diggerfoot
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Short answer, yes, size at the PG matters. All other things being equal in terms of talent you would take a Magic Johnson over a Mugsy Bogues. A taller guard can see and execute over the defense better, while making it more difficult for an opposing guard to see an execute over them.
Long answer, it depends on the situation. For most college teams a smaller, quicker guard with better skill will prevail over taller guards. But the best teams, the ones most likely to stand in the way of a championship, are more likely to have a Faris type athlete and/or a well coordinated defense that switches well, thus nullifying the quickness of a smaller guard..
The same argument applies in slightly different ways to center. I have taken your side in this before, pointing out how our 2002 team had a bunch of 6’2” players, along with the height challenged Texas AM team with Adams or the first Baylor championship team with Young.
Yet this is still a situational thing, as I have pointed out with Collier previously. As an elite talent, elite of the elite if you will, she dominated most centers she was up against and very deserving of her AA status. But her worst games came against big, elite centers that often proved to be one of the obstacles to our championship goals. Once she got to the WNBA she became even more elite because she played positionally more suited to her height.
