Splitter needs to not be out on the court at all. I've never seen a player look so out of place before. He looks completely dumbfounded every time he gets blocked or has the ball ripped out of his hands. Which is damn near every time he touches the ball. Wtf was his backcourt violation 2 seconds into the game all about?
That would be epic if so because the Heat haven't lost back to back since January. They're also 6-0 in the playoffs following losses, all double digit wins.
Healthy he's still an amazing player. But he's going to be healthy less and less often. The kind of player Wade is, he depends on being explosive and outhustling everyone else. That's the kind of player that doesn't age very well. He's already undersized for his position, so he doesn't have much to fall back on and can't exactly develop a post game to compensate.
Paul Pierce defies all logic. He's slow as hell, stiff, can't jump very high, yet somehow manages to put up pretty good numbers while looking completely unimpressive at all times.
Nah, it's a huge upgrade for a season or so pending a couple big IFs. If Howard can get a little healthier and play closer to what he was, and IF Garnett can keep his fountain of youth running for another year, that frontcourt is SO much better than Griffin / Jordan. Garnett and Howard are both a LOT better defensively than either of those guys, and arguably have the two best offensive games of the bunch as well. Even at this point in his career Garnett's jumper is easily the best of the bunch. You need a 4 or 5 in today's game to be able to hit some jumpers for floor spacing, and the Clippers really don't have that now with their current guys. And even though Howard's post game isn't great, I'll still take it over Griffin down there. Hell, for a given play I'd take Garnett in the post over Griffin as well.
