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As shooting ranges stretch and skill trumps strength in a more free-flowing game, the NBA is increasingly a league dominated by guards and wings. Any doubt about that disappears with a quick glance at the last decade's worth of MVPs: guards and wings all.

The bigs still matter, though. And even if the power forward spot is more about floor spacing than posting up these days, frontcourts impact the game.

Here, we'll organize all 30 of them into an order reflecting projected strength for the upcoming campaign, focusing strictly on the starters at the 3, 4 and 5. No bonus points for depth.

These are based on how each frontcourt will perform in 2017-18 alone. We'll factor in last season's stats and look ahead at how each unit should perform. Fit and chemistry will inform our rankings as much as the overall numbers.

Just a hint: It really helps to have a couple of superstars up front.