Reality check on sub 6’4” PGs
I keep seeing all these comments about smaller PGs limiting a team’s ability to do well in the playoffs. Most recently, there was a thread on Brunson and how if he gets to the finals with NY it might make some teams more willing to draft a sub 6-4 PG. The reality is PG stature has very little to do with NBA team success.
Here are the last 10 NBA champions and the shoeless combine height of their PG:
OKC 6-6
Boston 6-3
Denver 6-3
Golden State 6-2
Milwaukee 6-3
LA 6-1
Toronto 6-0
Golden State 6-2
Golden State 6-2
Cleveland 6-2
What is the correlation that jumps out? Hint—it has nothing to do with PGs. It’s the fact that almost all had either that dude (the most impactful player in playoffs) or two of the top guys. These excuses like but Denver had Jokic, Milwaukee had peak Giannis, or LA had LeBron and AD, and GS had either peak Steph or Steph + Durant miss the point. If you want to win you need a guy that is in the running for most dominant player in the league or two of the top 10. You want a PG that impacts the game, but that can be with size, speed, smarts, vision, etc. Then you need a great post defender, on ball defender, rebounder, and a couple great shooters. But most of all you need that dude.