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Message: [QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 3293650, member: 4946"] The Sun start 6'6 Jones, 6'2 Stricklen, and 6'2 Thomas. Compare to the Sky starting 6'5 Dolson, 6'4 Lavender, and 6'1 DeShields. My math gives me 226 total inches for each of those frontcourts. I'm not sure how the Sky are a "big team" but the Sun aren't. I would say both are around normal by WNBA standards The Mystics are not especially big as configured in the starting lineup but 6'4 Meesseman usually plays as much or more than the starter, 6'2 Sanders. Washington often plays Meesseman and 6'5 EDD together. They're not huge like Las Vegas but they're not small either. Jones is 6'6 and led the league in rebounds and blocks this year. She may not be built like a truck but she's the height of a center and she dominates in the areas elite centers dominate. Meanwhile, EDD is not only the best power forward in the league but the best player in the league this year overall. And while her offensive prowess gets the attention she was also an elite defensive rebounder, finishing 4th in defensive rebound percentage. I'm just not sure I see the team with the best PF in the league going against the team with the best Center in the league as any triumph of small ball. However, I do take the point that you don't necessarily need to be a huge team like Baylor to win. However, this ought to be obvious from 2018 Notre Dame winning with 6'3 Shepard and 6'1 Westbeld in the frontcourt (I believe they listed Shepard at 6'4 and Westbeld at 6'2, but those were inflated, imo). You do typically need one exceptional frontcourt player to win a championship but that player doesn't necessarily have to be giant like Griner or Kalani Brown. In fact, I think 2019 Baylor are actually something of an anomaly. A "twin towers" approach has the drawback of creating poor offensive spacing. I think it worked for Baylor because Cox and Brown could hit the midrange shot regularly and because Cox is an exceptional passer. But it didn't work for Vegas. Cambage and Wilson were typically most effective when the other was not on the floor. [/QUOTE]

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