Comments on: Is having a dominant point guard a bane to team-building? http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/18/is-having-a-dominant-point-guard-a-bane-to-team-building/ Basketball - NBC Sports Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: reastnt http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/18/is-having-a-dominant-point-guard-a-bane-to-team-building/comment-page-1/#comment-28942 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:28:33 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=7385#comment-28942 This is a great example of articles written purely to take up space, because “we have to write about something.” Silly discussion, silly article.

]]> By: MTArider http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/18/is-having-a-dominant-point-guard-a-bane-to-team-building/comment-page-1/#comment-28877 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:57:27 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=7385#comment-28877 Isiah Thomas and Magic Johnson were parts of dominant teams. The Suns are a young team. Those are terrible examples. Think before you type.

]]> By: tubal22 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/18/is-having-a-dominant-point-guard-a-bane-to-team-building/comment-page-1/#comment-28869 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:12:32 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=7385#comment-28869 Isaiah Thomas and Magic Johnson were both the dominant players on their team, and they both played the point.

The problem with the current generation of teams, is that no matter who you get, you can only afford 1 superstar and a bunch of scrubs. Or 2 semi superstars and a bunch of scrubs.

So you have to make sure that your money players can take care of a good chunk of your offense on their own, when the scrubs don’t show up. So typically you need someone who can handle the ball and take it inside, a la Jordan, Kobe, Wade, Lebron.

The exception would be the Pistons of 5 years ago who had no superstars, but a bunch of high quality players who played as a team.

It will be interesting to see what Miami does with 2 superstars, a semi-superstar, and a bunch of scrubs. If the preseason is any indication, it doesn’t look like the big three will be on the floor much together.

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