07-13-2021, 07:00 PM
(07-13-2021, 06:25 PM)Okstate819 Wrote: Respect this take regarding bigs. Watching these playoffs though, I think we might be seeing a flip in thinking regarding value of certain bigs. The guys who CAN stay on the floor during crunch time are some of the most valuable players in the league. If we had Collins/Holmes against the clips and they go small we would’ve punished them on the inside while also having enough length and athleticism to defend at a higher level than we did. If they are then forced to keep Zubac on the floor… Luka just torched him again.
But only one of those guys is "punishing" small ball at a time. If Holmes is on the floor then Collins is on the perimeter. He is not punishing small ball from there. This is an argument for having one of those guys, but not both.