Stretch 4 vs. Typical 4

[WJF]

I think we can break the power forward position down to 3 areas:

You have the stretch 4....player with 3 point range. Ryan Anderson/Channing Frye
You have a Face-up 4...player with ability to face up and hit 18-20 footers and drive the ball. Chris Bosh/PAul Milsap
you have Traditonal 4...plaer with mostly post-up game and high post jumper (15 feet). Pau Gasol, Elton Brand (pre Phily)

I think we get a many players that have a combination of 2 of the 3, so it is not easy to peg them as a traditional or stretch.

[ReubenJRD]

1999-2001 LA Lakers - Robert Horry (while guarding Dikembe Mutombo in '99)
2002 Spurs - Finals MVP Tim Duncan
2003 Detroit - Rasheed Wallace, Mehmet Okur
2004 Spurs - Finals MVP Tim Duncan
2005 Heat - no real impact player (Antoine Walker was on the roster as a 6th man role but their win was 75% Wade, 24% Shaq, 1% everyone else)
2006 Spurs - Tim Duncan
2007 Celtics - Garnett, Glen Davis
2008-2010 Lakers - Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom
2011 Mavericks - Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki, Marion
2012 Heat - LeBron James

Detroit won in 04. Spurs won in 05. Heat won in 06. Spurs won 07. Celtics won 08. Lakers 09 & 10 seasons.

[Axel]

Detroit won in 04. Spurs won in 05. Heat won in 06. Spurs won 07. Celtics won 08. Lakers 09 & 10 seasons.

I used the year that the season started in and the info was pulled from the NBA website. The last couple I added myself, so they might be on a different time scale than the rest. But my point remains the same.