Prediction: We will Start a Traditional Center

[Jason Terry]

Not enough wings was not the problem, imho. Clippers have arguably two of the top 5 wings in the league. There is no one on one defense against that. Five out small ball offense basically kills help defense and they get a reasonably open shot every time. The only counter offense is for your bigs to be able to punish them on the other side with higher efficiency coupled with offensive rebounding. 

Neither Gobert nor KP could do that. Actually, the way bigs are at disadvantage today, there is perhaps just a couple of guys in the league that are mobile and strong enough to do that. Ayton mostly did well and forced Clippers to play Zubac, but even him would probably not be enough if Clippers had Kawhi.

We were destroyed by three 6’8”, one 6’7” wings and a 6’2” guard. Too big(Zubac, Ibaka). And too small( Rondo, Beverley). Along with anyone who can’t shoot 3’s eventually gets played off the court in the playoffs. 

So what did we do? We added a wing who actually could’ve been on the court in the series and made a big difference. THJ and DFS as your only real wings in 2021 playoffs won’t cut it