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07-13-2010, 04:03 PM
Whats everyone think?
I'm going with:
PG: Chalmers
SG: Wade
SF: LeBron
PF: Bosh
C: Big Z
The heat wil also have Haslem returning, Jarvis Varnardo from Miss St, Butler from WVU, Dexter Pittman from texasand Latavious Williams who was ranked the #17 player in the nation for last years recruiting class but couldn't make the grades so went to the NBDL. Jon scheyer from Duke is also on their Summer team.
I've heard some people talking of Mike Miller in the starting lineup and LeBron running point. What's everyone else think?
I'm going with:
PG: Chalmers
SG: Wade
SF: LeBron
PF: Bosh
C: Big Z
The heat wil also have Haslem returning, Jarvis Varnardo from Miss St, Butler from WVU, Dexter Pittman from texasand Latavious Williams who was ranked the #17 player in the nation for last years recruiting class but couldn't make the grades so went to the NBDL. Jon scheyer from Duke is also on their Summer team.
I've heard some people talking of Mike Miller in the starting lineup and LeBron running point. What's everyone else think?
07-13-2010, 04:07 PM
^ that looks about right
07-13-2010, 04:10 PM
PC_You_Know Wrote:Whats everyone think?
I'm going with:
PG: Chalmers
SG: Wade
SF: LeBron
PF: Bosh
C: Big Z
I've heard some people talking of Mike Miller in the starting lineup and LeBron running point. What's everyone else think?
Is big Z really going to the Heat? I mean how official is it? If so.. I"ll go with mine looking like this with their back-ups after...
PG:Carlos Arroyo(if he's still there)/Mario Chalmers
SG: Wade/Mike Miller
SF: Lebron/Mike Miller
PF: Chris Bosh/Haslem(if he's still there)
C: Big Z (if its true that he's going to Miami)/Varnado/Joel Anthony
I don't think Lebron will be running point lol... He might who knows..
07-13-2010, 04:20 PM
Doesnt wade pretty much already run point? And why would lebron run point over wadE?
07-13-2010, 04:21 PM
Wildcatk23 Wrote:Doesnt wade pretty much already run point? And why would lebron run point over wadE?
So Wade can spot up and shoot. Wow, that was a bad question, did you think before you posted that one?
07-13-2010, 04:26 PM
I already posted in another topic what I thought the lineup would be like. Hope nobody minds, but I thought of just copying and pasting what I typed.
Starters:
PG - Dwayne Wade
SG - Mike Miller
SF - LeBron James
PF - Chris Bosh
C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Bench:
PG - Mario Chalmers
SG - Dwayne Wade, Kenny Hasbrouck
SF - Da'Sean Butler, Latavious Williams
PF - Udonis Haslem
C - Joel Anthony, Dexter Pittman, Jarvis Varnado
I expect Dwayne Wade to mostly be the point guard, but can rotate to the shooting guard position to give Mike Miller a break. I think the Miami Heat will get a more experienced backup small forward and a taller backup center.
Starters:
PG - Dwayne Wade
SG - Mike Miller
SF - LeBron James
PF - Chris Bosh
C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Bench:
PG - Mario Chalmers
SG - Dwayne Wade, Kenny Hasbrouck
SF - Da'Sean Butler, Latavious Williams
PF - Udonis Haslem
C - Joel Anthony, Dexter Pittman, Jarvis Varnado
I expect Dwayne Wade to mostly be the point guard, but can rotate to the shooting guard position to give Mike Miller a break. I think the Miami Heat will get a more experienced backup small forward and a taller backup center.
07-13-2010, 04:46 PM
Deathstar 80 Wrote:I already posted in another topic what I thought the lineup would be like. Hope nobody minds, but I thought of just copying and pasting what I typed.
