The Creation of Miami's Offense

[CablexDeadpool]

We need to work on the offense when Lebron isn't in there. We still have good players (mainly Wade)

If I remember correctly when Lebron took that first big break we couldn't score at the beginning of the second quarter until Wade hit a couple of shots and Jones came in and knocked down some 3s

Then when he took a seat again late we couldn't score with Wade and good players still in (I'm not counting scrub time)

I don't think Dallas will be a good defensive team this year so we don't really know how good we are yet. I don't think we will be that good though, a lot of our shots were just falling today. We seem better though

Lebron seemed on a mission and was the only one that seemed to have control.

Bosh is probably getting used to his bulk.

Wade was good with Lebron in the game, but without LBJ it was really sloppy.

[Cakeman21]

Lebron seemed on a mission and was the only one that seemed to have control.

Bosh is probably getting used to his bulk.

Wade was good with Lebron in the game, but without LBJ it was really sloppy.

Let's be reality..Bosh put on a few pounds of muscle, there is no "bulk"

[DWadeno3]

We need to work on the offense when Lebron isn't in there. We still have good players (mainly Wade)

If I remember correctly when Lebron took that first big break we couldn't score at the beginning of the second quarter until Wade hit a couple of shots and Jones came in and knocked down some 3s

Then when he took a seat again late we couldn't score with Wade and good players still in (I'm not counting scrub time)

I don't think Dallas will be a good defensive team this year so we don't really know how good we are yet. I don't think we will be that good though, a lot of our shots were just falling today. We seem better though

Lebron seemed on a mission and was the only one that seemed to have control.

Bosh is probably getting used to his bulk.

Wade was good with Lebron in the game, but without LBJ it was really sloppy.

Actually, after the sloppy stretch when LeBron went to the bench, it was Wade who took over when nothing was working. You people need to relax though, this is a different style of offense most players will have to get used to. Especially players like Chalmers and UD, who've been accustomed to the slow halfcourt offense we've been running for a while, need to adjust to playing more off of their instincts and less in fully strucutred systems. Of course great individual players look great when they're allowed to freelance a lot and LeBron looked extra good because he was just on fire.
Bosh on the other hand looked terrible because he a) couldn't buy a shot and b) was lost out there at times because he pretty much seemed to have the same problems UD and Chalmers had. Give this team with its new offense some time, it'll flourish soon. If everybody not named Wade or James still struggles to score 30-40 games into the season, then we can discuss it, but not after a one game, which was a blowout after all.

My main issue last night was how the entire team checked out mentally in the third quarter. Everybody thought the game was over so they could just try some stuff. Luckily for us, LeBron could hit most of his shots, so Dallas couldn't come too close too early. Additionally, we pretty much stopped defending. Last night, our lead was too big so that we couldn't really lose the game anymore, but we have to learn to keep the foot on the gas pedal until the final buzzer sounds. This had nothing to do with learning a new offense, this was just us being too cocky again and that was an issue last season as well.

[DefenseWins]

I agree the bench needs to get their own plays out there without Wade and LBJ. We'd be unbeatable if the offense of the bench wouldn't give up big leads or stagnate.

[twix2500]

Lets be excited that Wade and Lebron are working hard to get their offensive game off the ball. This is a big step. We know we can run the pick and pop/roll with Bosh. Its going to take time for them to learn how to implement both sets. Another important aspect will be Norris Coles ability to create on offense. Coles is going to be another player who we can add offensive plays for. And hopefully down the road Eddy Curry can also be used for offensive power off the bench. The potential for this team is slowly fullfilling itself. Even thou we have so much potential to fullfill, we are still beating the crap out of everyone.

Remember that display last nite was with out getting involve or using Bosh, Coles, Battier, Miller, Pittman and Eddy Curry. I dont mind us slowly getting these players involved and healthy. Learning how to get three of the above players involved is going to be a huge impact let alone getting all of them.

[EscapoTHB]

Another good showing of this offense. Had some problems with the zone when we stopped running it. But for most of the game we led comfortable and were toying with one of the top teams in the league. I don't think some of our scrubs really understand the offense yet. Saw Lebron and Wade reminding Howard and others to space the floor.