EscapoTHB wrote:Yeah if we have a center who can rebound it really changes things for us, because now Lebron and Wade can leak out for fast breaks instead of helping to rebound. And if the center can also block shots like Joel, then it helps our perimeter guys to take more risks to cause more turnovers. The key to us being a more up tempo athletic team is getting 8-10 rebounds per game out of the starting center.
If the center can also play offense, it's an even bigger addition, because last season we didn't have a single two-way center on the team. If we had the offensive centers in, they didn't defend, if we had the defensive ones in, teams could cheat off them.
Someone like Nene, Dahlembert, or Chandler you can't just not guard on offense. And defensively their rebounding should allow us to run.
If we become a running team, there's not a team in the league who can stop us. The Mavs zone becomes irrelevant because we'll run them off the floor. We have the fastest 2,3, and maybe 4 in the league. And our two and three are literally the most unstoppable forces in the game in a fast break situation. Teams gameplanned last season just out of fear of that. A legit MLE level center and a healthy Haslem irrespective of what else we add should take us from really good to great.
Also if Wade worked on his 3 point shot this summer, and Lebron got a post game. And bosh got strong enough to hold his position on the block a little better--those things would help too.
I hope this year we put the fear of god in these teams.
Great job escapo, I sense you played some ball in your past. I want to add a little something to that. Running a Zone defense makes it tough for that team to rebound, but since we had a weak rebounding frontcourt that was not even a factor and allow teams to run a zone with no consequences. You add a Dalembert and now we are the best rebounding team in the NBA. Thats how big of difference it is going from Anthony to Dalembert for this team.
