12-16-2020, 02:06 AM
I'm not going to argue that Gobert can't capably guard in space... as the five. The issue is asking both Gobert and KP to do it regularly playing together. Other teams wouldn't even need to switch, because one guy would regularly be assigned to a quick stretch-4.
It's not like teams haven't thought about using two bigs in today's NBA. The Sixers tried it and it was a disaster, even with two good defensive bigs able to defend in space. The Lakers started two bigs, but one was super-cheap and when things got real in the playoffs, they went with AD as the lone big. Because they wanted to win.
It's not that having the option of playing two bigs is bad, but being locked into it with two max-deal bigs is not an efficient allocation of resources.
It's not like teams haven't thought about using two bigs in today's NBA. The Sixers tried it and it was a disaster, even with two good defensive bigs able to defend in space. The Lakers started two bigs, but one was super-cheap and when things got real in the playoffs, they went with AD as the lone big. Because they wanted to win.
It's not that having the option of playing two bigs is bad, but being locked into it with two max-deal bigs is not an efficient allocation of resources.