5th Annual SI Player Rankings: #5 PF

Who is the #5 PF in the NBA?

  • Paul Millsap

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Thaddeus Young

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Taj Gibson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tristan Thompson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • David Lee

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Dirk Nowitzki

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Kenneth Faried

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Draymond Green

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Amir Johnson

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Josh Smith

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • David West

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Markieff Morris

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Derrick Favors

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jared Sullinger

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Serge Ibaka

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Jabari Parker

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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I'm going to be that guy because everyone except for a few clowns on this board know Tim Duncan is a center. Popp himself has put this argument to rest saying Duncan is the center and always has been.

I'll put it this way, we can call him a "hybrid" in the same way Anthony Davis and a few others are, but the guy is undoubtedly a center and plays more minutes at center than power forward. Injuries or no injuries, so it's not like he's being forced into it.
 

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We'd honestly profit from making these rankings something like

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I'm pretty sure Bosh is also a center, but positions are almost a crapshoot these days. 
 

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Hurricane Season said:
I'm pretty sure Bosh is also a center, but positions are almost a crapshoot these days. 
He's a PF that plays C when necessary imo
 

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nolafan33 said:
I'm going to be that guy because everyone except for a few clowns on this board know Tim Duncan is a center. Popp himself has put this argument to rest saying Duncan is the center and always has been.

I'll put it this way, we can call him a "hybrid" in the same way Anthony Davis and a few others are, but the guy is undoubtedly a center and plays more minutes at center than power forward. Injuries or no injuries, so it's not like he's being forced into it.
Where a guy plays and what his natural position is aren't the same though. Magic Johnson played center one game.
 

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He's a power forward who plays some minutes at center.
 

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He's been starting at center ever since their first finals year, if I'm not mistaken.  I'm sure he gets some burn at the four, but he's primarily been the five for the past three years.
 

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Whiteside might settle into the five full time after his breakout year, though.
 

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nolafan33 said:
He's a PF that plays C when necessary imo
 
which was like the entirety of their championship runs?
 

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Hurricane Season said:
He's been starting at center ever since their first finals year, if I'm not mistaken.  I'm sure he gets some burn at the four, but he's primarily been the five for the past three years.
If you are going to go by the true "positions", then it all depends on who you view as what. The years he played next to Splitter, I definitely view splitter as more of a "center" than Duncan. Same with Blair and the way he plays. On the other hand, Diaw is more of a perimeter guy.

But any site that tells you how much % a guy played at one position is speculative because they're all based on how whatever person/site views a lineup. Like I've seen sites that say Redick has played PG in his career which he never has except maybe in garbage time his rookie year.

Regardless, the common philosophy is that positions are disappearing (Nola too has said this, and later backtracked when it was convenient for him [i.e. DeAngelo Russell]). Which is why it's better to do these polls just based on natural fit, for which Duncan's is power forward. Hell, Nola drafted Duncan as his PF in the re-draft last summer -____-
 

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He was talking about Bosh
 

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CameronCrazy06 said:
Where a guy plays and what his natural position is aren't the same though. Magic Johnson played center one game.
Then Duncan is a center playing power forward lol

Look it's clear neither of us will change our mind so it's pointless to keep talking about it, I'll let Sal make the final call.
 

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You must have forgotten Bosh's stint with the Spurs.
I'm at work lol. That statement could've applied to either so I just ran with it
 

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buzzy said:
We'd honestly profit from making these rankings something like

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yep. said this a few polls back too
 

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Well we are going to continue to do this position based. And Duncan will remain a PF as it literally doesn't matter in the slightest as we are a small sports forum doing a makeshift ranking process.

If someone has an issue with these they can run it next time around.
 
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