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164936.1
Date: 11/26/2010 3:35:22 PM
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Hi!

Is there any difference in BB between PG and SG? I understand PG must have good JS to be effective in BB and both are hard to train in IS.

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164936.2 in reply to 164936.1
Date: 11/26/2010 3:54:24 PM
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Point guards generally need more handling and passing and can sometimes get away with less JS and JR. (the second point is probably debatable)

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164936.3 in reply to 164936.2
Date: 11/26/2010 8:47:54 PM
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While a PG needs passing and handling to run offense like motion, a SG needs better jump shooting and, probably more importantly, outside defense. I find that my PGs really do not shoot very much, and probably have an average of -3 in shooting skills compared to the successful SGs I have seen. They aren't big impact players from the points perspective, but they can often make layups and jumpers just fine without a lot of attention to their shooting stats.

If you are having difficulty training a PG or a small forward, I would throw this out there. Small forwards should probably be trained the same as PGs. I know that for inside-oriented offenses like LI or LP, having a passing SF is essential to getting good shots. I like to play people that are interchangeable at PG and SF positions.

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164936.4 in reply to 164936.3
Date: 11/26/2010 9:07:53 PM
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While a PG needs passing and handling to run offense like motion, a SG needs better jump shooting and, probably more importantly, outside defense.

I don't think that this is necessarily true for a few reasons:
1) Since a PG doesn't have to spend as much time doing time intensive JR training it can make more sense to have them get more OD training (which is also time intensive) rather than making your SG go through massive amounts of both.
2) You want high OD on the opposing PG to cause more turnovers, disrupt offensive flow and prevent the person with the ball at the end of the shotclock from getting easy shots.
3) If you're playing a zone then everyone on the perimeter needs good OD.
4) Even in a man offense you can switch players' defensive assignments to create favourable matchups. You can't do that as easily of offense.