Miami Heat big man Hassan Whiteside’s full court drive and finish over the top of the Toronto Raptors’ defense on Wednesday night, was revolutionary.
Revolutionary in the sense that it quite literally involved a revolution, or a spin, around the Raptor duo of Fred VanVleet and Serge Ibaka.
But it was also revolutionary considering the current positional thermometer in the NBA. Long thought to be a dead position, center is re-emerging as a must-have role for teams across the league.
From the Heat to the Portland Trail Blazers, teams are turning to increasingly position-less models of play.