Shaq was so big, the rest of the league had to go small
[...] What small ball has done, however, is eradicated the underskilled big. Particularly the underskilled, unathletic big who clogs the paint. The paint does not need clogging any more without O’Neal, Olajuwon et al within it. Instead, if a player is to only have one skill, that skill ought really be shooting, no matter what height. Bruno Sundov came around ten years too early.
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