Basketball Thoughts #5 and #9

If it is any consolation to the Miami Heat and their 4-game losing streak, I would like to say something that could upset them. Their strength is at the shooting guard, small forward, and power forward position. They have a glaring weakness at point guard and they have no true center that can dance and play with the talents of Chris Bosh, Lebron James, and Dwyane Wade. If anything, James should take on the task of guarding the opponent's best opposing point guard and center as the Heat's free safety. This is an unusual task for Lebron James to try. As the team's best perimeter defenders, Wade and James need to help out on their team's poor perimeter defense. Bosh is a fine athlete at defending the paint. Wade and James know that they have his back. Miami needs a center who can thrive on the running game with Lebron and Dwyane. That will make Heat basketball much more fun to watch. I think that having an athletic center will help Wade and James' transition games from the fast break to the defensive boards easier to play with. At the point guard position, I think they need a point guard like who Miami acquired recently, Mike Bibby, to play some point, make some shots, and pass the ball to spots where Wade and James like to have in isolation plays. If the Heat can solve their problems at the point guard and center position, they will be able to figure out why they crumble at clutch time to the best teams in the NBA.