A question every team faces when trying to create a solid lineup; what's more important? The point guard or the center? For me it's the point guard because they handle the ball 70% of the time for the offense. We are not including players like Lebron or Wade, who are good facilitators but aren't natural point guards.

The point guard brings the ball up every offensive possession and calls out the plays. They make sure every guy on the court is in their place and they try to pick the best play to run for the offense to be affective. Whether that would be a mismatch or an isolation post-up. The center no matter how great needs someone to feed him the ball. A center will get his points if he is good and he will get his rebounds as well. But, they are single threat and often they can't do enough on their own to make other players a threat. I am not saying that they don't draw attention to defenses and provide opportunities for other guys, but rather if a defense is smart; they will let him get his points and shutdown everyone else. The point guard on the other hand is meant to get other guys involved. He will find the open guy and give him opportunities to score. They make sure the defense has to play honest to all their players. Often players emerge as stars because they have solid point guards i.e.: Amar'e Stoudemaire and Carlos Boozer.

Let's take the current NBA teams. Some of the best teams have star point guards, OKC has Russell Westbrook, the Celtics have Rajan Rondo, the Bulls have Derrick Rose, etc. Teams like Miami don't have a solid point guard, but they have a solid center either. Rather they have combo guards who do the same job. You have Lebron doing it for the Heat; you have Kobe doing it for the Lakers, etc. You need a facilitator to get other guys involved. The only dominant centers I see are Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum. Dwight can have an amazing night but, the Orlando magic can still lose. This is evident in subpar teams. Indiana has Roy Hibbert and though they are having a great season, it still leaves the question on how good they would be. Same thing with teams like the Bucks or the Hawks who have Bogut and Horford

I like to finish but counter arguing the NBA past champions. Sure great centers like Shaq, Bill Russell and Hakeem Olajuwon have won multiple championships, but that was the past and the NBA is constantly evolving. Teams are learning to deal with centers, a center may get 50 points but, if you hold the rest of the team to 30 to 35 points; you have a good shot of winning. Though I may pick a point guard over a center, it doesn't mean the center is a bad pick either. As a matter of fact, if you can get those two positions locked up; you have a pretty solid team that could contend for a championship.