Monday, January 11th, 2010...12:42 pm

Mahoney on Identity Crisis

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Rob Mahoney of Two Man Game has written a piece for Hardwood Paroxysm about the difficultly of assigning positions to some players. Tim Duncan and DeJuan Blair play prominently in the discussion.

I’m not saying that Duncan is a power forward, and I’m sure as hell not saying he’s a center. What I am saying is that with players as unique as Duncan, positional designations cease to have meaning.

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2 Comments

  • This is interesting in terms of our SG/PG’s as well. Does it really matter if we label Mason, Hill, or Manu PG or SG if they can shoot, pass, and guard both opposing positions to some degree? Even Parker can play SG at times although I’m comfortable calling him a PG even if he plays the SG position here and there.

  • We have hybrid big men in Antonio, Tim and even Blair to some degree and we also have hybrid guards in Manu, Mason, Hill and Jefferson.

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