Nivek wrote:I agree with nate. Every advantage you get with a dominant post scorer, you get with a dynamic penetrating player. On dribble penetration, the defense still has to rotate, shooters still get open on the perimeter or in the paint. And not worrying about a dominating post scorer also expands opportunities for a team personnel-wise because the supply of highly-skilled bigs is pretty small.
I understand what you're saying but you don't need a big in order to have a dominant post player. I consider Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce and Kobe as dominant with their backs to the basket. Post play doesn't have a narrow definition designated to post play on the lower block. Dirk has an effective post game 20ft away from the basket. Even with penetrators at some point you can sag off of them and with proper rotations defenses can eliminate drives off of P&R. I can't think of one team that has won it all without some type of effective post play.
