Originally Posted by
Kstat
Orlando with Howard and Lewis got mauled in the finals because rashard Lewis got manhandled by pau gasol at the 4. They would have lost earlier if they had played any team with a halfway decent PF before that.
Olajuwon had Otis thorpe next to him at PF the first year. And besides that horry can actually defend his position and play inside.
Dirk is not a stretch four. Holy shut, seriously?
Simply being able to shoot the 3 does not make you a stretch four. That's like calling Laimbeer a stretch four. It's an exclusive specialist that camps out there for 4 quarters for the purpose of spacing because he can't do anything else on offense.
Battier is a stretch four. Novak. Villauneva. Ryan Anderson. Jamison is getting there.