shaq is wash up, yes. but jamison is still in his good years. He's not exactly dominant per day, but he can certianly carry a team when needed (they just didn't use him correctly). Jamison was on the tail end of his career...but hardly "washed up" (like the wizards). But cleveland has size, length, quickness, shooters, defenders, depth or whatevers you needed. They don't lack talent but they just don't use it correctly. They run the offense around Lebron (which is fine because he is the cornerstone), but they don't run too many reliable sets outside of Lebron. They don't run that many plays for Jamison. They don't take enough advantage of Shaq's size in the post. But even then, it's fine because cleveland wasn't meant to be an offensive jauggernaut anyways. They were suppose to win their games by defense...which is really what boston broke down (some hot shooting from ray allen and wallace helped, too).
Changing rosters may be necessary, but changing rosters does not mean for the better (unless you're trading pau gasol for kwame brown). It's pretty damn hard to find guys who are "proven" under pressure (hell, even gasol never won a playoff game in memphis). In any case, changes & "unproven in pressure" can only be looked upon in retrospect (unless it's THAT obvious).
not quite. blake griffin has yet to play an official NBA game. Baron Davis fades in and out (with questionable shot selection) and Kaman is good but not great (not a dominant post presence at all). And their head coach is...who? The current clippers don't offer anything better than cleveland can outside of being in a better city (but the fanbase may not be much better either).Originally Posted by ken cheng
In contrast, chicago has a lot more to offer him in terms of talent. But rose is just as ball dominant as he is...so one of them will have to learn to play off the ball more.