Positional Value & What Is Valued Within A Position

Across all sports, positional value is always changing. Traditional centers have been abolished in basketball, as have running backs in football. What is valued within a position is also changing. What are the changes to come?

Where To Listen

On this episode:

  • Running backs and positional value in the NFL.
  • How Steph Curry has changed what a point guard can be.
  • Draymond Green ushers in the era of tweeners.
  • Imagine Kendrick Perkins or Greg Ostertag playing in today's NBA?!
  • The shift in what is valued in NHL defensemen.
  • The puck-moving ability of the Colorado Avalanche defense corps.
  • Sam Girard and Devon Toews: a new way of playing defense.