Has Small Forward become the most important postion in the NBA?

[UK2K]

4 of the top 6 players in the league are small forwards

durant
lebron
paul
melo
griffin
george

[Jlamb47]

center

[secund2nun]

Center is still the most important and always will be. It just so happens that the 2 best players right now happen to be SFs.

[Legends66NBA7]

LOL at SG... was never a deep position.

60's and 00's.

[tmacattack33]

Nah, the guard positions are the most important right now.

Lebron and Durant are the best, but that's just two players.

[chocolatethunder]

There's is not most important position. They are all important and each position has it's place in each system/on each team. This is just silly and sounds like some dumb Espn topic.

[Clyde]

Are there positions in the NBA today?

[BlackVVaves]

4 of the top 6 players in the league are small forwards

durant
lebron
paul
melo
griffin
george

And from this point on, I will never take heed to a word you type.

This post reeks of idiocy to the highest degree.

[Fire Colangelo]

LOL at SG... was never a deep position.

At one point you had prime Kobe, Tmac, carter, iverson, Ray Allen, Wade, Roy, Redd etc all in the league, at the same time. Everything single one of them could be the best SG in the league today, if that ain't deep idk what is.

Prime Jason terry would be a top 3 SG today.

[pauk]

Well if you have Lebron / Durant there.... sure...

[JimmyMcAdocious]

The most important position is where the best player are. If suddenly all the top players are PFs, has PF become the most important position? SGs? Cs? PGs? It changes all the time.

[scm5]

The most important position is where the best player are. If suddenly all the top players are PFs, has PF become the most important position? SGs? Cs? PGs? It changes all the time.

SF actually makes sense from a defensive standpoint now though. SG's are taller today than they were earlier and PF's aren't as big.

Meanwhile SF's have grown a little and become the most versatile position defensively.

[russwest0]

Center is still the most important and always will be. It just so happens that the 2 best players right now happen to be SFs.

center is no longer the most important position in the modern NBA.

[LoneyROY7]

If you don't think Griffin is a top 6 player, you have no basketball sensibility whatsoever.

[moe94]

If you don't think Griffin is a top 6 player, you have no basketball sensibility whatsoever.

Is Chris Paul also top 6?

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