Sir'Dom Pointer
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Fully agree.
I get wanting to go small, but why should that be the starting lineup? GS plays small all the time but their starting lineup is big with a frontcourt of KD, Green, and Pachulia.
With Rose out, I'd rather we give the starting minutes to someone like Tristan over Calderon. Backup minutes go to Zizic. Start with:
Smith
James
Crowder
Love
Thompson
This lineup has defense AND it can spread the floor for shooting.
Smith has guarded point guards numerous times since his time here (we hid Kyrie on defense lots of times).
And run a bench with Wade, Shumpert, Korver, Green, Zizic. Obviously we can mix-n-match starters with the bench. Gives Wade an opportunity to play-make off the bench, while LeBron does it with the starters. We can go small or big for stretches at a time.
why can;t Lebron guard the PG's? 1 on 1 he can guard most PGs and against a pick he can just switch and guard the 4/5.. he doesn't have to do that for a full duration of the game obviously, but it's nice to start the game like that and take the other team completely off their game.
Almost every team in the league would rather create scoring opportunites in PnR situations and Lebron is probably the most versatile defender in the league. If they want to attack him with their 4/5 then go at it.