You are talking the last 20 games. I am talking about 20 years. The point is there is nothing wrong with going small for periods of time during a game. I would not mind seeing Batum or Webster guarding Dirk 24 feet from the basket for periods of a game. I agree that it would be un wise to do it on a regular basis like Nelson has done in the past. But 10 minutes a game?
The last 20 years are irrelevant. I don't care that once upon a time Sam Perkins or Vlade Divacs killed us. That's all in the past. All I care about is who we match up with now and whether or not we can stop them. We get beat a LOT more by teams with strong physical 4s than by teams with stretch 4s. I'd much rather add a banger back-up 4 (maybe Pendergraph can grow into that role, maybe not - too soon to tell) than play Batum or Martell out of position. Aldridge can guard the Dirks and Shards of the world just fine. What we need is the option to add a little power to the power forward spot. BNM
I love these Mixum posts. It's like of he changes his opinions enough times he just might be right once.
