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2185605, Worthy was the STRETCH 4.
Posted by Castro, Thu May-23-13 01:15 PM
Pat Riley's philosophy was to have 5 players who were interchangeable, and with the Lakers, he got pretty close. I think Bron represents the perfect expression of Riley's philosophy- Magic was the first iteration of it, with Worthy being a close second as a front court player who could play any of the 3 spots. AC Green and Worthy were interchangeable defensively, but Green often drew the tougher assignment because that kept Worthy out of foul trouble. More often than not, that meant Green was under the basket doing the dirty work on the defensive boards...but I think you shouldn't confine that description to wing players because it is an accurate representation of Green's style of play.