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I think the Knicks would have the best chance, but those 3 mentioned don't have the intangibles. But realistically they have the physical talent to compete with the Heat.
Knicks can beat the Heat. But they would need JR SMith to bring his "A" game on all 4-7 games in a series. JR Smith however is not that kind of guy. He was consistently hot during November and fell down to earth face first in December and January shooting 36%.
I think the Knicks would have the best chance, but those 3 mentioned don't have the intangibles. But realistically they have the physical talent to compete with the Heat.
People are sleeping on Indiana tbh. We'll see how they mesh when Granger comes back, but as long as the core is healthy, count me in as one of those who believes they can beat the Heat. Underdogs ftw tbh.
I think they're better without Granger. West and George need to be the focus on offense. They really need to find a way to dump Granger's contract. He's become soft the last couple of seasons, relying on jumpers and not playing defense.
Miami has problems against teams with legitimate centers because they don't have one. But if it's not a franchise-changing big man then they're gonna be just fine. Sorry, Hibbert is not on that level yet.
Lakers had 2 and that certainly wasn't a problem for them
Hibbert's regressed this season. He's only had one strong season in the league.
Why can't it be all 3 of them? West and George are not really big time scorers. For Indiana to work, they need a 3rd wheel that can consistently put up 20 points a game when one or both of those options are having a scoring drought. Hibbert is not a reliable scorer obviously and Hill is better suited as that guy who can give them scoring punch on the second unit.
Granger is needed unless a better offer comes in the table. Better meaning a much more potent scorer and there's not a lot of those in the market.
After regular season We heard last year how Miami couldn't beat OKC and it ended 4-1.
One meaningless regular season game is not a 7 games series.
I still expect Miami to win since Indiana just doesn't have that reliable scorer but
The Heat will win it but it's obvious that the Pacers provide some mutchup problems for them and the struggles in the regular season aren't solely because of Miami's "coasting", tbh.
Pacers may push it to 7 games, but even then it'll still be a 2009 Rockets vs. Lakers situation. Miami will most likely prevail on its home court should it come to a Game 7.
the Pacers also get an abundance of biased calls, particularly on defense,
bene right about them Pacers.
Some good stuff in this thread
Fwiw, if it wasn't for that botched coaching job by Vogel in Game 1, series wouldve been done in 6, Pacers favor.
Coasting
, did I drink the advanced metrics kool-aid ...
Where is THAT Wade I was so confident in?!
Was right about James >>>>>>>>>>>Wade
And also right about dem Clips ...
Apparently CN said Wade was not better than HEALTHY Cliff Paul ...Wade is not even close to being better than CP3
CP3 is a top 3 player in the league, Wade is falling off....
2013: Nope
2014:
2013: Nope
2014:
Nope.
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