It also depends on how the group's games compliment each other. It's more than just selflessness. Even if LeBron, Wade, and Bosh conquer that mountain, the question becomes how well each player's games compliment each other. Can Bosh still be effective being the third option, or will he fall apart?
I mean people forget that Pippen himself struggled trying to fit in with Houston at the end of his career. With Barkley and Olajuwon down low, Pippen got a lot of open looks on the perimeter, but that was never his game. And he couldn't take it to the basket with Barkley and Hakeem clogging the lane.
Same with Gary Payton on the '04 Lakers. In many ways that team functioned better with Derek Fisher on the court because he was the better spot-up shooter, even though Payton was worlds better as an overall talent.
With the Big Three in Boston, because all three of them are extraordinary shooters, they were able to still be effective scorers even if they were getting weakside, traditionally "role player" looks on a given play.
My big question is whether Wade, James, and Bosh can do that. Can their games really compliment each other? Can James be effective hitting open jumpers when Bosh and Wade are running a two man game? Same with whoever else is left out on a given play. Also, while Wade and James are definitely going to help since Miami will likely always have one on the court at all times, will their games compliment each other, or will they simply alternate playing the one man game while the other sits on the weakside being ultimately less effective than a spot-up shooter like Eddie House would be?
I'm not sure. While they're not horrible shooters, they're also not great shooters. And while Wade and James pass well, they both also often dominate the ball.
It could work, but it could also fall apart.
Should be an interesting experiment.
Topic: "Boston, not Miami, is the best team in the East" - Pippen (Read 2910 times)