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re: Lebron James MVP
Posted on 4/18/12 at 11:29 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
Posted on 4/18/12 at 11:29 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
I agree. Lebron wasn't shooting well from beyond the arc, but they basically shifted their whole defense to keep him from doing anything. It was a great coaching job and exposed the flaws of someone like Wade on the current Heat squad. Wade's offense is to be a scorer with the ball in his hands and he isn't the best on the team at doing it.
If the Heat traded Wade for legit big men and more mike miller and barrier type players they would be much better. I don't see why the Heat play smaller guards like Chalmers unless they have to have Lebron guard a bigger player. Playing Lebron at guard should allow the heat to create a ridiculous amount of mismatches.
How does a team defend a team with
G- Lebron
G- Miller
F- Battier
F- Haslem
F- Bosh
That is a lot of length.
How does Paul, Rose, or Westbrook guard anyone on the floor?
If the Heat traded Wade for legit big men and more mike miller and barrier type players they would be much better. I don't see why the Heat play smaller guards like Chalmers unless they have to have Lebron guard a bigger player. Playing Lebron at guard should allow the heat to create a ridiculous amount of mismatches.
How does a team defend a team with
G- Lebron
G- Miller
F- Battier
F- Haslem
F- Bosh
That is a lot of length.
How does Paul, Rose, or Westbrook guard anyone on the floor?
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 11:30 pm
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Posted on 4/18/12 at 11:35 pm to Colonel Flagg
A lot of people forget that Lebron can be a PG, I just don't think he wants that duty. He would rather be fed the beautiful alley-oop pass then be the one tossing it. But back to the finals, it was shown a very good shut down forward like a Shawn Marion can shut down Lebron, but even Marion needed help at times and thats where Kidd out on the perimeter came in handy. And when Lebron tried down low he ran into Chandler and Dirk. So honestly, the Mavs had the perfect mixture of personnel and coaching, along with 2 HOFer's and a vastly underrated defender in both Marion and Chandler. Not too many teams are molded like that right now.
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 4/18/12 at 11:46 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
Agreed. The mavs were legit last year.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 11:50 pm to Colonel Flagg
I think OKC might beat Miami. It will go to 7 games I think.
Posted on 4/18/12 at 11:55 pm to DrVinnyBoombatz
It depends if the Heat are allowing Ibaka and Perkins look like all stars. It would be close.
In general I would put Battier on Durant (he would still get his) and guard Westbrook with James. I would go big also. I think James could shut down Westbrook.
In general I would put Battier on Durant (he would still get his) and guard Westbrook with James. I would go big also. I think James could shut down Westbrook.
This post was edited on 4/18/12 at 11:56 pm
Posted on 4/19/12 at 12:29 am to Colonel Flagg
quote:
It depends if the Heat are allowing Ibaka and Perkins look like all stars. It would be close.
The difference between Heat v Mavs last year and Heat v OKC is that Wade/LeBron respect Chandler's defense inside. They don't give Ibaka/Perkins the same respect. So while LeBron hesitates to drive inside on Chandler, he doesn't hesitate against Ibaka or Perkins.
Also, I disagree with a lot of the Wade talk. If Brian Cardinal doesn't hip check Dwyane and injure him. The Heat might have ended up winning last year. Wade was having a great series until he got that hip issue, and was fully taking advantage of all the attention LeBron was getting.
The Heat are not better off without Wade. That kind of talk is silly and misguided. The advantage the Heat have is that if you put all your attention on LeBron or Wade the other can burn you. And it worked all throughout the playoffs until Wade's injury. If you trade Wade (which MIA will never do anyway) you open up the ability for teams to focus on LeBron and then you're hoping jumpers fall (ala Old Cavs teams) or praying for offensive rebounds/putbacks (Current Bulls formula). But all this talk is moot anyway, because the Heat are never going to trade Wade or LeBron.
Posted on 4/19/12 at 12:34 am to jturn17
quote:
The Heat are not better off without Wade.
Totally depends who the Heat have in his place.
Posted on 4/19/12 at 12:39 am to Colonel Flagg
quote:
I don't see why the Heat play smaller guards like Chalmers unless they have to have Lebron guard a bigger player.
It stems from last season when the Heat were abysmal early in the season without a PG on the floor. As time went on Wade/James got more comfortable without one, and everyone got to see how strong that Wade/Miller/James/Haslem/Bosh line up could be.
They do it in the regular season because they can, and there's no reason not to. For whatever reason Spoelstra doesn't like to use any of his best stuff unless it's absolutely necessarily. I have no idea why, but he just likes to keep things off tape as much as possible. So the Heat have only played the Wade/Miller/James/Haslem/Bosh line up for 27 total minutes this whole season, even though that line up is +38 in 27 minutes. (per100 possessions that's 128 to 70). And why the Heat barely run the 2/3 pick and roll with Wade/James, which is basically what propelled them to the finals last season. Why they don't just say "Here's what we got. Now try to stop it." I don't know. But for whatever reason, the coaching staff likes to play coy till the playoffs.
Posted on 4/19/12 at 12:44 am to Colonel Flagg
quote:
Totally depends who the Heat have in his place.
Yeah I guess. Howard is probably the only player in the league that makes them a better team in my opinion, but neither the Heat nor the Magic would ever make that deal. So what's the point of even considering that as an option.
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