The center position is starting to rebound (no pun intended) in the modern NBA. After years of point guard domination, we’re starting to see impactful bigs make a strong return. They score big, they’re hard to handle, and they create nightmares for opposing defenses.

Dealing with those big-impact centers is the subject of today’s Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.

Hi Dave!

I have a summer mailbag question for you.

We have these mobile, playmaking bigs in the modern NBA, like Jokic, Wembanyama, Anthony Davis and Embiid, and maybe Yang Hansen is a mini-Jokic in the making too. I watch them dribble in the high post and drive with the ball, and their dribble is high and awkward, and I always wonder — why aren’t we seeing guards constantly zip under them and steal the ball with impunity? Do you have an

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