and also the good bigs in BB are less then 7" i would even say, that a lot of them are closer to 2m because secondaries matter, and the speed advanatge for main skills isn't that big.
In a not so bad german teams we had a lot of big even during our succesful U21 time, who was 2.03.
Ming didn't play, during the days he was healthy he was strong. Nowe was MVP, and without the time he is injured the Mavs had the ebst win/loss percentage - but maybe i am just biased because i am german.
if it just about athletik, there are a lot athletic small guys around, like Nate, Rondo, Westbrook, Paul and a lot without those big names.
Edit: and i would count this what you mean athletik advvantage, more for the 1.90 area with OD, but not a general athletik advantage for this size. In most athletik area small dudes would be in advantage, and for strength the bigger player are in advantage. Leaping would be difficult, i would say small dude generell could jump a big higher, but bigger guys don't need to jump that high - for total hight out of the movement i think the 2m guys are in advantage.
Last edited by CrazyEye at 3/25/2011 3:28:58 PM