Dwight Howard continues a longtime trend of NBA big men struggling to sell shoes.
Our lack of size hurt us against a team with the big men of Gonzaga.
"We have got some big men in that backline who can get over the gain line, " said North.
Gasol's presence, as one of the league's upper-echelon big men, figured to change the scope of the game.
But two of the big men were conspicuous, like the ice on the hotel's ice-rink, for their absence.
They banged inside with Lobos big men Cameron Bairstow and Alex Kirk, whose 22 points provided New Mexico's only consistent offense.
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But the brawn over brain approach of relying on the big men to punch holes only took the Ospreys so far.
Especially in an area where really big men drive trucks and hunt?
The team is by far the oldest in the NBA and has already has its fair share of injuries, particularly with big men.
"It's important you do have forwards that are comfortable on the ball as well as being big men, " he told BBC Radio 5 Live.
Gone are the days of immobile, tree-like big men on the US team who stand under the basket throwing elbows and shoulders and muscling for position.
With so many big men out or hurting, Woodson opted for a smaller lineup, one he thought would boost the tempo and offset Utah's front-court advantage.
SEALs are older and beefier than you expect big men in their late thirties who nonetheless move smoothly, as if their legs were on finely calibrated springs.
Because of their need to get younger and more athletic, many experts still speculate that one of the 2 big men must go to make that happen.
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Grunwald said Martin will be insurance for injured big men Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby, a pair of 38-year-old backup forwards who have both been battling foot injuries.
The team allows 99 points per 100 possessions when Wallace is on the court, the sixth-best defensive rating among NBA big men who have played 20 games or more.
It left the Knicks, already missing veteran big men Rasheed Wallace, Amare Stoudemire, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, undersized against the Wizards' front line that includes Nene and Emeka Okafor.
Anthony (36 points on 10-for-35 shooting) explained later that he chose to attack the basket late, something he'd hoped would draw fouls against Boston's big men, who were in foul trouble.
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The UCLA dynasty in the 1960s and 1970s under famed coach John Wooden was largely powered by two big men--Lew Alcindor, who later changed his name to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill Walton.
Woodson used Martin as one of the defenders against Pacers center Roy Hibbert, but Hibbert finished with 24 points and 12 rebounds against a full complement of seemingly healthy big men from New York.
With open looks hard to come by on each side of the court, the Hoosiers and Badgers turned to the 3-pointer in the first half to try to make some room for their big men inside.
It's a damaging blow for the Knicks, who loaded up on veteran big men this season but have now lost two of them for good in Kurt Thomas and Wallace, and have gotten almost nothing from Marcus Camby.
As the team sets up for its Tuesday night game against Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets, they will do so without three big men in Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill (all out with injuries).
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Veteran guard Jason Kidd, who once played with Martin in New Jersey, said the 35-year-old has been an invaluable addition following injuries to big men Amare Stoudemire (right knee), Tyson Chandler (neck), Kurt Thomas (right foot) and Rasheed Wallace (left foot).
Even after the Nets had won their seventh straight game, Carlesimo sat at the table in the conference room and fretted about how he was going to divvy up playing time among five big men, including the emerging first-year forward Mirza Teletovic.
They may have won their first Atlantic Division title in 19 years by beating the visiting Washington Wizards, 120-99, on Tuesday, but the Knicks had two reasons for caution: The diminishing health of their big men and the fact that their ultimate goal remains far off.
The Knicks are still without several other key big men, such as Amar'e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), Marcus Camby (left plantar fasciitis), Rasheed Wallace (fractured let fifth metatarsal) and Kurt Thomas (right foot acute stress reaction), which is why Woodson has had to rely more on the 6-foot-10 Novak and 6-foot-8 Copeland, who aren't nearly as capable defensively.
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