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Romeo Finley, Gilbert Frierson, & the Evolution of the Striker

Since the very beginning, I have had an affinity for the most versatile of athletes. Whether it was Ryan Freel becoming a defensive specialist everywhere on the diamond, diminutive point guard Allen Iverson playing completely relentless as if he was every bit the same monster as Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, hearing stories of Sean Taylor dominating at every position at Gulliver Prep, seeing Jabrill Peppers thriving as a Wildcat- among other roles- to lead a team to within literal inches of a playoff berth, or the point-forwards of the NBA like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokuonmpo, and Ben Simmons.