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[QUOTE="Sherman20, post: 4124505, member: 6357"]
The JB of today would have played Hak at center in 2003 along with Melo, Pace/Duany, GMac and Edelin. Instead of Forth and McNeil most of the time. Though wasn’t Hak in the middle on that last possession in the title game?  Back then he wanted to be bigger than the opposing team at every position (or at least a similar size). That said, JB has always said he tends to favor offense over defense. He talked about it in his book. That’s in part where the idea of putting Lydon and Marek at center originated from. He would never have done that in an earlier era because having a big man was so crucial to both ends of the court back then. But the game has changed. I also think this is where psychology comes into play. As you get older, you tend to fall back on old habits and what worked in the past or what worked most recently. So he’s going with the insanity of Jimmy at center because it worked with Lydon and Marek and he thinks it gives the offense a boost to have 5 offensive threats on the floor. But we all know it gives the team a huge disadvantage in rim protection, rebounding and interior scoring. Not to mention potentially stunting some of Frank’s development. I’m hoping Frank continues to make strides in practice and Jesse stops fouling out, so this foolish experiment with Jimmy in the middle goes away.
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