bucaqe | Lakers

230 | 3 hours ago

AD was a stretch big in the bubble

goddoc

85 | 3 hours ago

Ah, the days when he had an outside shot.

bucaqe | Lakers

38 | 3 hours ago

It was the gym lol

Mustard_Jam | Lakers

45 | 3 hours ago

Some genuinely baffling stat lines came out of the bubble

Katesburneracct

22 | 3 hours ago

A whole lot of dudes got a whole lot of money they didn’t deserve from that shit lol

probablymade_thatup | Bucks [MIL] Luke Kornet

17 | 3 hours ago

No, it affirmed our knowledge that TJ Warren was the best player in the league

LordBaneoftheSith

3 | 3 hours ago

His outside shooting boost is a whole career thing if you look beyond 3s. His FT% even jumps a little.

Over_Use_8474 | Lakers

12 | 3 hours ago

He put on too much weight, he couldn’t move like he did before

Any-Simple-6570 | Toronto Huskies

10 | 3 hours ago

He put on weight because he was forced to slot into the 5

Over_Use_8474 | Lakers

2 | 3 hours ago

Yes, but it still affected how he moved

Prudent_Move_3420 | Heat

51 | 3 hours ago

¹⁸⁄₁₉ Marc Gasol also kinda counts too no?

SmokeOddessey | Lakers

53 | 3 hours ago

38% on almost 4 attempts, yeah definitely should count

bucaqe | Lakers

3 | 3 hours ago

KD is also a stretch big? Kevin Love as well?

Prudent_Move_3420 | Heat

9 | 3 hours ago

we talking about Centers tho (even tho AD is listed at PF on bkref he played Center in 19/20h)

bucaqe | Lakers

1 | 32 minutes ago

Chet slides over to the 4 when iHart comes on, it don’t matter bro they all tall AF

shitscare

155 | 3 hours ago

The only way of compensation for not having a stretch big is to have rhe greatest 3 point shooter to ever live running point.

Character-Active2208

14 | 3 hours ago

Doesn’t Dray count as a stretch 4? lol

Effective-File4645

74 | 3 hours ago

Who is Draymond stretching out of the paint? Teams leave him wide open.

DoobieGibson

19 | 2 hours ago

Draymond was a good shooter pre-Kevin Hart 3 point contest

BuffaloSorcery | Jazz

4 | 34 minutes ago

That means hes been a bad shooter for the last decade lmao

Soshi101 | Celtics [BOS] Derrick White

1 | 21 minutes ago

He was a good shooter for like one year lol

Character-Active2208

8 | 3 hours ago

Would say this was a stretch

LordBaneoftheSith

7 | 3 hours ago

He used to be able to shoot a little but he’s also handling the ball a ton (way more than most of these spacers), which can have a similar effect.

dogmeat1003

3 | 3 hours ago

Back in his prime like 15-19 he was definitely a shooter

MyNameAintYoBizness

3 | 3 hours ago

Go watch his prime brotha. Always open, terrible shot form, and subpar percentages

AmarSofi

7 | an hour ago

Shot like he had a backpack on

gamertag0311

6 | 2 hours ago

Yeah, he stretches opponents joints so far out of place they become hyperextended

pokexchespin | BOS

2 | 2 hours ago

pretty much just 2016 tbh. plus in the 2020s, with the 4 being more of a wing than big position, being a stretch 4 is less notable

Frewsa | Warriors

1 | 3 hours ago

Nah. But we had Otto Porter Jr. and Nemanja Bjelica that both functioned like stretch bigs for us.

VanGrants | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

aint no way bro

drunkkk_ | PHO

43 | 3 hours ago

Always funny to me that the Knicks have the best shooting big ever and his backup has the lowest FT% in playoff history

peace420swag

35 | 3 hours ago

2019 too with Marc Gasol & Serge Ibaka

RedElephant28

27 | 3 hours ago

I feel like the vast majority of bigs are stretch bigs now.

PopsNY

33 | 3 hours ago

If you’re counting 4s, probably, but centers that can shoot the three are still rare, which is why having one gets you to the finals now.

bird_XCIII | Heat

10 | 3 hours ago

I mean, Jokic was listed as a stretch big with 2.2 3PA/gm. If we’re using *that* as the benchmark, there were 34 players listed as centers (or as F/C) who attempted 2.2+ threes a game.

Brook Lopez had the lowest 3Pt% of anyone listed by OP at 33.8%. 24 of those 34 players shot 33.8%+ this past season.

I think it depends on how picky you want to be about the requirements for being a “stretch big,” but I don’t think it’s as rare as you’re suggesting, considering those are the numbers *before* including anyone who’s only listed as a forward. Regardless, I don’t think having a stretch big is what “gets you to the Finals,” considering it wasn’t even enough to get some teams into the *playoffs*.

dellzor1 | Raptors

6 | 3 hours ago

No?

