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...is to start Wade at point guard. To sum it up briefly - Start Wright with Wade as the point guard, move Alston to come off the bench, and increase playing time for both Beasley and Wright without decreasing Richardson and Haslem's minutes. Rotation: Wade (40m) Wright (34m) Richardson (34m) Beasley (38m) O'Neal (32m) Alston (16m) Haslem (30m) Anthony (16m) In Detail I understand it's a position Wade isn't comfortable playing the majority of his time, but I think it's the best way to get more production out of the Heat's better players. If I was to make an order of the best players on the Heat from greatest to least, it would be ordered something like this: 1) Wade, 2) Beasley, 3) O'Neal, 4) Haslem, 5) Wright, 6) Richardson, 7) Alston, 8) Anthony, 9) Magloire, 10) Arroyo 11) Jones, 12) Chalmers, 13) Cook, 14) Diawara. (Note: Even though the better player between Wright and Richardson is arguable, I think most Heat fans can agree that both have been more efficient than any player listed below them) With that said, to the exception of Haslem, a starting line up of Wade - Wright - Richardson - Beasley - O'Neal would be starting all of the Heat's best players. There are more advantages to this line up other than the talent level compared to the rest of the team: - For one, Wade, Wright, and Richardson have great chemistry when playing together, not just from knowing their history as friends, but also their trust with one another on the court. - There's a lot of versatility with this group, with Wright's ability to defend up to 4 positions (PG through PF), Wade and Richardson with 3 (PG, SG, SF), and Beasley with 2 (SF, PF). - There's also the team rebounding, though none of them are established as dominant rebounders, all 5 players are capable of getting a double double on any given night when given the proper amount of playing time. - What's more is Wright's ability to play point guard despite his height and length, so Wade doesn't necessarily have to take ball handling responsibilities on every possession. If this change is made, this would also solve a problem at the point guard position the Heat have had the entire year. Chalmers has been awful, even as a back up. Arroyo does a decent job during his limited minutes, though his lack of a 3 point shot makes him less worthy as a compliment to Dwyane Wade. Alston is easily the best perimeter defender of the three, though his field goal percentage has not been favorable. He's willing to take the three, though seldom makes them. So far this year, Wright and Richardson have shared minutes at the small forward position, with the two rarely playing at the same time except at crunch time. Again, they've both have easily been more productive than any of the point guards on this team. Decrease the minutes for the point guards and increase the minutes of these two efficient and versatile players, and simply give Wade more minutes at point. Along with the change in the starting line up, there should also be a change in the rotation: - Use Alston as a back up point guard, with Haslem and Anthony getting their usual back up minutes at the "big" positions - Take Cook, Jones, Arroyo, and Chalmers almost completely out of the picture. - The wings should only be occupied by Wade, Wright, Richardson, and Beasley. That's 4 players for 2 wing positions, that should be enough for 48 minutes. - The point guard position should be occupied by only Wade and Alston, and sometimes Wright. - Keep the center position strictly between O'Neal and Anthony, and sometimes Magloire Last thing I want to stress, whether a change to the line up is ever made or not, is Beasley's treatment. I completely understand why Spoelstra chooses to bench Beasley at certain times during games, but if you look at the whole picture, Beasley is the Heat's second best player. He needs to be treated like it. The Bucks game showed just how much the Heat miss his scoring. From now on, I want to see him getting 36+ minutes each and every game. All in all, I think starting Wade at point guard will help distribute the minutes to the best players. Having the right group of guys together would not only make the most out of the abilities of these players, but may ultimately help Wade with his own production.

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And? It obviously didn't mean anything last year.

no, anything can happen......and it isn't even all-star weekend yet

Jordan didnt need to hit game winners because the Bulls blew everyone out

look at the beggining of my post. it says ur opinion right? ok then