what the Cavs are lacking is the interior. they need a big man that knows how to finish at the rim or get other big men to get into foul trouble.
i remember when the Lakers played the Magics last year and everytime howard had the ball, it was an offensive foul that Gasol drew out of him.
i think that chamionship teams still need a good big men in the paint, i'm not talking about straight up centers, but centers and power forwards. look at the magics, they have superman in the middle. with the Lakers, they got Gasol and Andrew, with the Celtics, they had KG, and with Spurs, they had the Admiral and now with Duncan.
with a big man that can score and dominate on the defensive end, that team has always the advantage.
inside the paint is where team can draw fouls and eventually put the team on the charity and get some free throws. another advantage.
my boy Kobe did what i didn't think he would do, play point guard for game 5. i thought he was just going to torch the nuggets, but damn, his plan worked. what he needs to do is get his team mates in the game early to build some confidence. then late in the 3rd or 4th he can take over and play decoy as well.
but lebron doesn't have that luxury. his shooters are bricking left and right. Cavs are still Lebron and Lebron is still the Cavs but I don't think for long.
the problem with the Cavs is that the game doesn't go through a point guard, it goes through a power forward that HAS TO PLAY POINT GUARD to get his team in the offense and make plays so that others can score. he is a passer but the offense shouldn't come from him and him alone.
kobe had to do that years ago and it come him no where in the deep western conference teams. but now he doesn't. fisher, farmar, shannon and even sasha runs the plays and he just makes the plays.
Lebron is a power forward that CAN pass and CAN make great plays but he's not the one to do it in every possession. and this i think is mike brown's fault. he's just letting lebron do all the work. where is mo williams? where is the point? everyone is looking at King James to make a play!
lets see what happens in game 6 tonight.
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