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10-18-2010, 11:44 AM
To the Point, Building Titles Around Lead Guards Difficult (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell
In the past decade the NBA has dramatically tilted its rules in favor of its quicker, more diminutive floor leaders. But while the NBA has become a “quarterbacks” league, its greatest point guards have had surprisingly little say in its ultimate prize.
In discussing the positional revolution (http://www.thetwomangame.com/2010/08/back-to-square-zero/), I stated under the current NBA rules defending quality point guards is virtually impossible (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/08/17/from-the-sidelines-of-the-positional-revolution/). Over at TrueHoop, Zach Harper echoed those thoughts last week while still posing the question: Should you build your team with a point (http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post?id=20426)?
What’s odd is the league is currently set up to benefit point guards. Look around and you see so many floor generals putting up insane statistics and making highlight reels. You literally can’t (hand) check them on the floor because it’s against the rules. Giving small guys with otherworldly quickness and dexterity this kind of freedom allows them to get to the middle of the floor and do what they do best — make plays for their teammates or themselves.
And yet, the idea of building your franchise around a point guard scares me.
But if the point guard position is virtually indefensible, then naturally finding a franchise quality point guard is good place to start, right? Historically, no. But the absence of point guard led champions does not mean the absence of possibility, if a team can manage to avoid the pitfalls of building around what some consider basketball’s most important position.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/10/18/to-the-point-building-titles-around-lead-guards-difficult/#more-10186)
by Jesse Blanchard
48 Minutes of Hell
In the past decade the NBA has dramatically tilted its rules in favor of its quicker, more diminutive floor leaders. But while the NBA has become a “quarterbacks” league, its greatest point guards have had surprisingly little say in its ultimate prize.
In discussing the positional revolution (http://www.thetwomangame.com/2010/08/back-to-square-zero/), I stated under the current NBA rules defending quality point guards is virtually impossible (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/08/17/from-the-sidelines-of-the-positional-revolution/). Over at TrueHoop, Zach Harper echoed those thoughts last week while still posing the question: Should you build your team with a point (http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post?id=20426)?
What’s odd is the league is currently set up to benefit point guards. Look around and you see so many floor generals putting up insane statistics and making highlight reels. You literally can’t (hand) check them on the floor because it’s against the rules. Giving small guys with otherworldly quickness and dexterity this kind of freedom allows them to get to the middle of the floor and do what they do best — make plays for their teammates or themselves.
And yet, the idea of building your franchise around a point guard scares me.
But if the point guard position is virtually indefensible, then naturally finding a franchise quality point guard is good place to start, right? Historically, no. But the absence of point guard led champions does not mean the absence of possibility, if a team can manage to avoid the pitfalls of building around what some consider basketball’s most important position.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/10/18/to-the-point-building-titles-around-lead-guards-difficult/#more-10186)