Starters:
PG - Dwayne Wade
SG - Mike Miller
SF - LeBron James
PF - Chris Bosh
C - Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Bench:
PG - Mario Chalmers
SG - Dwayne Wade, Kenny Hasbrouck
SF - Da'Sean Butler, Latavious Williams
PF - Udonis Haslem
C - Joel Anthony, Dexter Pittman, Jarvis Varnado
I expect Dwayne Wade to mostly be the point guard, but can rotate to the shooting guard position to give Mike Miller a break. I think the Miami Heat will get a more experienced backup small forward and a taller backup center.
The first one looks good to me. :Thumbs:
07-13-2010, 07:39 PM
I kind of see this Heat team coming together like the Celtics. The big difference being that the Heat don't have the veteran leader down low who is commited to playing defense, and that was Kevin Garnett. However, if Mario Chalmers is thrust into the starting lineup, maybe he could blossom into a solid point guard in the NBA. Not quite like Rondo has, but Chalmers can defend and hit a jumper when needed to. But my Heat starting lineup prediction looks like this:
PG: Mario Chalmers(this is not a sure thing by any means)
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: LeBron James
PF: Chris Bosh
C: Dexter Pittman/Jarvis Varnardo/Big Z
Again just a prediction here.
PG: Mario Chalmers(this is not a sure thing by any means)
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: LeBron James
PF: Chris Bosh
C: Dexter Pittman/Jarvis Varnardo/Big Z
Again just a prediction here.
07-13-2010, 08:07 PM
James will run the point.. Wade will be the 2, Miller the 3, Bosh the 4, and Z the 5...
07-13-2010, 08:07 PM
itzAmazing Wrote:I kind of see this Heat team coming together like the Celtics. The big difference being that the Heat don't have the veteran leader down low who is commited to playing defense, and that was Kevin Garnett. However, if Mario Chalmers is thrust into the starting lineup, maybe he could blossom into a solid point guard in the NBA. Not quite like Rondo has, but Chalmers can defend and hit a jumper when needed to. But my Heat starting lineup prediction looks like this:
PG: Mario Chalmers(this is not a sure thing by any means)
SG: Dwyane Wade
SF: LeBron James
PF: Chris Bosh
C: Dexter Pittman/Jarvis Varnardo/Big Z
Again just a prediction here.
That's not a bad idea to put Mario Chalmers as the starting point guard. The only reason why I thought Dwayne Wade may be the point guard is because I thought he gets enough assists per game (6.5 apg last season) to be a good point guard. At the same time, I thought Mike Miller would be a great starter since he shoots 48% for his 3-pointers and he's 6'8".
However, now that I see that he's 6'8" (I've just realized that :biggrin

By the way, I personally don't think it's odd to have LeBron James to be a point guard. I think he's best as a small forward, but putting him at point guard would create big mismatches. Besides, he did get 8.6 apg last season.
07-13-2010, 08:33 PM
Deathstar 80 Wrote:That's not a bad idea to put Mario Chalmers as the starting point guard. The only reason why I thought Dwayne Wade may be the point guard is because I thought he gets enough assists per game (6.5 apg last season) to be a good point guard. At the same time, I thought Mike Miller would be a great starter since he shoots 48% for his 3-pointers and he's 6'8".
However, now that I see that he's 6'8" (I've just realized that :biggrin, the Miami Heat might want to use him more as a backup small forward, put Dwayne Wade as the shooting guard, and put Mario Chalmers as the starting point guard (similar if not exactly what you have). This lineup would help if you wanted a fast team (a fast-break team). The lineup with Miller as a shooting guard would be more of a half-court team.
By the way, I personally don't think it's odd to have LeBron James to be a point guard. I think he's best as a small forward, but putting him at point guard would create big mismatches. Besides, he did get 8.6 apg last season.
I think James would be an excellent point guard, as would Wade. The thing with this new Heat team is that many different combinations of lineups could work. However, the reason I chose the one with Chalmers at the point and with Mike Miller coming off the bench is really for defensive purposes. Defense wins championships every single year. IMO, LeBron could guard the 3 better than Mike Miller, and Chalmers can hold the opposing point guard in check. Also, with Wade and LeBron sharing most of the ball possesion, the other gets to come off of the ball and find their spot on the floor. So many options with this Heat team, which is going to make them extremely tough to defend. But teams will figure it out IMO, whether or not the Heat can defend in a 7 game series will determine if they can win some titles or not.
