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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5063252, member: 12088"] I don’t agree with #2: “If you are believer like I am that there is a Center, 2 forwards and 2 guards” Not all offenses run this set up, and Geno very often does not. You mention versatility I think as a corrective for the narrowness of this statement. Sure, but then why bother announcing that “there is a Center…” etc at all? Why not just say Geno doesn’t feel limited by that scheme. He runs 4 guards quite often. Sometimes he has 3 players who can play PG on the floor at the same time. Or he runs a ‘twin towers’ set, as he often did with Rebecca and Kara. When people speak of a point forward I’m often perplexed. If they’re talking about a positionless scheme then all they seem to mean is that the team features a big guard. On the other hand, if it’s a traditional scheme like the one you envision — a center, two guards and two forwards — then why not have one of the guards play the point? Or does it mean that once the supposed point forward initiates the offense they head for the wing or the low post and don’t pay attention to balance and court spacing, then they’re not really a point-anything. [/QUOTE]