MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:Lee?
Who the hell is Lee? David Lee? No you dont do this foolishness...Your team like I said has to look at your divisonal riavals Toronto and Washington and see how they are built and adjust accordingly!
Courtney Lee, our draft pick.
And why do we need to adjust to what Toronto and Washington have done? As much as JO and CB4 will create mismatches if we play Howard and Lewis against them, we conversely create mismatches for them by forcing one of them to defend the perimeter. It is a two way street. We need to add another big body to our rotation, through free agency, but we also have a returning Tony Battie, who may not be a glamourous player, but is a solid enough post defender to cover someone like Jermaine O'Neal for 10-15mpg whilst Dwight rests.
Also, why would we need to adjust to Washington? They have made no great strides this offseason, just re-signed their own free agents whilst hoping Gilbert Arenas comes back.
MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:You have to get Howard's no jump shot shooting self near the basket until he can develop some sort of mid-range game.
Dwight's 'no jump shot shooting self' does stay close to the basket. And he dominates there. Have you actually watched any Magic basketball?
MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:You need a big time high post Center and passer like a Brad Miller, Primoz Brezec or Mehmet Okur type to stretch the defense and hit a jumper or two. With Battie you have defense...
Why do we need one of those? I am not saying that they wouldn't fit here, but that's not how we run our offense.
MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:But you are too undersized and too soft if Howard gets in foul trouble. No team can make a bigger leap if they get the right piece then your team because Howard is a MONSTER.
We do struggle when Dwight is in foul trouble. But that is no different to any other team losing their marquee player. You might as well say that Cleveland struggle when Lebron is out, or San Antonio struggle when Tim Duncan sits. Bonus points to you for stating the obvious. Battie and Gortat, and a third big body to be named (assuming we sign one) should be able to pick up a little of the inside banging and rebounding slack when Dwight sits. They aren't going to replace him, but if they can get some rebounds and play some D, then they are fulfilling their role. We have plenty of other scorers to put Dwight's points on the board.
MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:However, you better hope the Raptors don't get Marion or it is all over for your team. The Wizards already can score with you, and outrebound you, so you had better get someone like the guys I mentioned to complement Howard.
And how exactly are the Raptors going to get Marion? With what? They haven't the assets to match his contract, unless Miami plans on giving him away a la Pau Gasol and Memphis - and Riley is not going to help push an Eastern Conference team to the next level. Not now, not ever.
MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:You should have given Maggette what you gave Pietrus if you could have. However you did well with Pietrus. I would look to pick up Marbury if he is released immediately if I was you.
Maggette wasn't going to come here for the MLE when GSW put a big contract on the table. Pietrus is probably a better fit at this point - he is already a better defender than Maggette, with the potential to get much better at stopping opponents. Maggette's MO is one of being a scorer - we already have 3 20ppg scorers on this team. What could he have given us as a fourth option? Pietrus will bring a little supplementary offense, and improve our perimeter D and rebounding, at 80% of the MLE. He was a good pickup.
Why oh why would we want Marbury? The guy has taken failure with him wherever he has gone. He is not going to accept being a 4th option on this team. We're better off without him.
MilBucksBackOnTop06 wrote:I see you all rollin your eyes already, but remember my friends, you need to match up with Arenas and that Wizard backcourt! Jameer Nelson nor Jason Williams is gonna get it done my friends.
Trust me...
Oh no! We should change our roster to counteract
ONE PLAYER!! Are you serious? Arenas is a good player. But jeez, if we overpaid Rashard (and we did), the Wizards have WAY overpaid Arenas. He is a classic 'volume scorer'. Yep, he'll get his 25ppg (assuming he is healthy), but he will do it jacking up bad shots and shooting 42%, playing mediocre to poor defense, and consistently turning the ball over. Weird how the Wizards had a better record in 2008 without Arenas than they did in 2007 with him.
