Shane Battier To Sign In Miami
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Sprewell-Houston
Starter
That's bad news for the league! Battier is a great player to have. He plays great defense, is intelligent and a great guy chemistry wise. He can also knock down some shots when left open.
Huge blow for us and I feel sick about this, always liked him - now he can **** off! Just another glory-hunter.
Huge blow for us and I feel sick about this, always liked him - now he can **** off! Just another glory-hunter.
mafra
Legend
He can guard Carmelo. This allows Wade-Lebron to conserve energy. They were already one of the best perimeter defensive teams in NBA. With Battier, they're going to be that much better.
A disgustingly good move.
More and more inclined we *can not* attempt to mimic the Miami patented triumverate.
The deck is already, maybe terminally, stacked against us:
i) MIA never gutted their roster for any of their three (yes, they had to shed salary, but it's simply not comparable to what we did with Melo)
ii) MIA's superstars took it upon themselves to take paycuts. Let's repeat that -- in a time and in a plan where salary cap is paramount, MIA's superstars took paycuts. Already, we have two of a (potential) three who have not.
(an argument could be made that this should already rest the case in us attempting a big three. the only reason I wouldn't call it case closed yet, is because of how ethereal CP3 is, and that he's the ultimate guy to have in a big 3 situation)
iii) In a plan where salary cap is so limiting, and filling out a complete roster is so difficult, MIA inherently has greater flexibility given the fact that Lebron can essentially play a pure 1 if needed, a point forward, or a brutally effective flex 3/4.
iv) MIA has a head start, and with a superior foundation in their plan is making the constant improvements that are fixed by the limitations of a big 3; the same limitations we will have have, except profoundly more limiting because of our inherently worse salary cap position, and that we simply got a later start: you can only take advantage of certain NBA cap rules and manipulations at set times in the season/off season.
Lebron
Wade
Bosh
Miller
Battier
Haslem
Yes, we will be better this year with time to gel; MIA will also be profoundly better after a full season, the off season, and new pieces (plus being healthy, people seem to conveniently set aside what went down with Miller and Haslem last year, their crown jewels of support for their Big 3).
We may be at a point gentlemen where it is time to accept certain realties:
Let's get a starting ****ing center in this city
Let's do whatever it takes, bring in whomever it takes, to get Amare to stop being penetrated like a pornstar on defense. If Amare needs to be dressed down and embarassed, so be it -- his defense is embarassing, and he should feel embarassed for it. If he is not, there is a major problem already.
Pre-Melo, clearly, it was very difficult for any player to make Amare step it up, and put him in true check. The right player(s) and roster can do 10000x more than any coach in fixing defensive issues with an otherwise supremely talented player.
/bloviation
More and more inclined we *can not* attempt to mimic the Miami patented triumverate.
The deck is already, maybe terminally, stacked against us:
i) MIA never gutted their roster for any of their three (yes, they had to shed salary, but it's simply not comparable to what we did with Melo)
ii) MIA's superstars took it upon themselves to take paycuts. Let's repeat that -- in a time and in a plan where salary cap is paramount, MIA's superstars took paycuts. Already, we have two of a (potential) three who have not.
(an argument could be made that this should already rest the case in us attempting a big three. the only reason I wouldn't call it case closed yet, is because of how ethereal CP3 is, and that he's the ultimate guy to have in a big 3 situation)
iii) In a plan where salary cap is so limiting, and filling out a complete roster is so difficult, MIA inherently has greater flexibility given the fact that Lebron can essentially play a pure 1 if needed, a point forward, or a brutally effective flex 3/4.
iv) MIA has a head start, and with a superior foundation in their plan is making the constant improvements that are fixed by the limitations of a big 3; the same limitations we will have have, except profoundly more limiting because of our inherently worse salary cap position, and that we simply got a later start: you can only take advantage of certain NBA cap rules and manipulations at set times in the season/off season.
Lebron
Wade
Bosh
Miller
Battier
Haslem
Yes, we will be better this year with time to gel; MIA will also be profoundly better after a full season, the off season, and new pieces (plus being healthy, people seem to conveniently set aside what went down with Miller and Haslem last year, their crown jewels of support for their Big 3).
We may be at a point gentlemen where it is time to accept certain realties:
Let's get a starting ****ing center in this city
Let's do whatever it takes, bring in whomever it takes, to get Amare to stop being penetrated like a pornstar on defense. If Amare needs to be dressed down and embarassed, so be it -- his defense is embarassing, and he should feel embarassed for it. If he is not, there is a major problem already.
Pre-Melo, clearly, it was very difficult for any player to make Amare step it up, and put him in true check. The right player(s) and roster can do 10000x more than any coach in fixing defensive issues with an otherwise supremely talented player.
/bloviation
I'm worried about this signing. The Heat have a great defensive team, even without a legit center, and now they are adding one of the best defending forwards in the NBA.
Imagine a lineup with Wade, Lebron, and Battier just closing down lanes and forcing guys to shoot outside and providing tough perimeter D? Not happy about this signing.
insanity4289
Benchwarmer
When we play against Miami are they really going to put Battier in with Lebron and Bosh?
Although thats a good perimeter defense none of those guys are going to outrebound chandler
Although thats a good perimeter defense none of those guys are going to outrebound chandler