twix2500 wrote:How the wizards matched up on the Heats Herro- Rozier backcourt
Like the Kings the Kings put a forward in Herro. Not sure if Avdija is a small or power forward, I guess a tweener. Poole was assigned/hidden on Highsmith.
Tyler Herro matchups vs Wiz
1. Avdija
2. Coulibaly
3. Krispert
Terry Rozier matchup vs Wiz
1. Jones
2. Coulibaly
3. Avdija
It's a simple chess match that's going on with Miami.
On offense, with Highsmith out there, the other team can have a wing defender who can go guard one of the Miami guards while (like you said) teams can hide a bad defender on Highsmith.
On defense, Miami has to have one of the defenders cover one of the offensive guards and try to hide both Rozier and Herro, but if a team has more than 3 good offensive players on the court it's a problem. And when Robinson comes back we'll probably see 2 bad defenders on the court most of the game.
I really don't like this leaning in on offense. It seems very simple to me about this team in the playoffs, they HAVE to play good/great defense and try to keep the game close in hopes running the ball though Butler can carry this team because if either of those faulters in the playoffs, I don't think Miami has the offensive firepower to keep up with the better teams in the league.
With what I've seen this year, when Butler isn't giving full effort, let Jaquez Jr play his role, Jaquez Jr may never become as good as Butler but he can be that guard/forward in the low post who can score down there or find open teammates, I like that future way more than bombing away with a small lineup that seems much slower than other team's bigger lineups.
What seems to need to happen if this team doesn't make a change is that Martin or Jaquez Jr have to become the starting PF.
Miami doesn't even need to get a 20ppg scoring PF, they just a versatile defender who on offense when given a bad defender, able to take advantage of that situation so the other team can't hide bad defenders on Miami's 4.
