Hakeem and David Robinson were two way 5s who could run as fast as anyone and get to the basket at will, while also being able to be great rim protectors and still hang with smaller guys on defense. Why is this archetype so rare now?
The best 5s now like Jokic and Gobert are nowhere near as athletic. Embiid and AD aren’t as gifted at running full court towards the basket, if Giannis played more 5 he would be the closest but it seems to be not as common as I would think, I would have thought more 5s would want to replicate their athleticism.
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Tbf I think Giannis is basically the same, he just chooses to play the 4. If he wanted to/learned to play that way he could probably play a style like Robinson.
But as people have said the real reason is just that people with bodies that big and fast are very rare.