atlantabbq99 wrote:...
Huerter just didn't have the handles to help out Trae every time the whole Heat team geared up to shut down Trae. Lets see if DM is the antidote to that...
If the whole team was focused on Trae, it means other players should have been more open than usual, but they had to be quick to get benefit from that. Unfortunately, Clint, John and Bogi were injured, so not quick at all.
I still think that it was at least half of the problem, a bit more than the need of another playmaker. And when they played with Wright and Trae at the same time, the team was on par with MIA.
They needed healthy front court players, or better, one big to spread the floor and force MIA to defend in another way.
On paper, they should be better than last year, if everyone is healthy and thanks to Bey bringing more shooting/spacing than before his trade, but I have a big doubt: Murray's impact has been really bad this last weeks
CP War Hawks wrote:The Hawks need to get very physical, but this team doesn't like to get their hands dirty. No one really enjoys contact except for Bey...
They need to at least be a bit physical, because MIA will be from the start and the ref will get used to that. If ATL start to be more physical later, the refs will call it.
jayu70 wrote:HMFFL wrote:I'd love to see anybody step up
This more than anything. Who's gonna make Miami pay for the way they defend Trae.
Bogi and Bey, they are the one who should punish them, but it doesn't have to come from Trae or Murray direct passing only, instead of searching John and Clint for a lob, they should also run inside-out plays, with John, Clint or Okongwu getting the ball in the paint and passing to the wings.
