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Originally Posted by chumdawg

For example, there are only a handful of guys as good as a Garnett or an AI. But when those guys don't have a Pippen-esque sidekick, their teams are easily exploited. But when they DO have that sidekick, both players' talents come to the fore.

We saw this firsthand in our two tilts with Phoenix the last two years. The first time around, we could take our pick of who we wanted to take out of the game, Nash or STAT. And we generally did pretty well with our choice. But the other guy just flat shredded us. Then this last year, Nash didn't have that second fiddle, and the Suns succumbed to us without incident.

All the attention goes to guys at the top of the roster. But the margins are so thin, relatively speaking, at the top that in many cases it's a wash. It's the lower positions where teams gain advantages.

if the argument were: "The overall better stocked team will usually win", then I think we all agree...but to say that Josh is more important than Dirk in any sense other than guarding and playing the 2-3 position is rediculous.