05-26-2021, 03:05 PM
(05-26-2021, 02:54 PM)ItsGoTime Wrote: Roster flexibility is the name of the game in today’s NBA.
I couldn't agree with this more if you paid me.
But, and I don't think you'll disagree, I want to point out that it's really only the roster flexibility of your top 6-8 that helps. A team built to play "big" can't go to their 10th man in order to play "small" during the playoffs and hope for success that way, or vice versa.
What makes the Lakers' situation work from a "flexibility" standpoint is that adjusting to the smaller approach (emphasis on the 'er' at the end of smaller) is actually a movement towards getting MORE of their best players on the court, in addition to putting their two very best players in a situation to capitalize on athletic and skill advantages. BOTH of those benefits, together, are the thing.