Brenice wrote:Finally! Boston had a great year anyway, but I felt that Pierce tried to blend in too much with Garnett and RAllen. To me, Pierce on offense is clearly more explosive than anybody else on Boston. Garnett has always wanted to be Robin, not Batman on offense. RAllen is not the same RAllen of a FEW years ago. He can be a devastating outside threat but not your go-to guy anymore. Pierce is close to unstoppable with great range. IT WAS HIS TEAM IN THE PAST! IT STILL IS! He does not need to defer to the others.
No big man nor pg is going to be Batman on offense, big men are sort of defensive stoppers, pgs are the one who have to run games, shooting guards have to shoot, small and power forwards have to attack the rim and play in-between game... That's the nature of the game, roles' names are not there for a sort of joke, they identify the specific abilities... Name a title winner big man in the last 20 years who relies more on offense than on defense...
TD? No
Shaq? Hell, NO!
Ben Wallace-Rasheed Wallace? NO!
Akeem? NO!(3.5BPG!)
Wennigton-Cartwright-Horace Grant-Luc Longley-Dennis Rodman? NO way!
Lew Alcindor? NO!
Maybe they have an average to great offense but their defense was always better than offense.