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Zena Keita

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

And now we're seeing a nice little reversion to like old school NBA of, you know, Stephen Adams and Alfred Changoon, Isaiah Hartenstein and Sheck Holmgren.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Like, I mean, it's just been so many different,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

bigs, big lineups around the NBA that I'm like, okay, I'm a fan of this.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I mean, I think Cleveland had a little bit of it last year with Evan Mobley and Jared Allen being really loud about that double big lineup, but

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

This year, more teams are tapping into size.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

And I mean, we just watched Dallas last night.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I think Denver still doesn't, they don't have the talent to be able to have a double big lineup.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

But even size, I mean, Jonas Valanciunas being in Denver, I really like that as a backup for Jokic.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

So yeah, as a person that's big on bigs, I like that the NBA is like putting some respect on size again.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I love that.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I got one more new.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

Yeah.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

But in this instance, the intentional fouling?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I'm with the...

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I'm with the option, the optionality.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I think that is going to be the answer to hack of whatever, fouling up three.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

All of it, I think, needs to have some level of a risk component to it, some sort of strategy of assessing the risk.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

What you're talking about, Dave,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

when you're inbounding the ball versus taking two free throws, there is this factor of there's a lesser chance of you being able to actually score the ball and then potentially turning it over and a fast break the other way for the opponent.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Listener Mailbag | Morning Shoot Around

I think though, at the end of the games, maybe in the last two minutes,