Tate | As shooters reign, bigs are less involved

Photo by: Mary Altaffer/APDwight Howard, an eight-time All-NBA center, will play for his fourth team (Brooklyn Nets) in four years next season.

Old-time pivotmen are looking for work. Unless you're Anthony Davis it's an unfavorable time for 7-footers (OK, Howard is 6-11). Three-point shooters have taken over the game.

Yes, if you watched Golden State's "greatest team ever," you might have seen 6-7 Draymond Green defending the post while a half-dozen teammates between 6-9 and 7-0 watched.

And so it is with the college game. Bill Self, renowned for developing centers at Kansas, often had four guards surrounding a single, less-busy post. Villanova won its second NCAA title in three years with…