Originally Posted by hawkoooo
When making a case against the necessity of a true center, you'd be wise not to use as an example a team that has a very skilled and successful true center.
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Which team are you referring to? Villanova didn’t have a true center and Loyola played much of the tourney with 6’6” Jackson at the “5” spot. And neither team had what you would call a true shot blocker. The key to their defenses was to keep penetration to a minimum. Of course if you have a kid like Bagley at Duke you’ll be helping yourself. But even he is a multifaceted player who can drive it and shoot from distance. The game is evolving.
You are going to see more and more teams use the 6’7”-6’9” kids as floor stretchers as opposed to back to the basket players.
