Since 1999, only 4 teams won the championship without a HOF PF or C in the post.

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Liquid said:
Never said they are trash, but Ben Wallace had no offensive game.

Sheed is not a HOF, but I never called him trash...they wouldn't have won that championship if Kobe and Shaq would have played together as a unit.
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The lakers played enough as a unit to beat the rockets spurs and twolves that year right? FOH with the excuses. Shaq and Kobe always beefed even when they won titles.
 
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Liquid said:
With the exception of the 3 that I mentioned, all those teams had a HOF big in the post demanding attention to be able to kick it out to wings.

Shaq was still dominant in 2006
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It depends how one defines dominant. Shaq averaged 13 and 10 in the 2006 NBA Finals. That's around DeAndre Jordan numbers. We'd all agree DeAndre is "dominant" in this era of big men. But all in all, 2006 was all Wade. Along with the 42points Wade put up in Game 3, he also added 13rebs and 5blks as 6'4 guard. Wade averaged 34pts, 7rebs, and 4assist in that Finals series. Wade was about as dominant as Shaq circa 1999-2003.
 
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FTBS said:
We have seen post oriented squads that didn't have the greatest talent on the perimeter win though...94 Rockets, 99 and 03 Spurs. We have yet to see any of these 3pt gunning run and gun squads with no post threat/rim protection win it all. The Grizzlies have a very good chance to make noise this year. Only team I can really see beating them (if healthy) is the Spurs.
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I'll make sure to up this quote when the Grizzlies fall to a more perimeter-orientated team that actually has a balance between frontcourt and backcourt impact. You don't think that their failures over the past FOUR postseasons haven't mostly been due to them not having enough adequate guard/wing help?
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ma3polo said:
It depends how one defines dominant. Shaq averaged 13 and 10 in the 2006 NBA Finals. That's around DeAndre Jordan numbers. We'd all agree DeAndre is "dominant" in this era of big men. But all in all, 2006 was all Wade. Along with the 42points Wade put up in Game 3, he also added 13rebs and 5blks as 6'4 guard. Wade averaged 34pts, 7rebs, and 4assist in that Finals series. Wade was about as dominant as Shaq circa 1999-2003.
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The Mavs doubled and tripled team Shaq the whole series in 2006 and was the main reason Wade went off.
 
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mastermind said:
It still is a big mans game

Problem is the big men are weak as fukk. If Embiid stay healthy, you will see.
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Zone defense man....that garbage shyt fukks it up for big men now. And yes the position isn't as strong as it once was.
 
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The Mavs doubled and tripled team Shaq the whole series in 2006 and was the main reason Wade went off.
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It's not like they doubled Shaq the whole series. Dampier would play Shaq by himself for stretches. By Game 5 the Mavs kinda realized Wades trajectory, and started to play off Shaq and send more defenders towards Wade. Wade definitely benefited from Shaq getting doubled, but again, define dominant? Having Shaq helped, but how much credit does one deserve more merely helping or just being an offensive pressence? Wade had stretches where his numbers were better when Shaq was off the floor.
 
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