the real small ball line up came a couple years back with kidd at the point, kj at shooting guard, rex champman at small forward, shawn marion at power forward, and googs at center. we have also had times in the past where they placed rex champman center and add cliff robinson in there and took googs out.
Isn't it illegal to have a player playing in college and in the NBA at the same time? Because we never have been able to have a lineup of Kidd, KJ, Marion, and Googs.. In the 2000 playoffs, KJ and Marion played together but that was only because Kidd and Googs were both out with injuries, and KJ came out of retirement to help his old squad in a pretty desperate circumstance. Before that, if Kidd, KJ, and Googs were all on the floor, Marion would have been still in college playing at UNLV. If Danny Ainge ever tried to employ that lineup above, he would've been fired long before he even got a chance to resign.
However, in those playoffs, KJ couldn't play 40 minutes a game, so we had Penny playing a lot of point, with Todd Day playing some shooting guard. Also, keep in mind Marion was still a rookie, and Cliff Robinson was our starter at the small forward for the majority of the year, and he got a lot of time at that position even during the playoffs. That means we had a 1,2, 3 lineup of 6'7, 6'8, and 6'10. That's hardly small ball. Then, we might have Rodney Rogers at power forward, or Cliff at the 4 when Marion was in the game. At center, we had Luc Longley and Oliver Miller, two pretty decently sized guys. We never ever played Marion at power forward during his rookie season, and if memory serves me correctly, Rex Chapman was out the last 3 weeks of the season and the playoffs because of an appendectomy. Therefore, a lineup of Kidd, KJ, Chapman, Marion, and Googs or Cliffy not only never did occur, but it never even could have.
Sorry Jim, but the whole point of your post is lost on me with absolutely ridiculous statements like this. I value your opinions because you're very well-spoken, but Bo Outlaw will dominat Shawn Marion in the post?? Are you nuts?
Well first of all, my Bo Outlaw dominating Shawn Marion statement was a hyperbole mainly for effect. Nevertheless, if you watched Bo the last 2 years as I know you have, you must've noticed that he has a very good ability at finishing plays under the basket, and he actually isn't a bad post-up player when he doesn't get double-teamed and when he actually gets in a position where he gets the ball in the post. You also must've noticed that the guy has the kind of body Michaelangelo would never have even dreamed of sculpting, so he'd be considerably stronger than Marion. I actually do believe that if Bo Outlaw were matched up 1 on 1 with Shawn Marion in the post, he could score pretty easily. The point I was trying to make is that Shawn Marion, 14 pounds stronger or not, cannot guard power forwards in the post without a double team helper, and obviously it's best if we double team the post as little as possible. Is there anybody in here that really thinks Shawn Marion guarding Chris Webber is a good idea? Or Tim Duncan? Or Adonal Foyle or Antwone Jamison or Kevin Garnet?
I know I don't.
