“Want to know what a franchise & coaching staff is trying to do? Watch the 4.”
Player development and scouting guru PD Web tweeted those words this past summer, and they ring oh so true. Modern power forwards, to the extent they exist, are “asked to morph their games to whatever is needed to win within modern basketball while papering over any flaws of now-outmoded roster building.”
Is your team emphasizing rim protection, floor-spacing? Rebounding, transition offense, connective passing? If you can’t tell, find what the power forward is being asked to do.