Comments on: LeBron James at center? Get used to it.

By: torotrigger

torotrigger — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:57:36 +0000

i would agree that the long term of this current Heat team [ie also including the return of Miller's form] will show in the next 5yrs not next 5 months…although they seem to have hit the ground running this season already – but if you roll Bron out there at center? that may just be too much for 70-80% of the league to handle…unless you are going to exclusively run some zone variation he’ll just pull you out of the paint and shoot over or on top of you….

By: hnirobert3

hnirobert3 — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:28:34 +0000

This is what I’ve been saying for months: the Heat’s speed and athleticism will outweigh their lack of size because the NBA is not what it was in the 90′s, when you had a lot of legit centers. Once Mike Miller is up and running and Haslem gets back, your crunch time five will be Wade, LBJ, Bosh, Miller and Haslem. Even without Miller and Haslem, they’re dominating teams.

How many legit, back to the basket, dominant centers are there? How many PF’s can even pull this off? There’s a handful, if that. Howard, Gasol come to mind. Al Jefferson, Zack Randolph and Andrew Bynum have the size as well. You’re crazy to think that LBJ’s athleticism and strength can’t make up for his lack of height on MOST of the NBA’s other centers.

By: thestudiokida

thestudiokida — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:05:26 +0000

When you think about it, there aren’t a lot of centers in the league that cause problems for the defense. Miami could get away with this fairly often.

By: zblott

zblott — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:34:29 +0000

Let’s not get carried away with LeBron playing center as a sign of him doing something he really didn’t. Yes, he technically guarded Camby. Who touched the ball exactly zero times in overtime and was slated to touch the ball exactly zero times. Really LeBron was playing a zone in the paint to get steals and weakside rebounds when Aldridge missed shots.

By: leearmon

leearmon — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:31:23 +0000

This has to be the most frightening story I’ve read in a long time. No matter how much people want to hate Lebron and the Heat for this past offseason, there is no disputing they are one of the most scary, versatile and potentially dominating teams we’ve seen in years. I honestly think only two teams can stop them this year, Boston & L.A. The problem for the rest of the league is Miami, theoretically will only get better, while those other two teams are starting to decline. Looks like we’ve got another dynasty on our hands….

By: chris woolford

chris woolford — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:26:52 +0000

LeBron did play some centre for the Cavs. In 08-09 both Z and Ben Wallace were hurt (possibly Andy V as well) so LeBron had to fill in at C when the Cavs went small. Think he had Mo, Boobie, Wally and Pavs playing 1-4. Can’t remember which game it was but it happend.