I brought up Fowles because you specifically mentioned in an earlier post that Sims was taking more shots than Fowles. Whereas you did not note any specific forward that should be getting more shots instead of Sims.
The distinction between forward and guard is entirely arbitrary. Moore has always been called a forward. Diamond DeShields was selected for the all-star game this year at guard. They play the exact same "3" position. Even if you stipulate that all "3" players are forwards, that doesn't make a whole lot of sense because 2s and 3s are often operating from the same parts of the court offensively.
Besides all that, it's been proven over and over that you can win with an offense based around guard play..
I mean, you had to call arguably the two greatest teams of all time - Jordan's Bulls and Curry's Warriors "anomalies" to make your point.
And in answering your own question about which guard-dominant team won a championship previous to the Warriors, you completely ignored Kobe's Lakers winning in 2009 and 2010.
And lastly, you may have tried to block it out of your mind but...2018 Notre Dame? That's another championship won by a guard-dominant team.
2007 and 2009 Mercury lead by Cappie and DT...the list goes on...
Feels like it would just be easier to say "Collier needs to shoot more" instead of making a faux-historical argument about which teams can and cannot win championships.
I said, "More than Fowles and more than any forward". I thought that was inclusive enough, considering Fowles is their only returning all star forward.
Even though the game has changed 3's are still expected to hit the boards, set more screens, play more in the lane, offensively work off more screens than 2's, work more off the elbow, work the high post and help inside more than 2's. 2's also are expected to bring up the ball more, occasionally play the 1, make more pocket passes and set the offense more.
Many critics (including me) that mention the greatest teams in the Association believe the old Lakers teams with Magic and Jabbar, the ones with Kobe and Shaq, and perhaps the Philly teams with Doc and Malone could beat this current Warriors team
if the games were played under the rules of the past. As Shaq and Barkley says, they'd "Crush this tiny team". I agree.
Yes Kobe led his team to a championship. One of the top 5 greatest guards in history. A transcendent player. What you've forgotten is that those teams were gigantic, even for today with Odom, Bynum and Gasol, three 7 footers starting. That opens up the driving and shooting lanes just a little. Yes, I think those teams would have beaten the Warriors as well. Under the rules of 2009.
Again, 2007 and 2009 Mercury teams were great. The WNBA has been in existence for 23 years, the NBA for 72 years. How many guard oriented have won championships? Yes, you can win, but only if at least one guard is transcendent, but even then it's a crapshoot. More often than not, not, and Sims is not that transcendent guard. Not by a longshot.
