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Originally Posted by dalakhani
The thing is, Wade and Lebron both need the ball to be effective. Lebron has never played in an offense that didn't run through him. Wade is going to have to play off of Lebron in order for this thing to work. Those two guys aren't going to allow for a facilitator in the classic sense. They are going to need someone that can guard the quicker point guards and stand there and hit a three off the catch. Lebron and Wade aren't exceptional three point shooters so having a guy that can consistently knock down an open three would be important so that their spacing is right.
The league needs to think about contraction and they really need to work on player development. The league has regressed at a rapid pace over the last few years.
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I thought that is how it would work before the season but if you watch them play against quality teams you see that it is not going to work very well. LeBron has always had the offense run through him but that has been through necessity as opposed to choice. I understand that it is a little different situation and I also know that very few watched the games in the middle of the night except die hards but Wade and LeBron were very effective not only playing with facilitators in the Olympics but meshed with Kobe as well.
What most people miss is that Wade and Lebron and the starters only play 75% of the game. That leaves a lot of time that they aren't playing together. Miami gave that game away in the last 4 minutes of the 1st half. But the truth is it is a game in February and doesn't really mean much. Hell Miami lost by 5 to the old Knick team a month ago. The problem with Miami is that they aren't progressing offensively. They are wasting their matchup advantage by playing LeBron at point so much of the game. When Boston countered with Rondo guarding him the other day I thought that they would see that. Maybe they do and just dont trust Chalmers or Arroyo. I wouldn't. But asking LeBron to play point for 40 minutes a game is a mistake. Finding an established facilitator to play 30 minutes a game will exploit the matchup advantage that Miami will have on the wings. LeBron and Wade can man the point as a change up for short periods of time.
Finding guys that can hit 3 pointers consistently AND guard quicker PG's isnt an easy thing to do