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January 2023

You must stop doing this. There are two people in the roster with the surname of Brown – Troy and Sterling. When two people (regardless of position in the team) have the same surname then we list the first letter of the name (T. Brown Jr. and S. Brown). In some instances people's names also start with the same letter and then we write the first two (or three) letters of the name (for example, Ja. Crawford and Jo. Crawford or She. Williams and Sha. Williams). – Koolcatz34 11:05, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

"You must stop doing this."

Thanks. I believe I only did it once(?), but I'll keep it in mind in the future. Why so strongly worded? JAX4981 (talk) 18:15, 8 January 2023 (UTC)

Carmelo Anthony

I reverted your edit because he finished his career as a power forward, and he played many years as a power forward. It was also his most recent position ReaganHoang10 (talk) 20:07, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Plus position order doesn’t even matter anyway ReaganHoang10 (talk) 20:10, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

@ReaganHoang10 Position order does matter though, the first position listed is almost always their primary position. Plus, many players finish their career playing positions they didn't play in their prime. And while he played several years at pf, he played more at sf. JAX4981 (talk) 21:30, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Also, you gotta stop with the Haslem thing. It's wasn't my decision to omit the center position. JAX4981 (talk) 21:32, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

Whose decision was it then? According to Pro Basketball Reference, it says that he is also a center. Look at WP:NBAPOSITION and it will tell you everything you need to know. ReaganHoang10 (talk) 01:04, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@ReaganHoang10 If you look through the revision history, you can see what I'm talking about, but honestly, I actually don't even care. I agree with you. Anyway, what I actually am concerned with is that you're changing positions like Carmelo's to put his secondary position first, and then throwing out the claim that positional order doesn't matter. Can you please provide a source on that, because on nearly every retired player's page, the position that they played primarily is listed first. Thanks! JAX4981 (talk) 01:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

What I think is that the most recent position should be placed first. Not 100% sure, but Melo did play power forward in like the last four or five years of his career. ReaganHoang10 (talk) 01:57, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@ReaganHoang10 Why do you think that and do you have a source? By that logic, Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant would be listed as SF/SG and Magic Johnson would be listed as PF/PG. Please provide a source or I cannot get behind what you're saying. JAX4981 (talk) 01:59, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Let me explain. Kobe was listed as SG/SF because he only played one year as a starting SF. Melo played several (maybe more than several) seasons as a starting PF, and it was his most recent position. Do you understand me now? ReaganHoang10 (talk) 02:16, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@ReaganHoang10 I kinda understand what you think, but you're still not providing a source. So... Should LeBron be listed as PF/SF? Because he's played several years as a 4, and it's his most recent position, but he's played more seasons as a 3, and he's often cited as a 3 (just like Melo). Basically what I'm hearing is that you think (hypothetically (extreme example)) if a player played 7 seasons as a center, and 5 seasons as a shooting guard, and all 5 shooting guard seasons came in the last 5 seasons of his career when he was old and not in his prime, he should be listed as a SG/C? But if he only played 1 or 2 seasons at SG at the end of his career, he should be listed as a C/SG? Seems a bit inconsistent to me. Please provide a source. thanks :) JAX4981 (talk) 02:30, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Bron is back at small forward with Vando/Rui at the 4. I’m a Lakers fan myself, and I watch the games, so I know. ReaganHoang10 (talk) 02:32, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

@ReaganHoang10 But he primarily played the 4 this year, no? Anyway, there's a ton more examples, so, since you can't provide a source, I'm going to open a discussion on Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball's talk page if that's ok with you. JAX4981 (talk) 02:42, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Before the mid-season trades yes. But after he played SF ReaganHoang10 (talk) 02:46, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

Sure. ReaganHoang10 (talk) 02:46, 27 July 2023 (UTC)

By the way, I don't have a source on the idea that position order matters, but if it doesn't matter and you do have a source, I'd love to see it. If not I can open a discussion on Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball's talk page :) JAX4981 (talk) 21:45, 26 July 2023 (UTC)

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