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Jordan's teams were the exception to the rule....
And that rule is; A good bigman beats a good guard.
Jordan's teams excelled without a superstar bigman, but almost every other championship team had a star or superstar bigman carrying them. hakeem, Shaq, kareem, Russell, Wilt, Duncan.
Even Detroit arguably has 2 star-caliber bigmen in the wallaces.
until a team has an elite bigman, they are toast in the playoffs. Look at the teams in the "final 4" of the Nba playoffs; all 4 had top caliber bigmen (j. O'neil, the wallaces, Shaq, Garnett). Even the round before you had star-quality bigmen on almost every playoff team.
The 2-star strategy is important, but having one star frontcourt player and one star backcourt player is a more key part of the equasion. If you are imbalanced your chances fade much more quickly. Before Shaq had kobe he could be collapsed on. Without a post presense like Shaq, Kobe can be the focus of the defense (see Detroit), and somewhat contained.
It is a rare, once-in-a-lifetime talent (jordan) that can create on the perimeter and make more of a difference than an elite post player.
The Spurs won their first with David and Duncan, which perhaps emphasizes even more emphatically the importance of having a star front court.
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If subtle and strategic Spurs basketball is boring for your lazy mind, don't watch the Finals for a decade. Because there's gonna be plenty of Duncan in'em...
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I've come to a few conclusions...
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