So, the argument goes like this: The NBA has no need for slow, plodding centers, and with the way the pro game is played today, the traditional big man is obsolete.
The rebuttal: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz … The NBA has never been a safe haven for big stiffs, and to say that the traditional big man is obsolete would wrongly imply they were ever relevant to begin with – or that Phoenix just drafted one.
The Suns made the right move in selecting Deandre Ayton with the top pick, regardless of hypothetical talk about whether centers matter in the “position-less basketball” era of the modern NBA.