I suppose I am missing the logic.........Why start White if the truth is you have no faith in him and he will never see past the 4 minutes of the first and 3rd quarters........Is there someone who can serve us better ....
I do not think there is another NBA team who uses a guy solely to start a game in the first and 3rd quarter and then never enter back into the game and better yet when he does not start he see zero playing time.
There were some logic in starting White ..
1) Lebron & D.Wade average 20+ plus points from the foul-line per game.
2) White's role was to defend and pickup early fouls (Brewers role in our two 20 point wins).
3) The Heat outscored us in the first qtr. by 1 point (23-22), because Woody's philosophy has been all season to bring NO-DEFENSE JR.smith into the game with 8 minutes remaining in the first qtr., which was way to early to take White out, while we owned a 4 to 5 point lead while White was on the court.
4) White & Shump tandem defense were an unexpected team-defense than Lebron & Wade were prepared for, our tandem were always back on defense providing STOPS.
5) Plus assistant coach Jason Kidd wanted to come off the bench with Stat to add fire in the 2nd qtr., and not be taken out of the game 4 minutes into the first qtr. to be replace by JR.
The last time Detroit won the Championship they started C-Cambell for 6 minutes throughout the regular-season, and thats all the playingtime C-Cambell receive, the first 6 minutes of the game. A strategic-strategy.
Did u notice the Miami Heat had NO-Answer to stop Stat from scoring inside, after Stat got his shot block?
But we would rather have JR.smith shoot 5-18 and not go to the foul line, rather than Stat shooting 5-7 plus two trips to the foul line.
And to all the Novak-haters, get it right 85% of all Melo, JR, and Felton shots are from the peremeter.
Right now Ray Allan is averaging 7 to 9 shots per game as the Heats peremeter shooter .. Novak is our peremeter shooter averaging 3 to 4 shots per game, think Woodson-Woodson-Woodson for not forcing players to set up plays in certain places for a catch n shoot Novak, like we did for Allan Houston.
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