The game is so athletic and vertical that a player such as 6-6 Kobe Bryant or 6-8 Scottie Pippen -- tall enough to play in the frontcourt, athletic enough with ballhandling skills to play guard -- has become the prototype.Wes Welker may be only 5-foot-9, but he is had more than 100 catches and 1,000 yards receiving in each of his three previous seasons