07-13-2010, 08:35 PM
itzAmazing Wrote:I think James would be an excellent point guard, as would Wade. The thing with this new Heat team is that many different combinations of lineups could work. However, the reason I chose the one with Chalmers at the point and with Mike Miller coming off the bench is really for defensive purposes. Defense wins championships every single year. IMO, LeBron could guard the 3 better than Mike Miller, and Chalmers can hold the opposing point guard in check. Also, with Wade and LeBron sharing most of the ball possesion, the other gets to come off of the ball and find their spot on the floor. So many options with this Heat team, which is going to make them extremely tough to defend. But teams will figure it out IMO, whether or not the Heat can defend in a 7 game series will determine if they can win some titles or not.
Lol! I completely forgot about defense! :biggrin: :Thumbs:
07-13-2010, 09:54 PM
PC_You_Know Wrote:Whats everyone think?
I'm going with:
PG: Chalmers
SG: Wade
SF: LeBron
PF: Bosh
C: Big Z
The heat wil also have Haslem returning, Jarvis Varnardo from Miss St, Butler from WVU, Dexter Pittman from texasand Latavious Williams who was ranked the #17 player in the nation for last years recruiting class but couldn't make the grades so went to the NBDL. Jon scheyer from Duke is also on their Summer team.
I've heard some people talking of Mike Miller in the starting lineup and LeBron running point. What's everyone else think?
you can add Juan Howard to the Heat's Roster as he is very close to signing with them
07-13-2010, 10:41 PM
The PG on this team won't handle the ball as much as he would if he were on another team. Lebron and Wade will have the ball in there hands the majority of the time. They have to have the ball in there hands to be effective. The point guard on this team needs to be a great spot up shooter for this team to win because Wade and Bron are going to draw a lot of double teams when they make there moves to the goal.
07-14-2010, 01:25 AM
C-Ziggy
PF-Bosh
Sf-Lebron
Sg-wade/miller
pg-wade/chalmers
No way Lebron plays point. I mean, he didn't run the point in Clev. why would he here. This team is slowly getting all the pieces together I still think the Lakers and the Celtics would be good series to watch with these teams.
PF-Bosh
Sf-Lebron
Sg-wade/miller
pg-wade/chalmers
No way Lebron plays point. I mean, he didn't run the point in Clev. why would he here. This team is slowly getting all the pieces together I still think the Lakers and the Celtics would be good series to watch with these teams.
07-14-2010, 01:49 AM
Putting Lebron at point is not a bad idea, he's one of the best passers in the league and where hes tall he can see over most defenders. He wouldn't be as good as Magic at the position, but it could still work.
07-14-2010, 07:33 AM
Aslan Wrote:Putting Lebron at point is not a bad idea, he's one of the best passers in the league and where hes tall he can see over most defenders. He wouldn't be as good as Magic at the position, but it could still work.
You don't want Lebron at the Point. The PG has to have the ball in their hands the bulk of the game and set-up plays. Lebron is a great passer, but you want him working off the wing. How is this any different than MJ. Same things were said about him, but he became his most effective when they got the ball out of his hands and allowed him to play off his defender. Lebron needs that. Lebron is best when he makes the secondary pass, not the entry!
07-14-2010, 08:34 AM
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Stardust Wrote:You don't want Lebron at the Point. The PG has to have the ball in their hands the bulk of the game and set-up plays. Lebron is a great passer, but you want him working off the wing. How is this any different than MJ. Same things were said about him, but he became his most effective when they got the ball out of his hands and allowed him to play off his defender. Lebron needs that. Lebron is best when he makes the secondary pass, not the entry!
07-14-2010, 08:54 AM
The only reason I would have LeBron James as a point guard would be because he can create extremely effective mismatches. Imagine a 6'1" point guard against a fast, 6'8", 250 lb point guard. Also, Miller (the person who can shoot 48% for 3-pointers and who averaged 6.2 rpg last season as a small forward) should be able to play the small forward position.
