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uhh.. Tayshaun. That's not really close. Rip's got an awesome mid range game (the curl screen mostly), but he's also got range. Despite leading the league in 3P% in '05-'06, that's not his strength, but he's very good 18-20 feet out. Tayshaun's most effective offensive play is backing guys in and that little lefty baby hook in the lane.

You definitely could have found a better example than DET.

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You say that the defining characteristic of a 2 is a long range game, while a 3 plays closer to the basket. For their careers, almost 20% of Tayshaun's shots have been 3's, compared to 9% for Rip, and Tayshaun's shot 40 percentage points greater from 3. Yet, you say that a shooting guard has a better long range game than a small forward, and also that it's also crystal clear that Rip is the shooting guard and Tayshaun is the small forward. I think that bolsters Assani's point that the 2 and the 3 are pretty much interchangeable offensively and cater their style of play not to some rigid definition of what a guard should do versus a forward but instead whatever is tailored to their specific strengths. It's defensively where a greater distinction is made.