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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 3984555, member: 2458"] I think that was a big part of it, particularly in Jones’s case. But that was also the “this guy is the 2 guard. This guy is the SF and he has to be 6’7 230+” pigeon hole specific positions era. I would’ve rather had Kobe and Eddie playing together as the dynamic pair of wings, rather than Rick Fox’s basic lunker ass out there. IMO, Eddie was an ideal “3 and D” slasher who could run the floor, spot up, and slash and that could fit with Kobe. Van Exel would’ve had to adjust...and Kobe would’ve too(which I don’t think he was interested in at that young age - which was too bad). But I look at what Van Exel was able to do in Dallas 5 years later...they had Nash and Finley as their star perimeter players, and Van Exel was able to fit in fine - both in the PG role when needed and in the combo guard role alongside Nash when needed. [/QUOTE]