Sangfroid wrote:People are forgetting that the Heat also have Big Z, a 7'2" centrer and Bosh, a 6'11" forward. JoelAnthony comes in at 6'10" to do nothing other then guard. We do not currently have the resources to match up in the paint. Offensive rebounding is our Achilles heel. Now I don't know if the pound it out center doesn't fit into Coach D's plans, but the "No Rebounds No Rings" saying really shows up here. On a side note, Phoenix tried that small ball game against our size, and were down double digits in boards.

My man, we were smaller then them, I don't how many times that had been said during the telcast, even in the huddle you herd Gentry saying they're out hustling us..Not trying to say it will work every night, but effort is what makes a good rebounder, height helps, but lets be real, Fields is out rebounding on an avg, a bunch of 7ftrs in this league

Markji wrote:"Has a team ever won a championship when its best player is not as good as.."

Probably the biggest upset when stars lost was the 2004 U.S. Olympic team which consisted of LeBron, Melo, Tim Duncan; Iverson, etc - lost to Puerto Rico, Lithuania, and the Argentine team knocked them out in the semis.

Good team play and team defense can sometimes stop star teams that aren't balanced.

I agree with your 2nd point but it's hard to conclude anything about NBA ball from the 2004 olympic team since they didn't have a full season to learn to work together.

JrZyHuStLa wrote:When a championship team beats an opponent that has 2 better players, your only hope is that you're playing suffocating defense.

agreed... our system is based on bombarding teams w/volume of shots & possessions, we should be looking to get as many talented players as possible that can score points in this system... obviously we shouldn't just forget about defense completely but let's face it, we're not the Detroit Pistons team that beat the Lakers

JohnWallace44 wrote:So we're lucky enough to have a player who is the favorite to win MVP 1/3 of the way through the season and the complaint is that other teams have two guys better than our guy... seems like an odd time to make that complaint.

i put Amare right up there with D Wade in terms of his talent, but i think it's unfair to expect Amare to carry us over the top w/what we have now... if winning championships is our ultimate goal (& i have no idea why anyone would want otherwise) then i think it's always good to look at the big picture regardless of the fact we're playing well right now & Amare is playing at an MVP level.