re: Lebron James MVP

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I don't see why the Heat play smaller guards like Chalmers unless they have to have Lebron guard a bigger player.

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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.