What position on a basketball team do you consider to be the most important? and why?

i know basketball is a team sport, but each position is unique and specialize in certain things that other positions don't.





So, what position on a basketball team do you consider to be the most important? and why?|||I'd say center. Red Auerbach always said that if you are building a championship team, you need a great center. Who am I to argue with genius? I think PG is an important position as well. However, I don't think you need a great PG to win a championship. I think you just need a good floor leader that makes good decisions and gets the ball to the open man. Derek Fisher wasn't a great PG during the Lakers 3 peat. Rondo wasn't a great PG last season. Stockton and Kidd never won a championship. Of course there are exceptions to winning without a great center. The Bulls never had one during their dynasty. But, I think it makes winning a lot easier, when you have a dominant big man.|||on offense a pg because he's like a quarter back of basketball and on defense i say center becasuse his job is to protect the paint and guard his man

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|||All positions are important, but i think any kinds of posts are the most importantt. They are most definitely the most powerful on the team, and the tallest. They always are in charge of getting rebounds, boxing out, etc. If the point guard doesn't stop the ball, the posts are in charge of getting them in an uncomfotable position.





Point guards are also important, mostly because they are in charge of getting the ball down the court, and stopping the ball so the other team doesn't get an open shot. The point guards are probably going to be the best dribblers on the team, and they can also be the best shooters. They are in charge of getting back on defense in case the defense is about to make a fast break.|||At most levels of play, it's probably the point guard, for the reasons everyone else has mentioned. In the NBA it switches to center, because there's so much more emphasis on defense in the pros. Look at your title winners for the last 10 years... every one had a dominant low-post player.|||The center. all great teams have a good center. There the controllers of the defense. In close 2nd is the PG. But anybody can birng the ball up the court.





EDIT: It also depends on the team. Im a center and my point gaurd sucks. He's def not the most important.|||shooting guard... someone has to shoot the basketball to win and the shooting guard has much more opportunity to do so especially when it's tight to bring the ball down to the men in the post area|||Small forward because they have to do better defense than anyone else, and they have to help the team with scoring, assists, and rebounds. Theyre like the heart of the team|||point gaurd because he controls the team has to be a leader and can score and set teamates up and the small foward because they are so versatille good defenders and scorers|||Point guard because he handles the ball and facilitates the offense. But obviously the star player (that's not PG) should outshine his point guard.|||point guard because he sets up plays and tells other players where to go and what to do





he is the mastermind of all the plays|||point guard, he's like the quarterback of the team|||Point Guard.