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[Smitty]

I'm not too worried about Flagg to be honest.  He's a worker and the team is going to look a lot different next year not to mention having zero incentive to lose.  This years team should remind everyone of the importance of point guard play in an ear when position-less basketball gets thrown around a little too casually.

Several, if not most, in the NBA say it’s position-less basketball these days. So who’s right and who’s wrong? You mention point guard. I’d argue that Kyrie isn’t even a point guard. Sure, his size matches that of a point guard, and it’ll be his role on this team next year if he’s here. But, I’ve never thought of Kyrie as a point guard. Which is kind of the point of saying position-less basketball. I think most of us on this board use position labels to help define or explain roles. Which I do think is helpful.