Anderson has started the last eight games at the point-guard position, averaging 11 points, 6 assists and 27.7 minutes over that span.

I think Steve Francis was brought here to basically try to play the point-guard position last year.

He proved emphatically that basketball could be dominated from the point-guard position.

The conversations with Cheeks signal the first response by the Nets to improve the play at the point-guard position on the bench.

But the more I become accustomed to the point-guard position, the easier it seems to be becoming.

Harper scored 22 points on 7-for-10 shooting, giving New York a new outside threat at the point-guard position.

Smith said he feels more productive when he does not have the responsibility of the point-guard position.

"The point-guard position around here has become a fad, an issue to bring up," Riley said yesterday after practice.

Riley is gaining confidence in Starks at the point-guard position.

Second, unless Mark Jackson's play improves, the point-guard position may again become a focus of concern and controversy.