I dont know, I think in our case it is different
if we got a chris paul
he would probably average 13 ppg and 13 assists with 4 reb and 2 stls a game
That is better than a bosh as the third offensive option who needs shots to be effective.
Paul has already shown he doesnt have an ego
with a team that has the least amount of talent of chris pauls career, I felt that during the regular season and in that playoff series against hte lakers paul got that team to play better than some of his past teams became he was unselfish and elevated the play of his team.
imagine paul elevating amare and melo ?
it would be priceless
I really agree w this post. The dynamics of a Paul/Melo/Amare trio would be unbelievable. It'd be like Magic running w Kareem and "BiG GamE" James. And that trio would contrast the the Miami big three because you wouldn't have two dominating wing players taking turns trying to orchestrate/ score, w Bosh sorta lost in the shuffle. Paul would get them the rock where they like it while making our other role guys better as well. The chemistry between those three would be sick.
The other thing that I want to point out is that, like Trill said, Miami is going to get better. Pat Riley will make adjustments. Wade, Bosh and Bron will get more comfortable playing w one another and Spoelstra will continue to grow as coach while finding new ways to exploit the big three's talents.
I still think Miami should've won this series. They simply crumbled underneath the pressure. They aren't humble, yet. And when your not humble you will be humiliated. Seven championships my ass.. Who does that?? There should've never been any mention of dynasty-type success. These dudes need to STFu for a while and just concentrate on basketball, no lame predictions, no more ignorant comments/antics and just keep it movin'. All of the hate and poor karma surrounding this team is what, to me, had the big three playing shook out there, passing up shots and such, looking f-ed up in the game. They had no swag. The coughing incident added to this. It put added pressure on Wade and Lebron and served as yet another distraction.
Although I hate Miami, and I ultimately wanted them to lose, I found myself frustrated because they were the better sqaud and they should've beaten Dallas. People say Dallas had the better 8 or 10. Maybe that is the case, but Miami was up 2-1. They were in control. Game 3 was so close, a 2 point loss. They fumbled it. Mentally they just couldn't hang w Dallas, who just put their collective heads down and went to work against them. Now imagine if their had been no hype? No lame predictions? No added BS pressure? Last night costly turnovers (balls bouncing off of Wades foot for crying out loud), lacadasical play, missed freethrows- just bad basketball lost them the game. Mentally they weren't there. They gave that shit to Dallas. Deep down I was frustrated to see a team that should've won, lose because of all of the negative enrgy surrounding their team.
In couple of years (maybe next) Miami is going to be fierce. The tendancy is to look at the now, but down the road Miaimi has the potential to be really dominant if they play their cards right and we don't. That is why I still think we need to get another star here.
I would rather have Paul instead of D12. Remember D12 has shown no desire to want to be here playing next to Amare. I don't think Amare wants to play along side that middle clogger either. Plus, w a STAT/Melo/D12 combo the dynamics between, IMO, would not be good. You'd have the two dominant bigs both needing the ball in the post.. Yes Amare can face-up at the foul line or elbow, but where is D12 in this scenario. On the perimeter?? Guys will just lay off of D12 and help on Amare at will. If D12 gets the ball to drive this would work better, as Amare could hang on the perimeter. If he's making that particular night his man would be hesitant to leave him to help on D12. I think our ball-movement suffer w those three on the same squad. Three ball stoppers together is not a good look.
I just think there's so much more balance in a CP3/ Melo/Amare three. It would allow for so much flexiblilty. Think about it. Melo would prolly come out before either Paul or STAT, you bring in a shooter and run the pick and roll w Paul and Amare resulting in a layup for Paul, a dunk or jumper off a pop for Amare, or a kick to an open shooter for a three. When Amare's out and Paul and Melo are in together you could get a little two man game going, some give and go. Melo could isolate and kick to Paul or any of the other shooters depending on where the help comes from or finish outright . If Melo gets the ball to Paul after he's met w help off of a drive and a defender rotates over to Paul to help, Paul can easily beat him, break down the D and find another open shooter or finish the play himself. The level of confusion and unpredictablity for a defense with these three guys would be astounding. It would strike fear in the hearts of opposing teams.
When the three are on the floor together. You can get the pick and roll between Amare and Paul going. We know how that works. The defense would have to pick their poison. If Melo gets the ball off of a kick, he immediately becomes a serious threat if his man is stupid enough to have rotated off of him. Whoever rotates back is either gettng driven by for a lay in or dunk, or a jumper wetted in their face. If by some miracle Melo is met w help off of a drive our center or 2 guard should miove toward the basket to recieve the ball for an easy dunk. Melo can also find the 2, or Paul for a shot along the perimeter. Our offense would be unstoppable. I hope you guys can see all of that in your minds. The possiblities are endless and I didn't even discuss our transition game. We could really get out and run w Paul, if MDA is still coach and we still are running his system mind you..
The Melo/Amare/Paul big three would be more dangerous than Miami's IMO. I also think they'd hit the ground running unlike what we saw w Miami.