text: can anyone tell me the basketball positions and all the skills for each position?   point guard-okay this player is the most important to the team. not necessarily the best but he is the most important. first this person should have good ball handling skills and must be able to see the court better than anyone on the team. vision is very important.he also needs to be a good passer because he is going to be the man guy who distributes the ball.  shooting guard-now a lot of times this is the best player on the team.(if you look to the history of the nba and presnt, like jordan,kobe, wade, lebron). this person should have a good shot and should be able to drive to the basket.  small foward-well he is the guy inthe middle. he should be able to driblle (at least descent), rebound, drive and sometimes post up.  power foward- this guy rebounds and is also accounted to score points down low and blocks shots. they also should be able to set a pick since they usually set the most picks/screens.  center-this guy rebounds,blocks, scores down low.