In today’s small-ball league, most teams are playing traditional three-men at the four position to increase their spacing and allow for constant switching on defense. While teams have found success in this approach, the Portland Trail Blazers may have struck gold on going in the opposite direction: playing big.
The Trail Blazers have an elite backcourt (don’t think that’s breaking news to anyone), but what they do possess in skill, they lack in height. Other talented backcourts like the Warriors and the Rockets of last season were able to relieve their backcourts by adding three and D players around them.