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Inserting love in the lineup, Even if it seemed contrived And they didn't look good... Has been the key to give bam and JB freedom to reign

al bondiga wrote:Inserting love in the lineup, Even if it seemed contrived And they didn't look good... Has been the key to give bam and JB freedom to reign

lets hope the trend continues next series. this will show that the heat really needs size. hope they do something to address it this off season

Agree. Love always wins.

Love will always find a way.

Inserting Love is always a good decision

Wiltside wrote:Inserting Love is always a good decision

To each his own I guess.

Love makes the world go round.

This is a bad series for Love, if they go small, they will get him into foul trouble early. Horford & White are both faster and capable of spreading the floor which means you ll relegate Love to the corners away from his ability to box out. If Love is out there bricking unlike the Knicks series he will be targeted by the roll man to get him into foul trouble. This is Caleb Martin starting series, I feel it in my heart, and when Spo ultimately makes the change it will be 2 games in too late.

IceColdCubano wrote:This is a bad series for Love, if they go small, they will get him into foul trouble early. Horford & White are both faster and capable of spreading the floor which means you ll relegate Love to the corners away from his ability to box out. If Love is out there bricking unlike the Knicks series he will be targeted by the roll man to get him into foul trouble. This is Caleb Martin starting series, I feel it in my heart, and when Spo ultimately makes the change it will be 2 games in too late.

I think Love is a major factor here. Celtics killed us down low last year with Horford, R Williams and G Williams. Love keeps us honest down low with his size to keep them off the boards. Allows Bam and Butler to focus on Tatum and Brown. Martin will also be rotating defending Brown and Tatum. Zeller’s toughness and size off the bench when Bam needs to sit will also be key.

MettaWorldPanda wrote:

IceColdCubano wrote:This is a bad series for Love, if they go small, they will get him into foul trouble early. Horford & White are both faster and capable of spreading the floor which means you ll relegate Love to the corners away from his ability to box out. If Love is out there bricking unlike the Knicks series he will be targeted by the roll man to get him into foul trouble. This is Caleb Martin starting series, I feel it in my heart, and when Spo ultimately makes the change it will be 2 games in too late.

I think Love is a major factor here. Celtics killed us down low last year with Horford, R Williams and G Williams. Love keeps us honest down low with his size to keep them off the boards. Allows Bam and Butler to focus on Tatum and Brown. Martin will also be rotating defending Brown and Tatum. Zeller’s toughness and size off the bench when Bam needs to sit will also be key.

I didn't feel like we lost because of rebounding. To me we lost because our bench and support players where Ice cold and we couldn't stop them from scoring on the other end. Again, if Love is hitting its ok, regardless he will be guarding Horford from the get go, Horford spends his time off the high pick and roll and on the corners, he will keep Love out from under the basket so his rebounding won't be an advantage.

IceColdCubano wrote:

MettaWorldPanda wrote:

IceColdCubano wrote:This is a bad series for Love, if they go small, they will get him into foul trouble early. Horford & White are both faster and capable of spreading the floor which means you ll relegate Love to the corners away from his ability to box out. If Love is out there bricking unlike the Knicks series he will be targeted by the roll man to get him into foul trouble. This is Caleb Martin starting series, I feel it in my heart, and when Spo ultimately makes the change it will be 2 games in too late.

I think Love is a major factor here. Celtics killed us down low last year with Horford, R Williams and G Williams. Love keeps us honest down low with his size to keep them off the boards. Allows Bam and Butler to focus on Tatum and Brown. Martin will also be rotating defending Brown and Tatum. Zeller’s toughness and size off the bench when Bam needs to sit will also be key.

I didn't feel like we lost because of rebounding. To me we lost because our bench and support players where Ice cold and we couldn't stop them from scoring on the other end. Again, if Love is hitting its ok, regardless he will be guarding Horford from the get go, Horford spends his time off the high pick and roll and on the corners, he will keep Love out from under the basket so his rebounding won't be an advantage.

Why wouldn't love be guarding Robert Williams and Bam on Al Horford?

I agree that Love is a little slow For this, series But he is savvy!! I think you start him every game And play him 20 minutes... Unless There is a Very Distinct error.

He is sort of the opposite to JB and bam ...in almost every team you need diversity for things to work... What I mean is that Not everybody needs to be fast

Actually I think horford is a great example of this, Everybody knows he is old and not even close To the most Athletic power forward in the league... but he is savvy

IceColdCubano wrote:This is a bad series for Love, if they go small, they will get him into foul trouble early. Horford & White are both faster and capable of spreading the floor which means you ll relegate Love to the corners away from his ability to box out. If Love is out there bricking unlike the Knicks series he will be targeted by the roll man to get him into foul trouble. This is Caleb Martin starting series, I feel it in my heart, and when Spo ultimately makes the change it will be 2 games in too late.

Love is only a 20 mpg player in any scenario. Foul trouble isn't really a concern here.

Contrary to prevailing narrative--while Love has been a helpful addition--he's still just a part time rotation piece.

Love is a useful counter in the game of chess