But do you want to just make it to the pos and win a round? The Clippers who have for years one of the best starting lineups in the league suffer every single time from lack of depth. If a series goes to 7, next series all the starters will be too tired if they had to play 40+. It depends with age too. When your star is near 30 then it's not the same as if he was mid 20s. Ofc there are always the freaks like Lebron. But even he has to battle through easy fodder in the east before he faces a good opponent usually only in the finals. If you have to go through multiple pos battles against other contenders like in the west depth is very important.
Wish I could guess the power forward of whom you drop such hints. If he's come up before in discussions sometime in the past, and we're talking about a cold-weather clime, I can't help think of Ersan Ilyasova (even if Detroit did just acquire him). He doesn't "pump my nads" (Judd Nelson, "Breakfast Club"), but he fits the team very well. Marcus Morris? (Detroit.) One of the many Chicago power forwards? Hope you get well, Codman, and that the people around you aren't defeatist but are, rather, doing their best to prop you up....because you're gonna beat this mother****er.