Bam, Gobert, Sabonis, Allen, Zubac, Sengun

Beetle919 | Hornets

13 | 3 hours ago

Bam shot 5.5 threes per game this year.

dellzor1 | Raptors

8 | 3 hours ago

At like 30% lol and shot like 28% from 3 on 6 attempts in the 2nd half of the season.

bucaqe | Lakers

1 | 30 minutes ago

Was crazy hot that one game tho

Scotch_Blue

3 | 3 hours ago

i’m sure there are more, but you named 6, which would leave 24 stretch 5’s

probablymade_thatup | Bucks [MIL] Luke Kornet

1 | 3 hours ago

A list of starting 5s: Duren, Queta, KAT, Jarrett Allen, Pöltl, Okongwu, Embiid, WCJ, Diabate, Bam, Turner, Vuc (or Jalen Smith, I’m not sure who to choose for the Bulls), Claxton, Huff, Sarr, Hartenstein, Wemby, Jokic, Ayton, Sengun, Gobert, Mark Williams, Clingan, Zubac, Post, Missi, Gafford, Edey, Sabonis, Kessler

I would count maybe 9 of those guys as stretch-5s. The line is also blurry because a guy like Sabonis shot 42% on 2.2 attempts in the 2024-25 season, and this past regular season, Bam shot 32% on 5.5 attempts. Did Domas shoot enough volume to make anyone care about him being in the corner? Did Bam make enough of his 3s to care about him being out beyond the arc?

KarrotMovies | LAL

4 | 3 hours ago

No?

onefootback | Raptors

1 | 3 hours ago

stretch bigs are uncommon, definitely not

Sniffy4 | South Sudan

18 | 3 hours ago

the big who doesnt shoot 3’s is a dying breed in today’s game. you no longer need the backup centers who used to take fouls guarding the other team’s star big, because the post game is not used with the spread offenses.

Beetle919 | Hornets

31 | 3 hours ago

We are watching a finals with an effective Mitchell Robinson.

VikingsLad | Timberwolves

15 | 3 hours ago

That’s why he’s the backup

Mg29reaper | Celtics

2 | 3 hours ago

I wish we had one of those guys man. We matched up against the only one of the old Gen. Queta was playing awesome but was the only competent embiid defender so he got into foul trouble

quicheconquest

1 | an hour ago

Seems like undersized guards are a dying breed too. I don’t see how a player under 5’10” can be a starter nowadays. I don’t see how today’s teams could ever play someone like Perk or (early) Javale McGee either

ilouiei | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

The spacing is so good in the NBA now you can’t hide undersized guards on defense anymore. The other team will always get the matchup they want.

Effective-File4645

3 | 3 hours ago

2022 Warriors won by starting Otto Porter in that role in the finals, probably would’ve lost sticking with Looney

DeadZombie9

3 | an hour ago

Looney feasted that finals. He looked completely dominant on the boards and was a series high +48 off the bench.

No_Charge3328

4 | 3 hours ago

Brook Lopez was HORRIBLE from 3 in the finals. He’s a stretch big since he adapted as got older but his efficiency speaks for itself sub 34% is not good even for regular season.

Acceptable-Bar4572

8 | 3 hours ago

Brook frequently shot between to above league average what are you talking about?

onefootback | Raptors

6 | 3 hours ago

34% from 3 for a big is great for the regular season lol

Ammoniaholic

1 | an hour ago

It’s more about spacing and gravity.

Fit-Setting9033

3 | 3 hours ago

To make this meaningful we also gotta know how many teams in the league have a stretch 5 starter.

samhit_n | Lakers

2 | 2 hours ago

Everyone thought centers were a dead position during the small ball era in the 2010s. Skilled big men are just greater than small skilled players.

Royal_Platform_6754

1 | 3 hours ago

You could call literally anyone besides Ayton a stretch big.

Jordan-Pushed-Off | Nuggets

4 | 3 hours ago

Rudy Gobert and Zubac are now stretch bigs huh

brnccnt7

1 | 35 minutes ago

Not with my boy Duren

He did most of his damage this season in the paint off lobs and put backs

dusters | Bucks

1 | an hour ago

It’s just very hard to play with more than 1 bad shooter on the floors now.

brnccnt7

2 | 36 minutes ago

My Pistons :(

Ausar, Duren

PonkMcSquiggles

-1 | 3 hours ago

Jokic isn’t really a stretch big. He can shoot the three, but getting him paint touches is Denver’s priority.

Jordan-Pushed-Off | Nuggets

2 | 3 hours ago

Joker consistently brings the ball up and is more of a point-center than anyone else

Regardless of who wins the Finals this year, this will be the fifth time in the last 6 years that a stretch big won the finals as a starter