Spoon, listed at 6-7 but appearing closer to 6-5, was, like Barkley, an undersized power forward with a strong desire for rebounding and operating down low.

Rose is a hustling, hard-nosed, undersized power forward, but didn't the Knicks have Jerome Williams playing that role?

Weaknesses SIZE - On a team loaded with undersized power forwards, Sweetney only measures 6-feet-8.

The good news was the productive work of Johnson, although the basket sometimes looks 12 feet high when the Knicks' undersized power forward tries to score inside.

"He put players in positions where their strengths are, like using Chuck Hayes as an undersized power forward to help Deke."

Larry Johnson (10 points) is an undersized power forward.

Jerome Williams, an undersized power forward who would ideally play in spurts, recently started four games at small forward.

Williamson was a dominating power forward in college, but became an undersized power forward in the NBA and mostly played at the small forward position.

He took Mike Sweetney, another undersized power forward.

The Knicks also have a glut of undersized power forwards, and Williams - who has knee problems of his own - was deemed expendable.