They say defense wins championships. In today’s offensively oriented NBA, many observers would beg to differ.
Realistically, two-way play wins championships. Very rarely does the Larry O’Brien trophy fall into the hands of a team that’s lacking in either department. With that established, what kind of center should an NBA team typically target?
Some big men are limited on offense but excel in preventing the opposing side from generating buckets. On the other hand, some offensively gifted bigs struggle with the same.
Rudy Gobert falls in the former camp, while Karl Anthony-Towns lands in the latter category. What if the Jazz and the Wolves simply swapped them?
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It’s unlikely, but in today’s player movement-heavy league, we couldn’t rule it out either.
If a blockbuster move exchanging the two star bigs did occur, here’s how we figure it would look.