Using the NBA Draft Combine and semifinals as a reset on positional size

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2024 NBA Draft. All three of Brown’s All-Star selections have come in seasons where he starts at small forward: Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum positions Season Brown position Tatum position 2017-18 SG PF 2018-19 Reserve PF 2019-20 SG PF 2020-21 SF PF 2021-22 SG SF 2022-23 SF PF 2023-24 SF PF The positional versatility offered by Brown and Tatum has allowed the Celtics to smoothly fit the guards and bigs around them. And, when I say small ball, you still can have a 7-footer out there who can put it on the floor and shoot the 3 and run the offense.” When Kidd was on the Los Angeles Lakers coaching staff that won the 2020 NBA championship, Anthony Davis was the power forward while playing next to traditional centers in JaVale McGee and Dwight Howard. Kidd, as a player and coach, has seen the many archetypes of power forward, over the years and currently, who fit that spot: the rebounding bruiser the premier athlete the tall shooter the bucket the driver the roving defender In Dallas this season, Kidd has overseen a revolving door at power forward that was certainly bolstered by the Mavericks replacing offseason signing Grant Williams with another 2019 first-round pick in P.J. Sabonis’ size is in sharp contrast to some of the other teams Brown saw at the top of the Western Conference: the Nuggets are led by three-time MVP center Nikola Jokić and the Minnesota Timberwolves, who had the NBA’s top defense and beat the Nuggets in Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals.