No position in the game of basketball has evolved more than the power forward spot. And that’s a position that has been manned rather well for the Texas Tech basketball program this decade.
We all grew up knowing power forwards to be rugged defenders, dauntless rebounders, and scorers on the block. They were expected to be the toughest players on the court and throughout the years, some of the game’s most physical players have been power forwards.
In the 1980s-90s, players like Detroit’s Bill Laimbeer, Chicago’s Dennis Rodman, New York’s Anthony Mason and Charles Oakley were all considered enforcers who protected the paint by wielding elbows and fists more than by moving their feet.