What If....Miami Heat....Uses A Starting Line-Up Of.....

[krook]

Miami Starting Line-Up
Chalmers/Lee
Wade/Bradley
Lebron/Pierce
Birdman/Bass
Bosh/KG

2nd Unit
Cole/Crawford
Allen/Terry
Battier or Miller/Green
Haslem/Randolph
Lewis/Wilcox

i don't know how the line-ups works
but anything can happen in line-up arrangements
bosh and birdman can start both together

[chambers]

Think about this way instead Krook, what if they start birdman and we start Green anyway to make them react to us. The best coaches and teams can make their opponents react. Sometimes they choose not to react (like Scott Brooks not reacting to Spoelstra's line up in the finals last year) and fail but I think it's in our interest to take the heat out of their comfort zone and start Green and Pierce at the same time.

Battier and Lebron need to rest at some stage and if we meet them in the ECF after they've battled the pacers, knicks or Chicago then this will be key for us.
Look at what happened when Green scored his 43 and we had no Garnett, they had no answer for green penetrating.

[krook]

Think about this way instead Krook, what if they start birdman and we start Green anyway to make them react to us. The best coaches and teams can make their opponents react. Sometimes they choose not to react (like Scott Brooks not reacting to Spoelstra's line up in the finals last year) and fail but I think it's in our interest to take the heat out of their comfort zone and start Green and Pierce at the same time.

Battier and Lebron need to rest at some stage and if we meet them in the ECF after they've battled the pacers, knicks or Chicago then this will be key for us.
Look at what happened when Green scored his 43 and we had no Garnett, they had no answer for green penetrating.

i agree on you, but as i've said birdman and bosh together can happen and since you want green on pf, with bass performance and doc really really loves this guy, i think green would be somewhat substitute of pierce, the problem is would you put williams or lee on battier or miller?

[Who]

That would be great news for Miami's opponents. Makes them much easier to defend.

It would improve them defensively but they lose more offensively than they gain defensively by making that switch. Really squeezes the space for LeBron's and Wade's dribble penetration + lessens Bosh's advantage by allowing PFs to defend him instead of Centers.

Chris Andersen is a very limited offensive threat so he will allow opposing teams to play with a 2nd big man and clog the paint defensively [to gain defensive advantage] OR go small themselves and hide that player on Andersen defensively while punishing Andersen or Bosh out on the perimeter offensively [to gain an offensive advantage].

Miami's best lineup is a small ball lineup with Bosh at center and a jump-shooting forward alongside LeBron (SF/PF) in the frontcourt.

[krook]

we all love bass defense but again... 11points or 9 or more than 11 won't save you...
what i like on kg and randolph
kg can hit jumpshots and randolph can spread the floor box out and rebounds...

i know lebron will go SF so imma put green on him
pierce can go to d-wade, it gives height and somewhat both came from injuries, imma put bradley on chalmers,
i think shavlik can guard birdman or haslem
we have no problem on C

wilcox on joel anthony or someone
if lebron goes pf imma put green, and kg on C back up is shavlik
this gives pressure to the heat....
take note no matter bass score some jumpshots... if 3 pointers keep hitting 3;s and ball goes to bosh or haslem or lebron or battier, we will never beat them, shavlik to me is a better upgrade of stiemsma

its not guaranteed green will stop lebron, so i better put someone to clogged the middle and its kg and randolph, its not even sure randolph gets early foul in 1st like 3 fouls in 1st quarter...

on the side of lee and terry, i can put lee on miller
terry as back-up SG
+ ray allen on court gives them floor spacing, which is bass can also do off the bench

[pearljammer10]

Think about this way instead Krook, what if they start birdman and we start Green anyway to make them react to us. The best coaches and teams can make their opponents react. Sometimes they choose not to react (like Scott Brooks not reacting to Spoelstra's line up in the finals last year) and fail but I think it's in our interest to take the heat out of their comfort zone and start Green and Pierce at the same time.



Battier and Lebron need to rest at some stage and if we meet them in the ECF after they've battled the pacers, knicks or Chicago then this will be key for us.
Look at what happened when Green scored his 43 and we had no Garnett, they had no answer for green penetrating.

Only problem is WE will be battling the Pacers and Knicks in the previous rounds where Miami will get the easy road of just the Bucks and Nets or Hawks.