But Randy Wittman rarely employed “death” in lineup form during his tenure with the Wizards. And perhaps that was the death of him—inflexibility, that is, which is contrary to the hallmark of versatile death lineups.
The Golden State Warriors made famous a killer five-man unit of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson, Andre Igoudala, Harrison Barnes (now Kevin Durant), and Draymond Green. All good passers, with positions 3-thru-5 capable of playing inside and out, and two out-of-this-world shooters—and of course this concept would not succeed without a unique player like Green.
Jonathan Tjarks of The Ringer recently wrote about Golden State’s general matchup superiority, plus five up-and-coming teams that “have what it takes to find success out of the Warriors model.