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They might move Josh to the two spot... I can see it happening. PG - Kidd SG - Howard SF - Marion PF - Nowitzki C - Gortat Good size at each position. Terry, Barea, Bass (pending his resign), Green, and Wright coming off the bench. I like it personally. Nice mix of offense and defense.

That's what gifted offensive players take for granted. They don't know how hard it is to score... but because they're so good, they don't think it's hard. But to average persons to have that feel on that offensive end, is something that is unteachable... one that cannot be obtained through hard work. You're speaking as a scorer yourself who doesn't find scoring hard. But to one guy, it's hard to dribble, break down/ split defenders, to hang in the air, double pump and do reverse, to have an arc to the jumpshot. If someone average comes to you, and say Real I want to do all the things you do offensively... how can you ever point him to the right direction? You'd probably just laugh off and tell him to practice, there's no really pointers to show him, is there? Offense is about feel, about comfort zone, about your own definition and expression in breaking down defenders... there's no real teaching to that? How do you teach feel, comfort zone and expression to anyone? But if someone says I want to defend as well as you... he can probably get off the court that day a much better defender from the knowledge and tips he gains. Defense is not about feel, is not about comfort zone (in fact there's little comfort in defense), is not about expression. Defense is all about HARD WORK, DEDICATION, and COMMITMENT. If you have these three, and seriously and genuinely work towards getting better and the best you can be, and of course learn the right (not wrong) defensive tricks.... e.g. if you learn from someone who is lousy defensively then doesn't matter how hard, dedicated, or committed you're, you're learning the wrong way... then you have a pretty good chance of becoming a very good defender. Again, offense is your artwork on a white canvas. How good it looks depends on how passionate, how eager you are. And if you don't have it, it just wouldn't look as good as those works from the gifted ones e.g. Bergnini. It's unteachable. Defense is someone with a pencil, ruler, and eraser who follows the blueprint and copies exactly the same thing. It just needs hardwork, dedication, and commitment to follow the same exact graph to make it your own. It's teachable.

Offense. Defense is more teachable, just learn the proper stances and know what parts of the body of the offensive player to watch. Offense is sort of a given ability through natural finesse and coordination, and therefore is harder to teach.

Ughhh, no [expletive]. Tom Brady has had [expletive] WR's his entire career whereas Peyton Manning has been given a great arsenal of offensive talent on golden platter. Tom Brady with a great offense crushed Peyton Manning and his great offense in terms of stats.