http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/bill-laimbeer-shot-3-pointers-like-a-forward-played-center-like-a-center/ Your Go-To Source For Pistons Coverage Sat, 18 May 2013 21:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.pistonpowered.com/2011/02/bill-laimbeer-shot-3-pointers-like-a-forward-played-center-like-a-center/comment-page-1/#comment-22826 Laser Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:37:16 +0000 http://www.pistonpowered.com/?p=4720#comment-22826 few issues here, some you touched on.   1) PF and C have become pretty interchangeable these days. and you're not likely to have two goliaths on the floor who are both strong outside shooters, so the guy who isn't won't likely be called the center. you touched on this, but it bears repeating.   2) this probably has more to do with roles than anything. you need big men to be inside, rebound, box out, do the dirty work. when your bigs are camping out on the three point line, they can't do that stuff. and when the pistons tried to throw positions and roles out the window, they started to suck. if i have three or four reliable shooters on the floor, i'd rather have a big guy banging down low (TWSS).   3) off the top of my head i was instantly thinking of channing frye, then bargnani. i thought of ryan anderson after a second. in my defense, i don't know if okur's even played a game more recently than sheed has, but i slapped my forehead when i settled on those other guys as my 3. other than that, none stick out. though i haven't exactly put much thought into it. probably all goes back to my first two points. few issues here, some you touched on.
 
1) PF and C have become pretty interchangeable these days. and you’re not likely to have two goliaths on the floor who are both strong outside shooters, so the guy who isn’t won’t likely be called the center. you touched on this, but it bears repeating.
 
2) this probably has more to do with roles than anything. you need big men to be inside, rebound, box out, do the dirty work. when your bigs are camping out on the three point line, they can’t do that stuff. and when the pistons tried to throw positions and roles out the window, they started to suck. if i have three or four reliable shooters on the floor, i’d rather have a big guy banging down low (TWSS).
 
3) off the top of my head i was instantly thinking of channing frye, then bargnani. i thought of ryan anderson after a second. in my defense, i don’t know if okur’s even played a game more recently than sheed has, but i slapped my forehead when i settled on those other guys as my 3. other than that, none stick out. though i haven’t exactly put much thought into it. probably all goes back to my first two points.

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