Re: champs/size

[Adam Litchy <allitchy@cland.net>]

Christopher Gee wrote:

  Whoever stated that size wins in this league just doesn't get the
  point.Including Chicago the last eight or nine champs have been all
  smaller teams.  Hakeem is only 6'10 and who was their power
  forward(thorpe
  or elie), Detroit was dominated by thomas, dumars and VJ.  Laimbeer
  was
  6'11, and they had rodman but they were not a particulary large
  team.
  With the exception of the celts, and maybe LA, recent champs have
  beeen
  winning with smaller more versatile multi dimensional players.

  My point being is that a Walker/ Duncan/and a small forward combo
  could be
  succesful even though they are not extremely tall.  Walker is a
  power
  forward and he will get much stronger and bigger in years to come.
  Kemp,
  Malone didn't just step into to the league as the monsters they are
  now.

   Christopher R. Gee

 Christopher,

About size and the recent NBA Champs...I think that the trend of small
teams winning it all can be attributed to the watering down of the
league through expansion.  You simply can't get a group of talented big
men together now.  But if you could, they would definetly dominate.

Adam Litchy