Being a big man in today’s NBA isn’t what it used to be. While the Miami Heat have been the home team of several of the NBA’s great big men of all time, including Alonzo Mourning and Shaquille O’Neal, they might not have experienced as great of a success as they did in the current iteration of the league.
In today’s NBA, a big man must not only be able to operate on the perimeter as far as team scheme and for spacing, but they better be able to do something with the ball if or when it comes their way along the outside.