Is This It For Spoelstra?
Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 4:22 pm
OK let me get it out there, I am NOT a Spoelstra fan...Sporon sucks, but I know he's got the backing from Riley (must have some pictures of Riley with some college girls or something haha)
But, last year it was the first year of the Medium 3 together and they were still trying to find an identity. Though the finals were the biggest choke job in NBA history, I think Arison gave the team and coaches a pass as the team had holes and a VERY weak bench.
This year, the bench is stronger: Udonis, Battier, Miller being the key guys off the bench.
The Medium 3 know that what they did last year did not work. On interviews they all talk about how they need to play better as a team, put criticism aside and attack and give their all.
Chalmers in my opinion has grown a lot in the finals...yes he's prone to bonehead decisions BUT during the finals when the others were choking, he grew the biggest pair and almost put us back in it on Game 6.
The Center position is the black hole of the team BUT this team is built very much like the Chicago Bulls teams that won back to back to back.
The first 3 titles the Bulls won, they had a core of MJ/Pippen/Grant with a PG duo of Paxson/Armstrong and C duo of Cartwright/Perdue.
Neither Perdue or Cartwright were rebound monsters and BJ and Paxson were not assist monsters but could hit 3 pointers...
Then you add Battier, Miller and Udonis...they are much better bench players than that Bulls team had.
NO I'm not saying that Wade/James/Bosh are better than MJ/Pipper/Grant but the teams are build very similarly.
I think the construction of this team is a blend of the two 3-peat Bulls teams...we have a similar core to the 1990-1993 Bulls but with a very good bench like the 1993-1996 Bulls.
So what I'm trying to say is: we do not need Joel/Pittman/Curry to be monsters...we need those 3 guys to give us about 12 rebounds and 8-12 points per game and 1.5 blocks per game. That's it.
As for the PG position, if we somehow land Billups, we're set but if not, we need Mario and Cole, mainly Mario, to give us about 10pts per game, 6 assists and 2 steals per game.
That's what we need from the Point Guard and Center positions
So back to Spoelstra...he has the players and the tools to get this done. You may say the competition is tougher now, but look what the NBA was back then as well.
The NBA is getting back to what it used to be, powerful teams with multiple key pieces and different game plans. It's up to Spoelstra to understand each team and prepare our guys to get the job done. He needs to involve Bosh more and allow him to score 18ppg and grab like 10rpg and let Wade and James score at will with average of at least 25ppg;
It's on Spoelstra. He's the man that needs to figure it out and make this work and sell his players into a game plan. Not the players. It comes from the top down.
It's now or never for Spoelstra. The hole his roster has, were challenges faced by many other teams that won titles before so that's not an excuse.
Riley knows it. He's locking in the current pieces for at least 3 years, if not longer, and if Spoelstra doesn't get it done, he is done.
Let's look at the past, learn from what worked and play ball.
But, last year it was the first year of the Medium 3 together and they were still trying to find an identity. Though the finals were the biggest choke job in NBA history, I think Arison gave the team and coaches a pass as the team had holes and a VERY weak bench.
This year, the bench is stronger: Udonis, Battier, Miller being the key guys off the bench.
The Medium 3 know that what they did last year did not work. On interviews they all talk about how they need to play better as a team, put criticism aside and attack and give their all.
Chalmers in my opinion has grown a lot in the finals...yes he's prone to bonehead decisions BUT during the finals when the others were choking, he grew the biggest pair and almost put us back in it on Game 6.
The Center position is the black hole of the team BUT this team is built very much like the Chicago Bulls teams that won back to back to back.
The first 3 titles the Bulls won, they had a core of MJ/Pippen/Grant with a PG duo of Paxson/Armstrong and C duo of Cartwright/Perdue.
Neither Perdue or Cartwright were rebound monsters and BJ and Paxson were not assist monsters but could hit 3 pointers...
Then you add Battier, Miller and Udonis...they are much better bench players than that Bulls team had.
NO I'm not saying that Wade/James/Bosh are better than MJ/Pipper/Grant but the teams are build very similarly.
I think the construction of this team is a blend of the two 3-peat Bulls teams...we have a similar core to the 1990-1993 Bulls but with a very good bench like the 1993-1996 Bulls.
So what I'm trying to say is: we do not need Joel/Pittman/Curry to be monsters...we need those 3 guys to give us about 12 rebounds and 8-12 points per game and 1.5 blocks per game. That's it.
As for the PG position, if we somehow land Billups, we're set but if not, we need Mario and Cole, mainly Mario, to give us about 10pts per game, 6 assists and 2 steals per game.
That's what we need from the Point Guard and Center positions
So back to Spoelstra...he has the players and the tools to get this done. You may say the competition is tougher now, but look what the NBA was back then as well.
The NBA is getting back to what it used to be, powerful teams with multiple key pieces and different game plans. It's up to Spoelstra to understand each team and prepare our guys to get the job done. He needs to involve Bosh more and allow him to score 18ppg and grab like 10rpg and let Wade and James score at will with average of at least 25ppg;
It's on Spoelstra. He's the man that needs to figure it out and make this work and sell his players into a game plan. Not the players. It comes from the top down.
It's now or never for Spoelstra. The hole his roster has, were challenges faced by many other teams that won titles before so that's not an excuse.
Riley knows it. He's locking in the current pieces for at least 3 years, if not longer, and if Spoelstra doesn't get it done, he is done.
Let's look at the past, learn from what worked and play ball.
