A little blip from his article:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PerDiem-081117
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=hollinger_john&page=PerDiem-081117
Smallball is dominant; that's the word on the street. But perhaps it's losing some of its luster. Not only are the Suns, who made all this popular in the first place, playing with a much more traditional lineup, but I now count three teams among those who have defied the trend and gone big -- real big.
(discusses Orlando's lineup last year as a possible exception to the smallball trend)
But more recently, two teams have gone to huge frontcourts and had some success with it.
In Sacramento, the Kings responded to Kevin Martin's absence by playing 6-11 rookie Jason Thompson alongside 7-footers Mikki Moore and Brad Miller in the frontcourt. While Thompson has had some trouble chasing smaller players around the perimeter, the lineup has seemed to give the Kings some much-needed rebounding help, and in fact they've played reasonably well, given Martin's absence and their general talent level.