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[mvossman]

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.

That's because he is not a PG.  He has always been best playing off ball next to an on ball player as a secondary creator.  One of the many failures of the Nico vision is you need an on ball offensive creator (usually called the PG) and the Mavs didn't really have one after the trade. If we draft one of the PGs I think it will make sense to have a lot of minutes were that guy is the PG and Kyrie is playing at the 2.