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(06-19-2020 02:15 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(06-19-2020 11:16 AM)ODUCoach Wrote:  If/when the NBA restarts, the Houston Rockets are going to play a lot of minutes with no one bigger than 6'6" on the floor. I think it's important to have some size, but the old days of absolutely having two guys bigger than 6'8" at all times on the floor is well in the past.

Whether discussing having two guys bigger than 6'8" on the floor at all times, or having no one bigger than 6'6" on the floor, nothing in basketball is an absolute. A coach will seek the players that best suit the style of play he wants to coach, and they don't all coach the same style of play.

I bet Houston shoots better than 40% as a team from the floor and 69% from the free throw! That is why we need big men, we simply can't shoot! Lay-ups/dunks are higher percentage then 20' jump shots!