THE CRUCIFIX: Cato: Wood isn't thrilled w/ his role...Will depart in the summer

[mvossman]

And that's rad! Love it! 

Right up to the point where you say (and this is more of @"DanSchwartzgan"'s argument than yours) that one of those guys can ONLY be played with another one, as in "______ can't be played as a solo big."  At that point, if the statement is correct, I flatly don't want that player in my rotation. THAT is NOT flexibility.

You might disagree with this, which is fine, but just to be clear, while I like what you're selling above (it is flexibility, as long as it's just an option), I suspect it would be less useful from a frequency of use perspective than playing one big...unless you happen to have two uncommonly skilled and athletic guys at once. Idk, maybe that would differ from coach to coach.

I don't think the argument is (or really ever has been) that a player has to play with another player.  I think some combinations work better than others generally.  Any two of Collins/Maxi/Powell should work but I would argue Collins/Maxi probably makes the most sense and Collins/Powell the least.  

I also don't think it would be an issue to have any two of those guys on the court defensively.  Maxi and Powell have played a lot of minutes together without hit to defense (the bigger issue being two offensively limited players which is not a problem with Collins).