12-16-2020, 10:19 AM
(12-16-2020, 02:06 AM)Branduil Wrote: 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.
I don't think these are comparable at all.
Gobert is an ALL-NBA talent entering his prime. He is not 34 year old Horford playing in a super DYSFUNCTIONAL 76ers system/team. Nor is he 34 year old journeyman Dwight Howard who has been so erratic and unreliable that he is now on his 6th team in 6 years.
Would you play Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell together in the modern NBA? I sure as hell would because for me talent trumps almost everything and talent almost always makes a way to make it fit.