The reason small ball is having so much success now is because the teams that play small ball have a team full of athletic players who can play defense good enough to win. The Mavs team Nellie coached and Aldeman's Kings were far from athletic. They relied on jump shooting and the jump shooting was so good we nearly made it out of the WCF one year. Not to mention the Mavs never once got themselves an Amare. Not even an Amare just a guy in the paint who can score. Jamison could score at will in the paint but never was a banger.
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