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Message: [QUOTE="BlueSkyGLW, post: 4099292, member: 11281"] I assure you however, that there is NO coach on Mother Earth who would construct a team without a balance between guards and bigs. It has never happened and it certainly won't in the foreseeable future. It doesn't even happen in the playground. Certainly, not 5 players with none who can handle the ball. There are, however, bigs who did handle the ball exceptionally well: Magic Johnson, Ben Simmons, Luka Doncic (big body), all of whom would qualify as bigs (even if the last one is only 6'7" - Draymond Green is considered a big at 6'6") However, though he could handle the ball you put a cap possibilities from those UCLA teams by choosing Keith Ericson as the model for the 5 bigs from that team. In Magic Johnson's playing days, there was a lot of conversation about what would constitute an ideal team and many proposed a team of 6'9" players like him and there were two of them in that team: James Worthy was the other one. I would even go with 5 of Luka Doncic - he can play any position, just as Magic Johnson did. You need to define you big and your guard.......for the women, too. Actually, it is possible to construct a team of 5 bigs for the women if we define bigs as someone 6 ft or taller. I would start with Stewie, Candace Parker and Katie Lou Samuelson - all three can handle the ball.....then there are a lot of excellent ballhandling and playing-making wings between 6" to 6'2" to round out the team. I assure you that team would win the UC. I think we have come to the end of this conversation and your assertion has been put in doubt with players who qualify either as a big or a guard. [/QUOTE]

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