07-07-2022, 11:24 AM
(07-07-2022, 10:43 AM)Jommybone Wrote: This. In today’s NBA, it seems to mean the 3 guys who aren’t tasked with initiating the offense (point) or defending the rim (big). It gets used much like 3&D. Here,So, I’m mostly good with this, with some exceptions. I think of the term “wing” in the modern day game as mostly a defensive term. Basically a guy that can adequately guard multiple positions. On offense they can do a myriad of things, so that is why that side doesn’t really matter as much.
Point: Luka, Spencer, Jaden
Big: Chris, Maxi, JaVale (& Davis? Yes, IMO), Powell
Wing: Everybody else
I think there are guys like THJ that doesn’t really fit the term of “wing” and is more of a traditional SG. So just lumping him in with the “wings” and playing him that way is not exactly his wheelhouse and is possibly a reason he showed poorly in the beginning of the season last year. He isn’t the only one, just the easiest example.
This leads to the term “big”. I think of that term to encompass the guys that can only be a C or C/PF.
There are guys that can dip down and adequately defend the 3-5, those to me are the “big wings”, guys like Maxi after watching him guard Kawhi when healthy. I think of Harris, Barnes and Collins as “big wings” too.