$-vB: Knicks vs Heat - ScarletBuckeye

PHATBUCK13 · 01-27-2012, 11:38 AM

New York Knicks (7-11) vs Miami Heat (13-5)
8:00 PM ET, Tonight, ESPN
AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, FL

PHATBUCK13 · 01-27-2012, 04:23 PM

Dwayne Wade is not playing for Miami....

Carmelo Anthony is not playing for NY.....

hollis · 01-27-2012, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PHATBUCK13

Dwayne Wade is not playing for Miami....

Carmelo Anthony is not playing for NY.....

Is it strange that both teams may be better off?

Could you imagine the public frenzy if the Heat were doing well with LeBron sitting on the bench?

PHATBUCK13 · 01-27-2012, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hollis

Is it strange that both teams may be better off?

I agree.

Melo isn't a winner at the NBA level. He was better than everyone else in college so he could dominate but in the NBA he just jacks up shots and plays half ass D.

Wade is a great NBA player, but both LeBron and Bish seem to play much better basketball without Wade on the court.

Miami should use Wade as a closer, and just bring him in for the final 6 mins of every game. That would be different.

hollis · 01-27-2012, 05:02 PM

The question was always asked how LeBron and Wade could work together on the court. But the biggest difference I've seen with Wade sitting is in Chris Bosh.

It may just be the small sample size, but it seems to me that Chris Bosh is much more aggressive offensively being the clear number 2 guy. I think that LeBron and Wade both will produce no matter who their teammates are. I'm not so sure about The Ostrich.

To see LeBron and Chris Bosh operate like this makes me think about what could've been if Bosh agreed to play in Cleveland

As for 'Melo, yeah he's a scorer. But that team is counting on him to be the point-forward type right now; like a LeBron or Pippen, and he can't do that. NY needs a point guard in the worst way.

PHATBUCK13 · 01-27-2012, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by hollis

The question was always asked how LeBron and Wade could work together on the court. But the biggest difference I've seen with Wade sitting is in Chris Bosh.

It may just be the small sample size, but it seems to me that Chris Bosh is much more aggressive offensively being the clear number 2 guy. I think that LeBron and Wade both will produce no matter who their teammates are. I'm not so sure about The Ostrich.

To see LeBron and Chris Bosh operate like this makes me think about what could've been if Bosh agreed to play in Cleveland

As for 'Melo, yeah he's a scorer. But that team is counting on him to be the point-forward type right now; like a LeBron or Pippen, and he can't do that. NY needs a point guard in the worst way.

Ha! The Ostrich!

Yeah, Bosh is averaging close to 23 points without Wade and about 17 with Wade and he's shooting a much higher % without Wade.

It's not Wade's fault at all IMO, to me it's Bosh feeling like he's more important and has to be aggressive on the offensive end to compliment LBJ.

Bosh is the ultimate professional and team player.

Don't even get me started on Bosh to Cleveland. If LBJ really wanted to stay in Cleveland, I think Bosh would be there right now with LBJ.