narmerguy wrote:mopper8 wrote:4-5 shooting, but was he pulling bigs away from the basket? Which makes room for Lebron and Wade, and makes everyone more efficient as a result? Someone posted a vid of Doug Collins praising our team the other day...but he was praising our offense when Lebron is at the 4. Stats bear this out. No way our offense is better, in the long run, with Birdman over Battier. The question is whether his defense/rebounding make up for it. I dont' think they do.
Yeah, the thing people forget is that when Lebron is at the 4, this team isn't even playing "small". He's big enough to guard a 4. It's a nightmare.
The problem with always going small isn't really LBJ at the 4, it's more Bosh at the 5.
When we have Joel or Birdman out there, you notice how our all defense gets better..we start to really protect the rim and the paint.
We can go small on some matchups, but to play small ALL THE TIME is suicide. We saw this Vs Indy, Memphis.
Hopefully Spo learned his lesson.