In addition, the largest advantage a great bigman brings to the team is rebounding and a defensive presence in the paint. That's why poor defensive big men who have great post-games, like Al Jefferson, can never be the centerpiece of a championship team, why Bill Russell won so many championship despite a limited offensive game, and why a team like the Miami Heat, who feature two of the best penetrators in the league, are a defensive big away (and a decent point guard) from dominating the league.
Again, great penetration puts a similar kind of pressure on the interior defense as great post-play.
My biggest concern against the Lakers is not that the Spurs will be able to produce enough offense, but that an aging Tim Duncan is obviously not enough to deal with the tandem of Gasol and Bynum.
Their 3 point shooting tendencies will not be what does the Spurs in if they meet up with the Lakers in the playoffs. It's their lack of size, which EVERY fan and commentator has cited as the Spurs greatest weakness.
If you were actually an intelligent person, you would've led this thread, "How often has a team won the le with a relatively undersized frontline?"


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...some cats try to claim him as theirs but he has my Kool logo branded on his ass...
@ idiots who don't know the game.
