What player-type is the highest caliber skillset?

[Manny98]

How df is Curry a wing you retard

[72-10]

I'm a little concerned you didn't mention AI

[RRR3]

Kobe literally dragged them to the playoffs except they were still out of the playoffs when he got hurt and had to win the next two games to get in

Pegashit still dumb as ever.

[Gougou]

Wing-man need the highest skill.

I used to think point guard need to have the highest caliber skillset but now I think it is the wing-man that require the most.

I mean look at the some of the best playoff runs, 2006 Wade, 2016 James, 2019 Kawhi, those wings can take over the entire series just because those wings are so good that the enemy team simply can't stop them. If you have the most skillset in a wing you can do so much than a PG.

Most point guards responsibility is to pass the ball, run the offense, but majority of the time it is the wing man job to score, defend, get rebound, I think wing man need the highest skillset to be excel at everything to carry the game.

[Wally450]

What the flying f*ck is organic rings?

[sdot_thadon]

What the flying f*ck is organic rings?

[ILLsmak]

3 ball at whole foods lookin for rangz

-Smak

['Toine=MVP]

It is a bit of a poorly worded question if anyone is picking anything but PG. Imagine if Shaq had the skills of Kevin Durant. Pretty great, right? Now imagine he had the skills of Steve Nash.

The best wings are so great because they have a lot of the skills that PG have AND they are big. No PG can survive purely on the skills of a wing player, because that would just make them a really short wing player. Obviously no PG can survive purely on the skills of a big man either.

/debate

[bizil]

Well Magic was THE POINT GUARD that was considered the best player in the world at one point. It was the only time in league history that a PG was considered the best player. The reason is BECAUSE he had the size of a SF or some PF's. BUT he was the best floor general of all time and pushed the rock like the great smaller PG's. Like I stated before, it's more about SIZE than the actual position. IF Penny Hardaway stayed healthy, similar shit. If Bron transition to PG similar shit. James Harden plays a ton of PG, similar shit.

Not about POSITION, it's about SIZE and VERSATILITY!!! 6'5 and up perimeter players that can play a minimum of three positions, be great scorers, AND great all around players in one package are the most PREMIUM type of players in NBA history. Along with dominant centers who dominate the paint. Stretch PF's, smaller PG's, one way scoring specialists, 3 and D wings, Reggie Miller type sharpshooter-scoring wings, etc. will NEVER be considered the best player in the league. They can be great and among the best. BUT never THE BEST! Their toolbox or versatility won't enable them for that status!

[3ball]

If you aren't a great shooter and have a great midrange skillset/post footwork, i.e. "catch the ball, pump fake, quick move and score" skillset - than you don't have the premier basketball skillset.

Overwhelmingly, the best winners ever have this jumpshooting expertise, and also midrange repertoire - MJ, Bird, Kobe, Kawhi, Durant, Dirk - they all had it.

Other guys that were primarily ball-dominant didn't win, unless they colluded like Magic or Lebron.

Furthermore, the midrange and jumpshot experts were also great passers, like Bird and MJ.. And they passed without dominating the ball - MJ averaged 11 apg in the 1991 Finals without bringing the ball up or playing PG.. But MJ could also be a ball-dominant PG like Magic and Lebron - he averaged 30/9/11 in 24 games at PG in 1989..

So the midrange/jumpshot experts like Bird/MJ/Kobe - who can shoot jumpshots in infinite ways AND pass with the best of them - have the best overall skillsets, which is why they won the most.
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