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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.

No one.  I do think the term gets thrown around a little too freely.  And while you might not consider Kyrie a traditional PG, combo guards existed long before the term in question was overused.  And if you want to take it outside of traditional position assignments, someone able to run an offense is important and lacking that role is why we are a lottery team. A lot of the old positional archetypes don't work in the pace and space era of basketball, but that doesn't mean other archetypes aren't still very important.