FORWARD-CENTER

'Forward-center' is a basketball position for players who play or have played both forward and center on a consistent basis. Typically, this means power forward and center, since these are usually the two biggest player positions on any basketball team, and therefore more often overlap.
Forward-center came into the basketball jargon as the game evolved and became more specialized in the 1960s. Other terms, such as point guard, small forward and power forward, have come to describe similar subcategories of players, even as center, forward and guard are the only actual positions on most basketball teams.
Typically, a forward-center is a very talented forward who also came to play minutes at center on teams that needed help at that position. Or he could be a somewhat floor-bound center, under seven-feet tall at the NBA level, whose skills also suit him to a power forward position, especially if that team does have a better center.
Center and forward typically have different skills sets. Common to both of them are scoring, passing and rebounding. A power forward who is a forward-center is also usually a strong inside defender, something a center also is usually expected to be.
Since a forward-center is not usually seven-feet or taller, perimeter shooting skills are usually needed to compensate for lack of height or size near the basket.