Goldin Brown
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I did a little research on small backcourts that have had success throughout the history of the NBA and turns out there were some pretty good ones. The Celtics won four straight titles in the late 50's early 60's with Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman as their starting backcourt, both were 6'1. Different era but they still had a ton of success, with Bill Russell protecting the paint. In the 70's, the Lakers had Gail Goodrich (6'1) and Jerry West (6'2) and apparently they were awesome together, of course they had Wilt protecting the paint. The Knicks had Walt Frazier (6'4) and Earl Monroe (6'3), won a championship. Finally, the Sixers had a backcourt of Mo Cheeks (6'1) and Andrew Toney (6'3) and of course the Pistons won with Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars.
Initially I was skeptical that this could work, but now I'm not really worried about it, I don't see why they can't have success together. These guys have to develop and hold their own defensively, yes, and we'll need to build a really solid team around the two of them. But I don't think the simple fact that they are both smaller guards, automatically means that the pair will fail.
Initially I was skeptical that this could work, but now I'm not really worried about it, I don't see why they can't have success together. These guys have to develop and hold their own defensively, yes, and we'll need to build a really solid team around the two of them. But I don't think the simple fact that they are both smaller guards, automatically means that the pair will fail.