duncan228
01-11-2010, 01:03 PM
Fresh look at the Duncan Power Forward/Center conversation. Hit the link for the rest, it's a nice piece.
The Game Done Changed (http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/11/the-game-done-changed/)
by Rob Mahoney
Hardwood Paroxysm
In the contemporary NBA, there are few designations more useless than that between a power forward and a center. If you were to list out the responsibilities of either, it would be difficult to pinpoint exactly where one ends and another begins. Are power forwards expected to have range? Are centers required to have their backs to the basket? Are power forwards exempt from shot blocking responsibilities? Should centers remain anchored to the paint? Do power forwards have to guard opposing power forwards? Do centers have to be the tallest player in a lineup?
These are questions which certainly have answers but no conclusions. They give hints, but no finality.
And in the middle of everything is Tim Duncan.
http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/11/the-game-done-changed/
The Game Done Changed (http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/11/the-game-done-changed/)
by Rob Mahoney
Hardwood Paroxysm
In the contemporary NBA, there are few designations more useless than that between a power forward and a center. If you were to list out the responsibilities of either, it would be difficult to pinpoint exactly where one ends and another begins. Are power forwards expected to have range? Are centers required to have their backs to the basket? Are power forwards exempt from shot blocking responsibilities? Should centers remain anchored to the paint? Do power forwards have to guard opposing power forwards? Do centers have to be the tallest player in a lineup?
These are questions which certainly have answers but no conclusions. They give hints, but no finality.
And in the middle of everything is Tim Duncan.
http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2010/01/11/the-game-done-changed/