Although, I would personally rather just want Dwayne Wade as my point guard. Having Miller as my shooting guard would be a tough decision for me since I don't see him as a fast-break player (however, I haven't really watched him, though). Therefore, the Miami Heat might want to have Dwayne Wade as a shooting guard and Mario Chalmers as a point guard.
Although, I would personally rather just want Dwayne Wade as my point guard. Having Miller as my shooting guard would be a tough decision for me since I don't see him as a fast-break player (however, I haven't really watched him, though). Therefore, the Miami Heat might want to have Dwayne Wade as a shooting guard and Mario Chalmers as a point guard.
07-14-2010, 01:38 PM
if lebron has the ball no matter what they're not going to have the point gaurd on him and if so he'll just post up. bron and wade will have the ball the most because they'll draw the most double teams and it leaves someone else open for a jump ie big Z or chalmers. i personally would rather wade with the ball most of the time rather than lebron just cause he can drive a lot better and lebron gets in his "i want to shoot a 3 mode" when the defense starts lagging off up high.
07-14-2010, 02:03 PM
Stardust Wrote:You don't want Lebron at the Point. The PG has to have the ball in their hands the bulk of the game and set-up plays. Lebron is a great passer, but you want him working off the wing. How is this any different than MJ. Same things were said about him, but he became his most effective when they got the ball out of his hands and allowed him to play off his defender. Lebron needs that. Lebron is best when he makes the secondary pass, not the entry!
I can agree with that.
07-14-2010, 02:34 PM
Deathstar 80 Wrote:The only reason I would have LeBron James as a point guard would be because he can create extremely effective mismatches. Imagine a 6'1" point guard against a fast, 6'8", 250 lb point guard. Also, Miller (the person who can shoot 48% for 3-pointers and who averaged 6.2 rpg last season as a small forward) should be able to play the small forward position.
Although, I would personally rather just want Dwayne Wade as my point guard. Having Miller as my shooting guard would be a tough decision for me since I don't see him as a fast-break player (however, I haven't really watched him, though). Therefore, the Miami Heat might want to have Dwayne Wade as a shooting guard and Mario Chalmers as a point guard.
This is not grade school basketball where they line up the kids and say who are the 2 PG's and they guard each other. I'm pretty confident that the Suns will not have Steve Nash play defense against Lebron, even it Lebron is the PG on offense. The Boston Celtics played Conrbread Maxwell on Magic, not Tiny Archibald.
07-14-2010, 03:37 PM
Bron might not be listed as the PG but he will play like one at times. He will have the ball in his hands in the open court making plays.
07-14-2010, 04:01 PM
This one looks good to me.
07-14-2010, 04:19 PM
im really wondering what kind of offense they're going to try and run?
07-14-2010, 06:42 PM
beasy_bo Wrote:im really wondering what kind of offense they're going to try and run?
Good question but shouldn't matter. They have plenty that are capable of getting to the basket in a hurry.
07-14-2010, 09:51 PM
Ballers Wrote:Good question but shouldn't matter. They have plenty that are capable of getting to the basket in a hurry.Yea thats the reason i think they'll go far with addition of some set shooters..like i said before they will be a alot of double teams
07-15-2010, 10:37 AM
I just saw on ESPN that Mario Chalmers is projected to start as the point guard.
...If this is true, my projected starting lineup is wrong.
...If this is true, my projected starting lineup is wrong.

07-16-2010, 01:12 AM
beasy_bo Wrote:if lebron has the ball no matter what they're not going to have the point gaurd on him and if so he'll just post up. bron and wade will have the ball the most because they'll draw the most double teams and it leaves someone else open for a jump ie big Z or chalmers. i personally would rather wade with the ball most of the time rather than lebron just cause he can drive a lot better and lebron gets in his "i want to shoot a 3 mode" when the defense starts lagging off up high.
:thatsfunn :omg: :eek:
07-16-2010, 09:04 AM
Didn't Chambers get hurt in practice?
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