maginno wrote:Battie is out for an entire year and even when healthy plays SUBSTANTIALLY less minutes and contributes less than Wallace when he is healthy. So when you adjust minutes on the floor (which after all is all that matters) you come much closer to Battie even when he is healthy.
Theres nothing inherent about going all out. with experience and good coaching you learn to pick your spots. For someone thats actually seen more Heat games then most of you I can tell you Wade used to hit the deck A LOT more. He credits none other than Stan for that so perfect coach for it here.
When you factor in that you would have another player out of the money left then its a wash with better defense, options for when your outside shot isn't falling, more rebounding and much more easily traded pieces to upgrade cause any way you slice it this isn't your championship team.
Now of course you can't just transplant numbers form one team to another but it goes to show what the player is capable of and since team chemistry has a lot to do with things you would be still playing an up tempo game but would go inside more often so Wallace would get his touches.
Well the decision would be between Wallace and Rashard, and not a comparison between Wallace and Battie.
But coming into the season - based on past history - what were the odds that Wallace would miss relatively considerable time due to injury?
The concussion he got this season was not from his attacking or not, it was about him being in a battle in the post. That's something that could certainly happen if he were on his team.
No doubt that Wallace would be an interesting addition to the team. But assuming that we got Wallace and (Nocioni or Kapono) as some suggested - and Battie went down.
How effectively would Wallace play the 4 spot?
His numbers from 82games at the PF spot are 37% of the time spent there with a team net of -44 points. Whereas Rashard's are 69% and +272 respectively. (not that I think Rashard is an amazing PF).
I think with the review of the team from previous seasons of play, we needed a player like Rashard. Not many would have predicted such a breakout season from Hedo. Had Battie not have gotten injured, I wonder what Hedo's numbers would look like?
