Small ball is going extinct, and Onsi Saleh has constructed a phenomenal roster with positional size at every turn in order to keep up with the emerging trend of the league.
The NBA has never been more reliant on positional size and versatility than at present.
Take last night's game of the Houston Rockets squaring off against the Oklahoma City Thunder - the Rockets started not one, not two, not three, but a whopping four players standing 6'11 or taller (not to mention their oversized point forward Amen Thompson flanking the towering foursome at a not-so-tiny 6’7).