How will Miami stop the Lakers frontcourt?

[Papaya Petee]

the heat's front court would be the ball boys in los angeles

Cool, that's why they split the games with LA without a 24\11\2 PF and a 30\8\7 SF.

[SourGrapes]

Cool, that's why they split the games with LA without a 24\11\2 PF and a 30\8\7 SF.

that's why the heat lost in round ? while the lakers lost in round ? :rolleyes:

oh yeah, championship

[All Net]

Cool, that's why they split the games with LA without a 24\11\2 PF and a 30\8\7 SF.

Comparing the regular season? really? and another thing Bosh isn't going to be a 24/11 guy in Miami. You know that right?

[Kobe8]

1 Word - Patience

Rep Me if you think im right , but dont negative rep me if you think im wrong it'll mess up my motivation for tommorow!

[jrong]

Have you ever seen the best player, the second best player and one of the best PF play together in their prime before? I don't think you really understand how big this really is.

It really, really is. I'm not even sure how Bosh fits into the mix yet but very few people are grasping the reality of what it will be like just to have Wade and James on the same team. If the Heat can figure out how to fully harness their talents simultaneously (and those of Bosh), they could be unguardable.

Moreover, Miami will always have one or the other on court. One of the key ways teams beat the Cavs and the Heat was to take advantage of the times when James and Wade went to the bench. But, one or the other will always be out there-- that's right Miami will have at least one top three player on the floor at all times for a full fourty-eight minutes... if the game is competitive that long. And then of course, for two-thirds of the game or more the Heat will have TWO top three players on the floor.

And when Wade and James do take their alternating, consecutive rests, Mike Miller will get extended run. So now opposing defenses still have to deal with James or Wade running pick-and-rolls with Bosh/Haslem and now they have a better shooter to kick to than either of them have ever had.

The sum-total of all this is that the Heat will not be weak during any part of the game. There is no part of a game in which they will have any trouble at all putting up points....

[barbaroi]

All I gotta say, is that Lakers #1 Option would be the #3 Option in Miami.
:oldlol: This guy's a comedian.

[madmax]

:oldlol: This guy's a comedian.
he's correct though:cheers:

[Vicp493]

Thats your opinion, you could place Lebron/Kobe/Wade in any order they are that close.

No, they aren't. LeBron is head and shoulders above anyone else.

[oh the horror]

No, they aren't. LeBron is head and shoulders above anyone else.



Uh huh, except for the fact that the kid has the willpower of a 10 year old girl. But we'll over look that fact, because he has super cool stats.


Head and shoulders my ASS.

[Vicp493]

Uh huh, except for the fact that the kid has the willpower of a 10 year old girl. But we'll over look that fact, because he has super cool stats.


Head and shoulders my ASS.

Who cares how much effort he puts in? He's still the best player in the game by a wide margin, and has been for a few years now.

[barbaroi]

Who cares how much effort he puts in? He's still the best player in the game by a wide margin, and has been for a few years now.
So we're just ignoring the playoffs now are we?

[Vicp493]

So we're just ignoring the playoffs now are we?

82 game samples > 4-28 game samples

[barbaroi]

82 game samples > 4-28 game samples
:oldlol: What a champ you would make. Spoken like a true Lebron fan.

[Jacks3]

2010 Playoffs, Bynum, Odom, Gasol: 39/29/5
2009 Playoffs, Bynum,Odom,Gasol: 36/24/5
Very solid, but hardly dominant. Multiple front-courts can match that. Do people honestly think the Heat are going to be worried about Odom's 11/10 or Bynum's 8/7 ? I'm sure they're shaking in their boots. :oldlol: Especially given how wildly inconsistent Odom is, and how injury prone Bynum is. Only guy they should really worry about is Gasol, and he sure as hell isn't a dominant player. :facepalm

[Nash]

2010 Playoffs, Bynum, Odom, Gasol: 39/29/5
2009 Playoffs, Bynum,Odom,Gasol: 36/24/5
Very solid, but hardly dominant. Multiple front-courts can match that. Do people honestly think the Heat are going to be worried about Odom's 11/10 or Bynum's 8/7 ? I'm sure they're shaking in their boots. :oldlol: Especially given how wildly inconsistent Odom is, and how injury prone Bynum is. Only guy they should really worry about is Gasol, and he sure as hell isn't a dominant player. :facepalm
Great post.

