One thing that’s happened in the NBA within the last decade is we’re seeing more and more wing players facilitating offensively. Just this season, for example, players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant (when healthy), and the Mavs’ own Chandler Parsons at times handled a bulk of the playmaking responsibilities for their respective teams, and the list doesn’t come close to stopping there. Nowadays, every team has multiple players who can attack the basket and make things happen on the outside. No longer is running offense exclusively the point guard’s job.
That means wing defenders must be very multi-talented.