Can we now finally admit 'small ball' doesn't win

[KG215]

Ummm...there's a pretty good chance that two teams who play a lot of smallball would've met in the Finals for the second straight year if Westbrook doesn't get hurt. Well, I take that back, I wouldn't say OKC plays a lot of smallball (although Brooks was finally playing Perkins less this year), but their best lineups are with Durant at PF and Ibaka or Collison at C.

[Doranku]

No they don't, and Lebron at PF is not ****ing small ball, the man is 6'9 255.

He is a PF measurable wise. Bosh is a little undersized at C but it doesn't matter since the best East Cs aside from Noah are Al Horford and Greg Monroe, two PFs playing Cs.

Yes I get they beat the Pacers without Bosh, but that is disregarding the fact that Roy Hibbert is basically a decent version of Thabeet.

LeBron James was a wing player playing the 4 spot.


That's small ball.

[Zodiac]

LeBron James was a wing player playing the 4 spot.


That's small ball.

Small Ball would imply he's undersized but using superior athleticism to win at the 4

and 255 is not undersized at the four

[jzek]

one only has to look at the best small ball team of all time - pho suns. how many titles did they win?

[G-Funk]

Fixed that for you

what he said

[ralph_i_el]

It's better to play small ball than to play scrub big men instead.

[JtotheIzzo]

Ummm...there's a pretty good chance that two teams who play a lot of smallball would've met in the Finals for the second straight year if Westbrook doesn't get hurt. Well, I take that back, I wouldn't say OKC plays a lot of smallball (although Brooks was finally playing Perkins less this year), but their best lineups are with Durant at PF and Ibaka or Collison at C.

Yeah, because an Ibaka, Perkins and Durant front line is tiny...

[chips93]

Yeah, because an Ibaka, Perkins and Durant front line is tiny...

he means durant at the 4, with ibaka OR collison at the 5

which is a small line-up, and one which was really effective for the thunder last year

[IGOTGAME]

he means durant at the 4, with ibaka OR collison at the 5

which is a small line-up, and one which was really effective for the thunder last year

Durant is almost 7 feet tall...

[kurple]

small ball works fine but hero ball will fukk you in the ass hard sooner or later.

this

[All Net]

Miami won playing small ball last year and can do so again but least now they have other options on how to play due to healthly bosh/birdman

[andremiller07]

It's better to play small ball than to play scrub big men instead.

Yeah pretty much this, team's would not ever play small ball if they had big men who could actually do something impactful.

[DMAVS41]

The reason why small ball generally doesn't win is because of lack of defense. But the Heat manage to play great defense despite playing small ball...that is the big difference here.

Any style can work as long as you play quality defense.

[Rose'sACL]

The reason why small ball generally doesn't win is because of lack of defense. But the Heat manage to play great defense despite playing small ball...that is the big difference here.

Any style can work as long as you play quality defense.

this is the only correct answer.

[Collie]

Miami would have won irregardless of whatever style they used.