We need a bruiser!

[Dahlsim]

Doesn't wide, strong and nasty usually come from a big though?   

Pretty much, not sure what SPM had in mind when he typed it. We need someone to contain the big bodies that push us around in the paint. Powell, Maxi and KP are not those guys try as they may.

Physical players. Boban isn't a bruiser and he is tall.

Lots of 6.6. , 6.7 guys who are bruisers.

Guys that can bang, I don't consider these necessarily to be big men.

Ok, I was responding to wide, strong and nasty.  Wide and strong is what Dallas sometimes lacks in the paint as their front line guys get pushed and around.  Luka and KP both pay the price when the opponents Big men have it too easy and get to pound on the Dallas scorers.  In the paint is where wide and strong becomes a major asset.