Shhh...don't tell the kids, spiral.
Nellie has always done whatever it would take to win. Always. No way he was going to beat those Boston, Philly, and LA teams on offense, so the Bucks played defense. No way he was going to beat Shaquille O'Neal on defense with Raef LaFrenz and Shawn Bradley, so he played offense.
Is this so hard to understand? To me, it's not.
You know, I find it funny looking back to see that in the '03 playoff run we spent well less than ten minutes a game without a center on the court. Oh, but Nellie, even if he had Shaq, wouldn't play him. Please.
And don't give me Patrick Ewing on the very down side of his career as a counter-example. Ewing was a dog.
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