NBA has 9 positions not 5

[SharpesTriumph]

There is a lot of discission about positions. Most often who plays PG besides Dame and who plays PF.

I'd argue thinking of the NBA team with 5 positions is incorrect, its more accurate to consider 9 positions. The standard 5 along with G, GF, F, FC.

So the Blazers likely start a lineup of
PG G F F C.

Here is how I classify our players
PG Dame
G CJ
G Simons
SG
GF Hood
GF Trent
GF CJ2
SF
F Jones
F Covington
F Little
PF Melo
FC Giles
FC Collins
C Nurk
C Kanter

 

[kjironman1]

There is a lot of discission about positions. Most often who plays PG besides Dame and who plays PF.

I'd argue thinking of the NBA team with 5 positions is incorrect, its more accurate to consider 9 positions. The standard 5 along with G, GF, F, FC.

So the Blazers likely start a lineup of
PG G F F C.

Here is how I classify our players
PG Dame
G CJ
G Simons
SG
GF Hood
GF Trent
GF CJ2
SF
F Jones
F Covington
F Little
PF Melo
FC Giles
FC Collins
C Nurk
C Kanter

Yep. Rotations and opposing teams matchups mixed in with injuries and just who seems to be working on any given night make the actual five position label meaningless.
Late game situations call for a change almost on every possession between free throws.

 

[lawai'a]

There is a lot of discission about positions. Most often who plays PG besides Dame and who plays PF.

I'd argue thinking of the NBA team with 5 positions is incorrect, its more accurate to consider 9 positions. The standard 5 along with G, GF, F, FC.

So the Blazers likely start a lineup of
PG G F F C.

Here is how I classify our players
PG Dame
G CJ
G Simons
SG
GF Hood
GF Trent
GF CJ2
SF
F Jones
F Covington
F Little
PF Melo
FC Giles
FC Collins
C Nurk
C Kanter

might need to add a couple specialists to complete the list, like point forward and stretch 4's. course even these two won't catch the unicorns.

 

[Orion Bailey]

I think it has 12-15...

 

[HailBlazers]

I think it has 12-15...

Way off it's 11-14...

 

[PtldPlatypus]

There is a lot of discission about positions. Most often who plays PG besides Dame and who plays PF.

I'd argue thinking of the NBA team with 5 positions is incorrect, its more accurate to consider 9 positions. The standard 5 along with G, GF, F, FC.

So the Blazers likely start a lineup of
PG G F F C.

Here is how I classify our players
PG Dame
G CJ
G Simons
SG
GF Hood
GF Trent
GF CJ2
SF
F Jones
F Covington
F Little
PF Melo
FC Giles
FC Collins
C Nurk
C Kanter

Would you care to define what differentiates your new positions from the traditional, and why specific players on our roster fit one classification instead of the other? For example, why do you classify Trent and CJ2 as G/F instead of SG (especially since we haven't even seen CJ2 play), or what it is about Jones and Little that makes them F instead of SF?

Also, don't we already call that middle 'G' position "combo guard"? And that G/F--hasn't that been referred to for decades as a "swingman"?

 

[kjironman1]

We are forgetting BW & PS positions.

"Bench Warmer" "Practice Squad"

 

[bobf]

We are forgetting BW & PS positions.

"Bench Warmer" "Practice Squad"

Hey don't short Meyers Leonard. TW.

 

[kjironman1]

Hey don't short Meyers Leonard. TW.

TW is an art!

 

[BonesJones]

I like to look at it as 4 positions: Guard, Wing, Forward, Big

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I like to look at it as 4 positions: Guard, Wing, Forward, Big

multidimensional scorer, shooter, multidimensional defender, rebounder

i.e. looking at roles might be another way to look at it.

This would explain why 3&D players are so valuable, in addition to scoring bigs (who also rebound).