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#202: How valuable are big men in the playoffs?

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The Importance of Keeping BAM at the Five

BAM is a really interesting illustrative illustrative. I think he's better at switching than somebody like Janice. BAM can switch out on the perimeter nullifies those pick and rolls but can also keep the back line defense even though he's not a super strong rim protector comparatively to these other guys. He's still a big body down there that's going to deter some drives because of his quickness and athleticism. But you don't really have the same game necessarily with BAM where you're like as an offense we have to find a way to pull him out of the paint. That feels a little different than the cat and mouse game we've seen in some of these other series

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