http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/02/25/playing-big-and-small-visualizing-effective-height/
But that might not be a bad thing. Miami, Orlando and the Knicks are the tallest in the East. Minnesota, Denver and NOP in the West. Not a list of power houses.
Good data and nice graph in this article.
When I first joined this forum, one of the big questions was whether we'll ever find a good center.
My initial reaction //was why don't we go for the Obradovic solution?//. Some were shocked and explained that this kind of euro-basketball would never work in the NBA where size and strength matter more... Interesting to see how things have changed with the sudden rise of GSW.
Another key point I take from this article is that a small frontcourt often works best with a big backcourt in this kind of system. Indeed, Obradovic's starter PG and key player in Panathinaikos was Diamantidis who is 6'5'' (and has quite long arms too- Greek fans call him 'the octopus'
).
This makes me wonder if having IT playing PG will ever turn out to be a liability on our way to become a contender, but so far so good.
Topic: We're the shortest team in the league (Read 1654 times)