A Juggernaut Frontcourt

[BballTim]

  First of all, you have no chance whatsoever if you just cede those battles. If you lose the matchups to LeBron and Wade, you won't win the series unless you limit how badly you lose those matchups. If LeBron runs wild you can't counter that by your center outscoring theirs by 7-8 points.

Last regular season, Shaq and Jermaine combined to outscore the Heat's current crop of centers by 25.6 to 12.2.  That's 13.4 points, not 7 or 8.

Mike

  Shaq and JO were both 2nd options in their offenses. I think you're kidding yourself if you're expecting them to combine for 26 points a game next year. That 13.4 points just isn't happening.

[snively]

Are you seriously trying to argue that Shaq is not a better rebounder than Sheed?

No. I am just trying to argue he's not as bad as you're trying to make him. And therein lies my problem with your posts -- which is something you consistently fail to understand, and therefore trying to have any reasonable argument with you has been mostly a waste of time.

The difference is pretty dang big.  Sheed was the worst rebounder of our big men by a fair margin.  Shaq would have been the best.

[Celtics4ever]

Shaq is a better rebounder than Sheed hands down.  I have to wonder if some here watch the games?  Sheed plays out of the perimter way too much and is constantly out of rebounding position.  Its a no brainer that he is worse rebounder not only statistically but theoretically.

Rondo out rebounded Sheed a lot.

I think we can expect about 10-12 points of Shaq and 6-8 rebounds in limited minutes as good if not better than Perk's numbers.

[ballin]

Shaq is a better rebounder than Sheed hands down.  I have to wonder if some here watch the games?  Sheed plays out of the perimter way too much and is constantly out of rebounding position.  Its a no brainer that he is worse rebounder not only statistically but theoretically.

Rondo out rebounded Sheed a lot.

I think we can expect about 10-12 points of Shaq and 6-8 rebounds in limited minutes as good if not better than Perk's numbers.

Not to mention, i never once saw Rasheed box out or grab a rebound that didn't literally fall into his hands.

/sometimes I also question whether or not people actually watched the team's games last year...