[Riddler]

It will be so glorious when Miami fails.

[Quotable]

It's not so much defending the Laker bigs, it's not getting killed by them on the glass, especially offensive glass.

[Doranku]

Did anyone watch the LA/Oklahoma series? LA had an even bigger advantage inside against them WITH HCA, and they barely squeezed out a 6 game series. LA's frontcourt isn't some unstoppable juggernaut, ace in the hole type thing. The Lakers still haven't figured out how to fully capitalize on the mismatches they pose inside, and I think that if they don't figure that out going into next years Playoffs, they will fall to Miami.

[G-Funk]

2010 Playoffs, Bynum, Odom, Gasol: 39/29/5
2009 Playoffs, Bynum,Odom,Gasol: 36/24/5
Very solid, but hardly dominant. Multiple front-courts can match that. Do people honestly think the Heat are going to be worried about Odom's 11/10 or Bynum's 8/7 ? I'm sure they're shaking in their boots. :oldlol: Especially given how wildly inconsistent Odom is, and how injury prone Bynum is. Only guy they should really worry about is Gasol, and he sure as hell isn't a dominant player. :facepalm


Specially the Heat's Front Court.

[G-Funk]

All I gotta say, is that Lakers #1 Option would be the #3 Option in Miami.

And all I gotta say, is that Heat #1 & #2 Option would be the #2 #3 Option in Los Angeles.

[Svendiggity]

And all I gotta say, is that Heat #1 & #2 Option would be the #2 #3 Option in Los Angeles.

This.

L.A's best player is still underrated because when you say his name people freak out.

[Samvt]

It's crazy how people underrate the heat's d, they were one of best last season.


also, all of a sudden lakers front court is impossible to beat. even if they have an advantage, it can't cancel out wade n bron.

[G-Funk]

It's crazy how people underrate the heat's d, they were one of best last season.


also, all of a sudden lakers front court is impossible to beat. even if they have an advantage, it can't cancel out wade n bron.

It is possible to beat Lakers front court but not by Heat's front court. As your second statement Kobe can cancel one of them out. It's really going to come down to who can use ther strenghs best.

[Fudge]

lol

Ilgauskas 7'3"
Magloire 6'11"
Bosh 6'10"
Pittman 6'10"
Randolph 6'10"

And you're underestimating shorter players which is a foolish thing to do.

Bynum 7'0"
Gasol 7'0"
Odom 6'10"
Ratliff 6'10"

Looks like Miami has the advantage in frontcourt category size wise. Don't you think?
You're an idiot. Nobody has a clue who half of those guys are. Sure they got size, but does ur dumbasss actually think all those guys can even put up a decent match-up against any of the Laker bigs? No.

[gleden]

LA's big guys are actually good, the only guy who is decent out of that group is Bosh. The truth is the Heat's best post defenders are under 6-10, that may be a problem

Thats how you know when to block a user lol. Bosh is better than all of LAs big men other than Gasol and i still do think Bosh is equal to Gasol if not better. Since when is Bosh decent???????

[Fudge]

82 game samples > 4-28 game samples
:facepalm

Don't ever think about posting again, please. :oldlol:

[sodap]

Thats how you know when to block a user lol. Bosh is better than all of LAs big men other than Gasol and i still do think Bosh is equal to Gasol if not better. Since when is Bosh decent???????

i think what he was saying was Bosh is great, but all the others arent even decent

[JustSaying]

lol @ Heat fans. gotta be the dumbest species on the planet.:lol

[Fudge]

Thats how you know when to block a user lol. Bosh is better than all of LAs big men other than Gasol and i still do think Bosh is equal to Gasol if not better. Since when is Bosh decent???????
How does that make any sense? You state that Bosh is "better than all of LAs big men other than Gasol", but later say he's equal to him if not better. You're dumb.

[ihatetimthomas]

They can't stop the Lakers front court. They simply do not have the talent or size to contend with them in the front court. The one thing that they do have on their side is speed and players who can get to the stripe. The best way to approach the Lakers is to play an untempo style of ball and try to get the Laker bigs in fould trouble. Have Wade and Lebron drive and create contact. This is the only way the Heat can beat LA. Bosh averaged 8.4 FTA last season, so we know he can get to the free throw line. Get Gasol and Bynum in FT and make the Laker bench bigs beat the Heat.

