The Heat formed the Big Three and immediately became the favorites to win the championship next season!
Of course, he has also become the Warriors’ biggest opponent!
All this was within Deng Fang's expectations.
Paying a lot of money to acquire Hayward in the draft was just to deal with the Heat, which had the Big Three.
The strongest of the Heat's Big Three are the guards and forwards.
Because Kobe is older, Wade is now the strongest shooting guard in the league.
James is the strongest small forward in the league, there is no doubt about it.
Bosh usually plays power forward, and will be pushed to the fifth position to play center at critical moments.
There is nothing we can do about it. On a team with James, the big man can only suffer this fate.
Bosh is an all-around power forward who can burst and shoot, and has outstanding independent offensive ability. He is one of the top ten goalkeepers in the league.
Of course, Bosh gradually deteriorated after arriving with the Heat. His main function is to shoot from outside the three-point line and open up the space. To put it bluntly, he is a taker.
There is no way, if the basketball is not in your hand for a long time, it is easy to have only a few seconds of attack time left in your hand, so you can only shoot!
Stand on the inside line and claim your position?
That also depends on whether James is willing or not!
You're standing inside, how can James push in?
Therefore, the final fate of big men on teams with James can only be reduced to shooters!
Deng Fang knows best that the most lethal thing about the Heat's lineup is having Bosh as the center!
Bosh plays the fifth position and stands outside the three-point line. James and Wade are paired with two shooters. The space on the court is very large. James can break out as much as he wants!
Once James is restricted, there is also Wade, the team's second-in-command!
This thigh is not ordinary thick!
Wade has a great advantage in strength when playing the second position, and James has an advantage whether he plays the third or fourth position!
Bosh's advantage is also obvious.
If you want to deal with the Heat's Big Three, the most important thing is to be able to defend every position on the team!
James, Wade and Bosh have been the bosses of their respective teams for a long time, and their singles abilities are all very strong!
If your team has a defensive problem at any position, the Heat will take advantage of this and punish you severely!
Therefore, the first thing Deng Fang looks at when selecting players is defense!
Of course, having a basket is equally important!
No matter how good the defense is, it is useless to drag down teammates on the offensive end!
If you can't hit your opponent, then you'll have to counterattack. That way you won't be able to defend well!
Offense and defense are both integrated.
To put it bluntly, the best thing to use is the 3D player!
Players who can defend and have three-pointers are the most suitable.
Hayward just met Deng Fang’s requirements!
Not only satisfied, but also overfulfilled the task!
Hayward is a No. 3 player who can also play the No. 4 position in a small-ball lineup. He won't suffer too much defensively against James, and he can keep up with Wade on the defensive end!
On the offensive end, Hayward's three-point shooting is very reliable. He can shoot from fixed spots or run out to catch and shoot.
In addition, Hayward has good organizational skills and also has certain independent offensive capabilities.
The most important thing is that Hayward is a rookie and cheap!
So Deng Fang instigated Tim to acquire Hayward at a great cost.
But just winning one Hayward is not enough!
Those are the top three!
The Warriors' starting lineup is good, but the bench problem is not small.
The only truly capable substitutes are Livingston, Belinelli and DeAndre Jordan.
Radmanovic can barely count half!
And these four people all have their own problems.
Livingston has no three-pointers, which is a fatal injury for a defender!
In addition, Livingston's strength is average. Once he encounters a tall and powerful opponent like James, it will be difficult to hit Livingston from behind.
During the Cavaliers 1.0 period, James' offensive methods were simple, he had no post-up play, and his shooting was not good, so Deng Fang could use this to bully James.
I'll shrink my defense and won't let you rush in!
If you want to shoot from a long distance, you can!
I surrender to death!
As a result, James was hit hard and played in a very awkward manner in the four games of the finals.
But James was different during the Heat era.
Deng Fang clearly remembers that after transferring to the Heat, James learned the hard way, practiced shooting hard, and developed his back.
James like this is not very easy to defend.
Once Livingston is allowed to switch defense in front of James, Livingston will suffer a lot.
In fact, Livingston's defense is already good, but Belinelli and Radmanovic's defense is really bad!
If it weren't for Deng Fang's desperate efforts, the two of them would be playing like chickens in every game, and the role of Belinelli and Radmanovic would be more negative!
Even so, Deng Fang can only selectively take two people at specific times.
The same goes for DeAndre Jordan.
Contrary to Belinelli and Radmanovic, Jordan is excellent defensively but not good offensively.
On the offensive end, Jordan could only rely on alley-oops to score points. He was completely rough. Deng Fang used him more to deal with teams with twin towers.
It's okay to say that against ordinary teams, Jordan's defensive ability is still no problem.
But it won't work against the Heat, which has the Big Three.
Once the Heat put Bosh at the fifth position as center, Jordan was very embarrassed.
As for Anthony Morrow, Tolliver and Turiaf, they mostly play in garbage time and will definitely be useless against the Heat.
The substitutes need to be supplemented urgently, and there are also some problems in the starting lineup.
The biggest problem is Laga Belle.
Lagabell has excellent defensive ability, is not afraid of any opponent, and can shoot three-pointers very accurately. He is a very useful 3D player.
But Lagabel is too old!
Laga Bell was born in 1976 and is already 34 years old this year!
It is very difficult for a veteran of this age to defend one of the best players in the league!
As people age, their legs age first. The biggest impact on veterans is defense, not offense!
Attacking is proactive, you can prepare in advance, and it depends more on what you do.
Defense is passive, you always have to be slow, so a good defender needs to have good physical fitness, extremely fast reaction speed and rich defensive experience.
The biggest disadvantage for veterans is that their reaction speed slows down!
In fact, Lagabel had some physical problems this past season.
Compared to Azubuike and Prince, Lagabelle always needs to rest a few minutes longer.
Some things cannot be done by willpower alone.
For the defending champion, the lack of physical strength of the players is a frequent headache for the head coach.
No matter which team encounters you, it's like being beaten to death!
They are playing in the regular season, but you are playing in the playoffs every game!
Play the same number of games and your intensity will be twice as high!
Therefore, veterans like Laga Bell will be very difficult next season.
As he is one year older, the intensity of the competition will be much higher. It is good for Laga Bell to play with high intensity for 20 minutes in each game!
