ibraheim718 wrote:br7knicks wrote:
granger can't contain lebron, especially coming off the injury he is. george might, but being the offensive focal point of that team, their team would take a hit if he's more focused on containing lebron
The point is nobody can contain Lebron... but they have the best combination of individual players that can match up (Granger, George) and sound team defense.
i know nobody can contain him. the only guy that had remote success is on his team (albeit, he's much older now). i do think they have some personnel that can help contain lebron (hibbert). i understand you're talking about a combination of players (george and granger). but granger was not a great defender prior to the injury, and he probably won't look too great afterwards.
with george, i think of DLee on the knicks several years ago. he had to focus more on offense than defense because he was the only one that could put the ball in the basket. i feel that caused him to take a major hit defensively. although george has a much better supporting cast (west, hibbert, etc.), he is the main guy on that team offensively and if he's going to focus on lebron, their offense might take a hit.
plus, bosh and wade are starting to look a lot better recently, therefore the help defense might not be there as much as it needs to be.
i'd love for the pacers to beat the heat. i think they have a decent chance against heat.