Until position less basketball got real popular within the last decade a 4 has always been considered a post player. It's a Power Forward. Tim Duncan was a 4. Malone, Barkley, KG,
Pettitw, Oakley, Rodman, etc. are all 4s.
dirk is really the first swing 4 to rrally have success and sustain the success over a career as more of a swing 4
The first small forwards to be more of a gaurd than a post player are also within the last 20 or 30 years.
Go back to the Bulls run and before and guys like LeBron, Durant, Anthony, Iguidala, Hayward, etc. don't really exist.
Hell, Pippen is considered one of the top 50 players all time and as a 3 he took 2 threes a game and shot 32 percent from deep. Pierce was kind of the revolutionary 3 man. Guys like Kemp showed what more atheltic ability at that spot can do. Guys like Larry Johnson and really Pierce showed what an outside game could do for it.
In 2019 there aren't as many 4s that are closer to a true post, but they exist. They are still very useful. UNIs best years has had them - O'Rear and Singleton. They are also still very much cinsconsida front court player.
Pettitw, Oakley, Rodman, etc. are all 4s.
dirk is really the first swing 4 to rrally have success and sustain the success over a career as more of a swing 4
The first small forwards to be more of a gaurd than a post player are also within the last 20 or 30 years.
Go back to the Bulls run and before and guys like LeBron, Durant, Anthony, Iguidala, Hayward, etc. don't really exist.
Hell, Pippen is considered one of the top 50 players all time and as a 3 he took 2 threes a game and shot 32 percent from deep. Pierce was kind of the revolutionary 3 man. Guys like Kemp showed what more atheltic ability at that spot can do. Guys like Larry Johnson and really Pierce showed what an outside game could do for it.
In 2019 there aren't as many 4s that are closer to a true post, but they exist. They are still very useful. UNIs best years has had them - O'Rear and Singleton. They are also still very much cinsconsida front court player.
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