I'd honestly take what the Heat have at the center position right now over what the Celtics have. Both are presences in the paint. Big Z can post up and shoot and can also be there defensively. Dampier is also a 7 footer that is good defensively and can give you valuable rebounds as well as blocked shots. Bosh, when used in the low post, is also extremely effective and it's shown the last three games. Last night, the Heat out-rebounded the Spurs by double digits. The Celtics, meanwhile, have a banged up 40 year old Shaq and traded away their best center to the Thunder for some role players.
This statement is an epic fail as of right now. It certainly hasn't looked like a problem against two of the bigger teams in the league in the last three games.
The key will be whether or not they continue to use him the way they have in the low post and whether or not they'll let the offense run through Wade and him instead of LeBron. That's all up to the coaching.
Keep telling yourself that. You're essentially saying that this year's edition of the Cavs are better than the Heat would be without LeBron. So basically you're saying that the Heat would be the worst team in basketball if LeBron went down with injury in the next game. I guess everybody is entitled to their opinions, no matter how ridiculous and flawed they might be.
Oh so now it's the roles and not the players that make it a better side? If that's the case, I would want the roles that the Heat have right now (closing to within two games for the top spot in the conference while beating the piss out of the league's premier team) rather than the roles the Cavs have right now, which has them thoroughly in the league's cellar.
And what roles made the Cavs the better team? Give LeBron the ball while we all stand back and watch? Yeah, because that worked out so well in Cleveland. How many rings do they have to show for that again?
Sure they have. Since you're having a bit of trouble with your reading comprehension, I'll repeat it again. The Heat's issues during this "massive" five game slide were as follows...
1. Lack of a quality PG.
2. Not trusting the bench players enough.
3. Not having the offense run through Wade and Bosh.
4. Not using Bosh in the low post.
5. Lack of confidence.
The Heat now have Mike Bibby, whose skill sets work well with what the Heat do. They have trusted their bench players more lately. They've had the offense run through Wade and Bosh instead of LeBron, and they've used Bosh in the low post. The results have been that the Heat have gone 3-0 in impressive fashion. All of the wins have come against WC playoff teams. Two of them came against the top three teams in the WC. One of them came in the form of a 30 point blowout against the best team in the league.
Mike Bibby is more than reasonable for what the Heat do. He will eventually assume the starting role and Chalmers is a great asset to have off the bench.
Not really. I believe that you're thinking about the Celtics.
The Heat win because they have a talented team. It's that simple.
It's hard not to play like "useless pricks" when the coaching isn't trusting you enough to let you contribute to the team. I thinks it's funny that you're dismissing the Heat's winning streak as a "mini-revival" when you were so quick to point to a five game losing streak as a "massive slump" as well. That's a huge failure in logic.
So, after a "massive" five game slide, the Heat are now on a "huge" (huge comes before massive, right?) three game win streak. Jon Barry: "The Spurs are simply the better team, point blank".