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Originally Posted by insidehoops

If you cringe at the thought of Mario Chalmers playing 30 minutes in a Game 7 against the Boston Celtics, then you probably don’t like what’s happening right now with the Miami Heat. Because he’s the guy. He’s the point guard now, and most likely until the final game is played this season. If the Heat’s going to win a title in 2011 it’ll be mostly Chalmers manning the position that many consider immensely crucial, and many have pointed to as the reason the Heat can’t win it all this year. In two and a half seasons, watching Chalmers has frequently felt like watching Wile E. Coyote. Same mistakes. Doesn’t seem to get it. Probably won’t ever get it. Miami Herald

Spoelstra will tell you Chalmers has the smarts to do those things. It’s just that his confidence and his competitiveness occasionally take over his mind. “He is coachable, but he is stubborn,” Spoesltra said. “And a lot of times competitive and stubborn go hand and hand. “But I can be stubborn as well. He knows that in order to take the next step as a player, and also to gain the trust of his head coach, he does need to come across more than halfway and really start to do the things that I ask and intellectualize why.” Miami Herald

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