Last year I wrote an article about position-by-position strenghts and weaknesses of NBA Teams.
By popular demand, the study will be one of the regularly updated sections at NBAstuffer.com!
From weakest to strongest, here is the position-by-position stats* of the NBA teams that treated opponents either as rolling out a "welcome mat" or as "defending the castle".
Can you guess why the Pistons are the worst in PG guarding? It A.I.n’t that difficult!
| Rank | SF | PF | C | SG | PG |
| 1 | New Jersey | New York | Chicago | Denver | Detroit |
| 2 | LA Clippers | Chicago | Golden State | San Antonio | New Jersey |
| 3 | Atlanta | Indiana | Washington | Toronto | LA Clippers |
| 4 | Miami | Denver | Oklahoma City | New Orleans | Utah |
| 5 | New York | New Jersey | New York | New Jersey | New York |
| 6 | Toronto | Memphis | Miami | Atlanta | Washington |
| 7 | Chicago | Minnesota | Atlanta | Golden State | Minnesota |
| 8 | Milwaukee | Sacramento | LA Clippers | Phoenix | LA Lakers |
| 9 | Washington | Miami | Orlando | Portland | Houston |
| 10 | Utah | Milwaukee | Dallas | Utah | Orlando |
| 11 | Golden State | Golden State | Houston | Indiana | Memphis |
| 12 | Minnesota | LA Clippers | Utah | Orlando | Toronto |
| 13 | Oklahoma City | New Orleans | Memphis | Memphis | Sacramento |
| 14 | Indiana | Utah | Milwaukee | Dallas | Indiana |
| 15 | Memphis | Oklahoma City | San Antonio | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City |
| 16 | Cleveland | Houston | Portland | Minnesota | Atlanta |
| 17 | San Antonio | Philadelphia | Sacramento | Philadelphia | Golden State |
| 18 | Sacramento | Washington | New Jersey | Washington | San Antonio |
| 19 | Dallas | Dallas | New Orleans | New York | Dallas |
| 20 | Charlotte | San Antonio | Phoenix | Sacramento | Philadelphia |
| 21 | LA Lakers | Charlotte | Minnesota | Cleveland | Phoenix |
| 22 | Denver | Detroit | Cleveland | Charlotte | Milwaukee |
| 23 | Detroit | Toronto | Detroit | Miami | Cleveland |
| 24 | Orlando | Atlanta | Philadelphia | Milwaukee | New Orleans |
| 25 | Portland | Portland | Toronto | Houston | Chicago |
| 26 | Phoenix | Orlando | Boston | Detroit | Charlotte |
| 27 | Boston | LA Lakers | LA Lakers | Boston | Portland |
| 28 | New Orleans | Boston | Charlotte | LA Clippers | Miami |
| 29 | Houston | Phoenix | Denver | Chicago | Denver |
| 30 | Philadelphia | Cleveland | Indiana | LA Lakers | Boston |
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