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  1. TorturedBlazerFan

    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    NBA.com has him listed as G-F
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Nov 2, 2019
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    Those mean nothing though. Who is the point guard of the 5 starters I listed?
     
    CupWizier, Nov 2, 2019
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    TorturedBlazerFan Well-Known Member

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    well I was trying to gauge where the NBA would put Doncic on an ASG ballot, so...
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Nov 2, 2019
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Point Forward.
     
    BonesJones, Nov 2, 2019
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    CupWizier Well-Known Member

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    Seems he should be listed as a guard as they don't differentiate between shooting guard and point guard. That would make the most sense, but he is the point guard right now in their starting lineup.
     
    CupWizier, Nov 2, 2019
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    huh? why isn't he considered a point guard?

    Seth Curry not a point guard
    Finney-Smith not a point guard
    Powell definitely not a point guard
    Porzingas definitely not a point guard.

    He brings the ball up majority of the time, initiates the offense most of the time and sets all the other players up in the offense. Sure sounds like a point guard to me. Height doesn't determine a position as Magic was a point guard as well.
     
    CupWizier, Nov 2, 2019
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  7. TorturedBlazerFan

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    Well there's a reason it's been called the era of positionless basketball.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Nov 2, 2019
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    and I have never bought into that completely either. When they say positoneless I look at it as more like they are trying to reduce it to 2 positions, wings and interior players, but somebody runs the offense which is the duty of the point guard. What position does Lillard play? positionless? and if it's truly a positionless league then why do they list the all star ballots as guards and forwards?
     
    CupWizier, Nov 2, 2019
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    He’s not a traditional PG though, he plays off the ball here and there, he seeks out his own offense more than PG’s did 15 years ago.
     
    TorturedBlazerFan, Nov 2, 2019
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    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Who's Porzingas ?
     
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    I bet if I offered you $100 you could figure it out. :bgrin:
     
    CupWizier, Nov 2, 2019
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    We don't often have a traditional Thanksgiving, does that mean I can't call it Thanksgiving? :devilwink:
     
    CupWizier, Nov 2, 2019
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    I've always assumed Doncic was basically playing PG. But the old saying is that you are who you guard. When the blazers played the Mavs, who did Doncic typically match up against on defense?
     
    PtldPlatypus, Nov 2, 2019
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    So Steph Curry is the worst Offensive player on his team?
     
    theprunetang, Nov 2, 2019
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    Basketball positions should be like underwear sizes....S, M, L, XL
     
    riverman, Nov 2, 2019
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    Double XL, Double XL...
     
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    Those would be in the G league
     
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    Draymond Green now injured.
     
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    MLeonard had a big game tonight in a win.
     
    Hoopguru, Nov 3, 2019
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    In the modern NBA, "guard", "wing", "forward", and "big" are much better positional descriptors than the traditional "PG, SG, SF, PF, C".

    Dallas plays a guard (Curry), two wings (Doncic & Finney-Smith), and two bigs (Porzingis & Powell). Doncic is a ball dominant wing. Lebron and Ben Simmons are ball dominant forwards.
     
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