Wednesday, I wrote:
The most settling thing (to me anyway) about this season was Spoelstra settling on a starting five in the very first game and sticking with it. Imo, Spo is a tinkerer at heart, which is unfortunate because he's not very good at it, he succumbs to overchoice. During games he forgets about guys who he has at the end of the bench. Last season, the third straight year with the same core players, Spo could not find a starting lineup which pleasured him. He tried something like seventeen different combinations. Drove me mad. Drove the players mad...That's the hindcast. Now, Spo has to find a place for Andre Iguodala and probably for Jae Crowder...Doesn't Iggy have to start? Wasn't he brought in to be the fix on backcourt defense?...These are all questions that Spo must get the correct answer to if Miami is to finish fourth. On hindsight, I, at least, am not optimistic.
Today, Ira Winderman wrote,
...the Miami Heat have...[used] four lineups over the six games leading into the weekend.
...
With Meyers Leonard injured, Kelly Olynyk ineffective, Derrick Jones Jr. unable to produce victories as a starter of late, 6-foot-6 Jae Crowder emerged as the latest power-rotation starter for Erik Spoelstra.
...
"You have to be ready to adjust and pivot constantly in this league," Spoelstra said ahead of Saturday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at AmericanAirlines Arena, "no matter what team you are."
The most settling thing (to me anyway) about this season was Spoelstra settling on a starting five in the very first game and sticking with it. Imo, Spo is a tinkerer at heart, which is unfortunate because he's not very good at it, he succumbs to overchoice. During games he forgets about guys who he has at the end of the bench. Last season, the third straight year with the same core players, Spo could not find a starting lineup which pleasured him. He tried something like seventeen different combinations. Drove me mad. Drove the players mad...That's the hindcast. Now, Spo has to find a place for Andre Iguodala and probably for Jae Crowder...Doesn't Iggy have to start? Wasn't he brought in to be the fix on backcourt defense?...These are all questions that Spo must get the correct answer to if Miami is to finish fourth. On hindsight, I, at least, am not optimistic.
Today, Ira Winderman wrote,
...the Miami Heat have...[used] four lineups over the six games leading into the weekend.
...
With Meyers Leonard injured, Kelly Olynyk ineffective, Derrick Jones Jr. unable to produce victories as a starter of late, 6-foot-6 Jae Crowder emerged as the latest power-rotation starter for Erik Spoelstra.
...
"You have to be ready to adjust and pivot constantly in this league," Spoelstra said ahead of Saturday night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at AmericanAirlines Arena, "no matter what team you are."
