Clearing Out the Swamp
The Miami Heat edged the New Jersey Nets yesterday in the NBA EAstern Conference Semi-Finals, eliminating them from contention.
New Jersey was one of those teams who broke my personal basketball rules (you can't run forever & your point guard should not be your best player) but still managed to succed a little. Still they have no rings, so I'll compromise a little and downgrade these particular "rules" to "policies." Nevertheless, they weren't going to make it too far with just three guys scoring (Kidd, Carter and Jefferson) and basically no help from the bench. Plus it didn't help that Miami became an offensive team over the course of the season (which they may rue later on, but that's another story).
The good thing for the Nets? They probably don't need any new bodies (assuming that their entire bench just had an off-night...for four straight games). Their #1 priority should be to develop a consistent halfcourt offense for the postseason. Otherwise, they should get used to being just a "good playoff team."
New Jersey was one of those teams who broke my personal basketball rules (you can't run forever & your point guard should not be your best player) but still managed to succed a little. Still they have no rings, so I'll compromise a little and downgrade these particular "rules" to "policies." Nevertheless, they weren't going to make it too far with just three guys scoring (Kidd, Carter and Jefferson) and basically no help from the bench. Plus it didn't help that Miami became an offensive team over the course of the season (which they may rue later on, but that's another story).
The good thing for the Nets? They probably don't need any new bodies (assuming that their entire bench just had an off-night...for four straight games). Their #1 priority should be to develop a consistent halfcourt offense for the postseason. Otherwise, they should get used to being just a "good playoff team."
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