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[Smitty]

This is the comparison that led me to call Risacher a SG - or if you don't like the terminology, a 3&D wing or a 3 point specialist.  Basically, a wing who can shoot, but isn't great at creating for himself/others.  I get that some like to call Flagg the SG in such an arrangement, but it seems silly to call Flagg a guard and Max a forward.  Just call Flagg a Point Forward...but I digress.

I'd probaby also put Biberovic in this category with Max and ZR.  Aldama might be a taller version of the same thing.  Nothing says you can't have Aldama, Risacher and Max all on the floor together if you have enough creation elsewhere - certainly two of the three works.

Don't get me going down that rabbit hole again, haha. You know how I feel about position labels. Playstyle, archetype, role are what I think people are trying to describe when using them. I don't believe anyone this day and age thinks a coach is drawing up a play and saying the SF is setting a screen for the SG here, yada yada. Or that a player would be lost, if he didn't know if he was playing 'PF' or 'C' on the next possession down the floor.  

I think Flagg will initiate a ton of offensive possessions. I also think he'll play "off-ball" a ton, as a secondary playmaker/initiator. Some call the latter a SG. Most call the former a PG. Some call a catch and shoot/movement shooter only (like Klay) a SG, who's only a play finisher. Others might call it a SF. It is what it is.

To your point, yes. I think they've added a ton of 'positionless' type guys that can do a bit of everything. That are especially switchable defensively. Having the size to do so. It's the way of the modern NBA game, and I'm all for it!