The Official Miami Heat Return to the Playoffs Thread.

What a horrible call...

 

I love Beasley. I really do...

The guy is so talented. Its just hard b/c its so frustrating watching our games and watching how underutilized this guy is... and we are LOSING games b/c of it. Like I said long ago, as long as we are winning, I dont care if they play Beasley at all. But if we are losing, and Beasley isnt playing, I'm going to be pissed.

Last night, Beasley had 0 fouls. 0. And he finished regulation only playing 27 minutes... without Wade. What the ****?!? Our leading scorer... and our hottest scorer. He finally comes in with 3 min left in the first... promptly scores 11 points in the next 11 minutes... and then how is he rewarded? With the ****ing bench until the end of the 3rd...

**** Spolstra. Its like he is intentionally trying to lose games. We arent competing for a lottery pick Spolstra! We are trying to make a playoff push! Get our best ****ing players on the floor!!!

 

I have NO problem with Beasley coming off the bench. Hell, I prefer it with how our team is set up right now. You are exactly right... we need the scoring off the bench.

However, what I have a problem with is how long it takes Spolstra to bring Beasley off the bench.

Beasley didnt come in until 3min left in the first quarter... and not until 2min left in the 3rd quarter.

He has GOT to get in earlier in both halves. He only got 27 minutes in regulation, and Haslem had 22. Do you honestly believe there is no more minutes available than 27? Really? That is a game where we need Beasley's scoring more than anything. Haslem is hurting... yet they split minutes at the 4 almost equally?

Bring Beasley off the bench... thats fine. But go to the bench quicker and more often.

 

Who said I want to play him at the 3? You're right... Peirce would have eaten Beasley alive...

So play Beasley at the 4, and give him 35 minutes off the bench. That leaves Haslem 13 minutes, in a game where Haslem is hurt, and we desperately need Beasley's scoring more than anything Haslem brings to the table...

 

The red and the blue sentences contradict each other...

Beasley's minutes at the 4 dont all have to come from Haslem's minutes, BECAUSE Haslem can move to the 5, allowing Beasley to get on the floor as the 4. And Beasley should get more minutes a game at the 4 than Haslem to begin with... in any game... but thats a different matter. I'm just talking about last night.

The way to add minutes for Beasley is to put Haslem's *** on the bench more... or move Haslem to the 5 when ONeal is out.... putting Beasley in at the 4.

There are at least 32 available minutes in regulation per game available for Beasley. Spolstra chooses not to...

 

When healthy? And when we have Wade in the line up? Sure...

But Haslem isnt healthy... his back is killing him. And we needed Beasley's scoring last night without Wade more than Haslem's 11 points and 4 rebounds.

 

I dont understand what the 3 has to do with the 4 and the 5. Why do you need a SF that can play PF?

You start with Haslem and JO at the 4 and 5. Then, you leave JO in, and sub Beasley in for Haslem. Then, when its time to sub ONeal out, sub Haslem in for O'Neal at the 5, leaving Beasley at the 4. When its time to rest Beasley, you slide Haslem back to the 4, and insert ONeal at the 5. In this scenerio, the guy we are sitting first is the guy that swings between the 2 positions (Haslem).

Or you sub out JO first, slide Haslem over to the 5, and insert Beasley at the 4. Then, when its time to rest Haslem, insert JO at the 5 and leave Beasley at the 4. Then, when Beasley needs a rest, put Haslem at the 4 and leave JO at the 5.


Whats wrong with that? You know more than me X's and O's wise, and I couldnt coach a basketball team to save my life... but why wouldnt that work?

 

You can still call plays that iso Beasley... which is what needed to be done. I put some of the blame on Chalmers too though, b/c you're right, he needs to be more aware of that as a PG.

 

Please explain what you mean in more detail. Why would it overlap their minutes?

Since the JO/Moon trade...

JO is averaging around 31 minutes.
Haslem is averaging around 35 minutes.
Beasley is averaging around 23 minutes.

There is no way to cut back Haslem's 35 minutes per game? Really?

Haslem would be the "swing" in this case. I'm not saying making all 3 rotations equal time and split into thirds, b/c then you're right... Haslem is getting double the work load of JO or Beasley. You just have the stretch of JO/Beasley last longer than the stretches of Beasley/Haslem or Haslem/JO. Make the 2 stretches Haslem is in shorter stretches, giving him more rest.

The minutes wouldnt overlap, and you could easily work it so Haslem only got 20-25 minutes if you wanted to... with Beasley and JO being together the majority of the time.

 

That assumes that the 3 different pairings are all lasting for equal times. Why can only JO loose minutes? You could play the rotations like this...


Rotations: Total minutes played together per game

JO/Haslem: 13
Haslem/Beasley: 13
JO/Beasley:22
= 48 minutes

Have the 3 rotations divided up something like this. In this scenario, JO gets 35 minutes, Haslem gets 26 minutes, and Beasley get 35 minutes.

 

What do you mean you wouldnt be able to run a combo for a 10 min stretch? What does that mean?

 

Where did you get someone playing 42 minutes?

How often is too often for going to your bench in a quarter? Would 3 times in a quarter be too much? No, right?

You could do it like this:

1st Quarter
12-8 - JO/Haslem
8-3 - JO/Beasley
3-0-Haslem Beasley
2nd Quarter
12-8 - Still Haslem/Beasley
8-4 - JO/Beasley
4-0 - JO/Haslem
3rd Quarter
12-8 - JO/Haslem
8-2 - JO/Beasley
2-0 - Haslem/Beasley
4th Quarter
12-9 - Haslem/Beasley
9-0 - JO/Beasley


Beasley and JO get good long streaks for continuity and getting into a flow on offense like you wanted... especially Beasley, but he also gets some breathers with the break up of quarters so he doesnt get gassed.

And we can use a guy like Magloire to help break some of it up as well with about 15 minutes worth of play here and there. That will ad a 4th to the rotation which will help as well.

 

Its not in and out and in and out though... JO and Beasley play for long stretches.

JO plays stretches of 9min, 8min, 10min, and 9min.

Beasley plays stretches of 8min, 8min, 8min, and 12min.

All right around 10 minute lengths. And some are actually longer back to back stretches, but are broken up by the quarter or half.

And its only 2 substitutions per quarter vs. 1, is that really so bad? That extra sub per quarter isnt worth getting our 2nd best player on the floor more?

 

And if it really cant be done... and the starting PF is the one that has to play significantly more minutes (35pg vs. 24pg) based on the rotations... then Beasley needs to start.

There arent many games left in the season. Starting him the last 15 games isnt going to negatively effect his development. We need Beasley on the floor more in order to win... especially the playoffs. I'd love to give him 30-35min off the bench, but if it cant be done... then he needs to start.

As much as I like bringing Beasley off the bench... his 35 minutes starting are worth more to us than his 24 minutes off the bench...

 

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