they dominate their team and automatically become #1 on that team. However, if you have just a regular team with normal NBA players, a PG is the most important position.It's rare that you get a superstar that totally dominates their team.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ReppinTheD @ Jan 20 2007, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The Kobe thing holds true for any position - if you have a dominant player at whatever position, they dominate their team and automatically become #1 on that team. However, if you have just a regular team with normal NBA players, a PG is the most important position.It's rare that you get a superstar that totally dominates their team.</div>Wade, Kobe, T-Mac, LeBron, GA, and to lesser degrees AI, Pierce and VC all fit the mold. Ultimately there is no single most important position as your team will fail if you don't have the qualities of the missing components in the other players. The swingman is the only player on the floor that can consistently get you anywhere near 25/6/6. They can take over games with scoring, can get a lot of assists, get you rebounds, steals, hit clutch shots, etc... The swingman is the most versatile player on the floor, and if you have the right kind of swingman, you will have the MVP of your team and possibly league in him. I will say it again, look at what has happenned with the Rockets in stints without Yao (best big man in league this year), and then stints without T-Mac.
ya PG for average teams, den center. the next 3 positions are near the same, but wen u get all-star-superstar type players in those positions, it changes.
This isn't a real topic. There are no posistions that are more important. It's all about who you have, not posistion they play.Playaofthegame summed it up completely.
I posted this in another thread too, but it supports my argument here too. The answer is simply a dominant center. A dominant center is something that most teams cannot have, and if you have on, that already puts you at a great advantage. 2006 Finals: Miami Heat (Shaq) def. Dallas Mavericks (Dirk) 4-2.2005 Finals: San Antonio Spurs (Duncan) def. Detroit Pistons (Sheed/Wallace) 4-3.2004 Finals: Detroit Pistons (Sheed/Wallace) def. Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) 4-1.2003 Finals: San Antonio Spurs (Duncan) def. New Jersey Nets (can you consider K-Mart here? 17/8 that year) 4-2.2002 Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) def. New Jersey Nets (no big man, swept. coincidence?) 4-0.2001 Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) def. Philadelphia 76ers (Motumbo/Ratliff had very very good years) 4-1.2000 Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) def. Indiana Pacers (Dale Davis??? haha averaged a double double) 4-2.1999 Finals: San Antonio Spurs (Duncan) def. New York Knicks (Ewing) 4-1. The list goes on... Bulls with Rodman, Jazz with Malone, Sonics with Kemp, Rockets with Olajuwon, Magic with Shaq, Suns with Barkely. Not all of those teams had a "great" point guard. They all had a dominant big man though. When the Lakers pulled their 3-peat, they didn't have a great point guard at all. Tony Parker, Jason Williams, Jason Terry, Mark Jackson, Gary Payton (on his decline), and Charlie Ward were point guards of all the teams I listed. Are they great point guards? No. They're good, but not great. The big men the team had were great. Iverson, Billups, and Kidd are the only ones you can classify as better than good/great. The answer to this one has to be a great big man. They affect the game in so many more ways than anyone else on the floor, on both the defensive and offensive ends, and on the glass too.
Definetely PG, he's the guy who sets you up and has the ball for great amounts of time in the game. Also I disagree w/ C being the biggest or even the second biggest, where's the C on the Wizards, we're leading the East relying on 2 mediocre centers who we hope will ahve big nights.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jan 21 2007, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Definetely PG, he's the guy who sets you up and has the ball for great amounts of time in the game. Also I disagree w/ C being the biggest or even the second biggest, where's the C on the Wizards, we're leading the East relying on 2 mediocre centers who we hope will ahve big nights.</div>Key Word: East.The East is not good at all. There are maybe 3-4 good centers in the East. I'll be honest, leading the East isn't much of an accomplishment. They'd be 7th in the West. If they win the Eastern Conference, which they may, and face the Suns (Amare), Spurs (Duncan), Mavs (Dirk), Utah (Boozer), or Houston (Yao), that weakness will be severely exploited.
Dirk was slowed down by Etan and Brendan when we played him. We'll just play one of our C's on him to try to slow him down. Jazz, we need to do something about Boozer but I seriousely doubt he'll be getting to the finals. Suns run a very similar system to ours so we know we can run w/ them. Houston we need to double team him and that would kill us. However C is not the most important position because those teams with the best C's aren't even that great in the East.
You have yet to disprove that center isn't the most important, you're jsut stating your opinion. Show me some facts. Again - 3rd time I've posted this, 2nd in this thread2006 Finals: Miami Heat (Shaq) def. Dallas Mavericks (Dirk) 4-2.2005 Finals: San Antonio Spurs (Duncan) def. Detroit Pistons (Sheed/Wallace) 4-3.2004 Finals: Detroit Pistons (Sheed/Wallace) def. Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) 4-1.2003 Finals: San Antonio Spurs (Duncan) def. New Jersey Nets (can you consider K-Mart here? 17/8 that year) 4-2.2002 Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) def. New Jersey Nets (no big man, swept. coincidence?) 4-0.2001 Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) def. Philadelphia 76ers (Motumbo/Ratliff had very very good years) 4-1.2000 Finals: Los Angeles Lakers (Shaq) def. Indiana Pacers (Dale Davis??? haha averaged a double double) 4-2.1999 Finals: San Antonio Spurs (Duncan) def. New York Knicks (Ewing) 4-1. A dominant center is the most important thing if you want to win a title.
I think the two most important positions is PG and Center. I mean Piston fans can tell you how much they missed Billups they played avg ball at best without Chauncey so that just shows you how important the PG spot is. The Center is also very important because just like the facts that Yanks mentioned most teams that win titles have a dominant big man, it's no surprise that most championship teams have a good big man.