[All Net]

They can't stop the Lakers front court. They simply do not have the talent or size to contend with them in the front court. The one thing that they do have on their side is speed and players who can get to the stripe. The best way to approach the Lakers is to play an untempo style of ball and try to get the Laker bigs in fould trouble. Have Wade and Lebron drive and create contact. This is the only way the Heat can beat LA. Bosh averaged 8.4 FTA last season, so we know he can get to the free throw line. Get Gasol and Bynum in FT and make the Laker bench bigs beat the Heat.

Only thing that is a worry for L.A is how easily Bynum gets into foul trouble. Maybe it was down to his injury but he got in foul trouble alot in the playoffs to guys who aren't great at attacking now Miami has two of the best at attacking the rim and Bosh himself as you mentioned got to the line 8 times a game last year. If they can get the Laker bigs in foul trouble the big advantage in the frontcourt won't be as big an advantage as we all expect. Be interesting how much the refs do call fouls for Miami this year.

[Dresta]

Oh, i dunno, maybe just do the same things they've done the past 2 season vs LA. Then again Miami no longer have Beasley to punk Gasol, so they may be screwed.

[olddangerfield]

And all I gotta say, is that Heat #1 & #2 Option would be the #2 #3 Option in Los Angeles.

The Laker's #2 and #3 options would be #4 and #5 on the heat.

[SourGrapes]

Oh, i dunno, maybe just do the same things they've done the past 2 season vs LA. Then again Miami no longer have Beasley to punk Gasol, so they may be screwed.

i didn't know they met in the playoffs, when the lakers actually give a sh*t

[Kurosawa0]

Well, the idea would be Bosh and Gasol cancel each other out and then Miami has Anthony, Jamal, Z, Haslem and Howard to throw out at center. It may not be perfect, but I don't think it's automatically assured to fail.

[Himan12]

It really depends on bosh, if Olympic Bosh shows up the lakers front court will have trouble. If Raptor bosh shows up (frustrating for all raptor fans to watch as he didnt develop a mean streak), Gasol will have a field day.

He will have help though, with Wade and LBJ attacking the basket, every frontcourt in the league will get in foul trouble IMO.

[LA KB24]

Joel can handle Bynum.He won't shut him down completely but Bynum won't be able to score easily.Gasol and Bosh cancel eachother out.I also think Odom and Miller cancel eachother out.
:oldlol:

[LA KB24]

lol

Ilgauskas 7'3"
Magloire 6'11"
Bosh 6'10"
Pittman 6'10"
Randolph 6'10"

And you're underestimating shorter players which is a foolish thing to do.

Bynum 7'0"
Gasol 7'0"
Odom 6'10"
Ratliff 6'10"

Looks like Miami has the advantage in frontcourt category size wise. Don't you think?
No.

[LA KB24]

who's gonna stop Bosh again?
:oldlol:

[LA KB24]

I am sure the Bulls are capable of beating the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs next year.
:roll:

[GiveItToBurrito]

They won't. They can't. There's no way they can contain Gasol, Bynum, Odom, and Artest. Too many options there.

This. It's going to be like the OKC series, bigs doing what they're supposed to but still getting dominated because Gasol, Bynum, and Odom are just so long. Miami's going to just have to hope that Artest has slowed down enough that Lebron can dominate him. Wade and Kobe going at it one on one will be really interesting, too. One thing I like about the Heat-Laker games is that Kobe and Lebron and Wade are going to have to guard each other for the entire game.

[N0Skillz]

LOl bringing this back form the grave arnt you =p

[Mr. Jabbar]

We're being hysterical here.

Anthony and Haslem are very good defenders. Bosh gives you height and so does Ilgauskas.

My question is how will Lakers stop LeBron and D-Wade?

One of them usually shuts down by himself.

[GiveItToBurrito]

One of them usually shuts down by himself.

That is the unfortunate thing about their pairing. I thought it'd work, be like Jordan and Pippen, but since neither is really a catch and shoot type, it's more like Pippen and Pippen.

[LA KB24]

That is the unfortunate thing about their pairing. I thought it'd work, be like Jordan and Pippen, but since neither is really a catch and shoot type, it's more like Pippen and Pippen.
Yup.

[opps]

Thank you for bumping this thread to show just how stupid Heat fans were :facepalm

You can see what I was saying on the first page.