2011-2012 Miami Heat big 3 vs 2021-2022 Lakers big 3: Role Players (Year 1)

 
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Which GM got the better supporting cast for year 1 of their big 3?
Riley 2010
12%
 12%  [ 1 ]
Pelinka 2021
87%
 87%  [ 7 ]
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 7:29 pm    Post subject: 2011-2012 Miami Heat big 3 vs 2021-2022 Lakers big 3: Role Players (Year 1)

2010 Heat created Bron’s first big 3 of lbj, wade and bosh. Riley then signed following guys:

Mike Miller
Z
Juwan Howard
Eddie House
Dampier
Bibby

Adding then to current roster of
Chalmers
Haslem
Joel Anthony
James Jones


Lakers however got the following guys to surround the big 3 of bron, brow and brodie:

D39
Nunn
Ariza
Melo
Monk
Bazemore
Ellington

Joining Marc Gasol and the re-signed THT.

Which GM got the better supporting cast for year 1 of their big 3?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:03 pm    Post subject:

G 6’3” Russell Westbrook (33 years old)    G 6’4” Dwayne Wade (29 year old)
G 6’2” Kendrick Nunn (26 years old)      G 6’1” Mike Bobby (32 years old)
G 6’3” Malik Monk (23 years old)         G 6’2” Mario Chalmers (24 years old)
G 6’4” Wayne Ellington (34 years old)      G 6’2” Carlos Arroyo (31 years old)
G 6’4” Kent Bazemore (32 years old)     G 6’1” Eddie House (32 years old)
G 6’4” Talen Horton Tucker (21 years old)

G/F 6’8” Trevor Ariza (36 years old)       G/F 6’8” Mike Miller (30 years old)
                                  G/F 6’6” Jerry Stackhouse (36 years old)

F 6’9” Lebron James (37 years old)      F 6’9” Lebron James (26 years old)
F 6’7” Carmelo Anthony (37 years old)     F 6’8” James Jones (30 years old)

F/C 6’10” Anthony Davis (28 years old)     F/C 6’11” Chris Bosh (26 years old)
                                  F/C 6’8” Udonis Haslem (30 years old)
                                  F/C 6’9” Juwan Howard (37 years old)

C 6’10” Dwight Howard (36 years old)     C 6’9” Joel Anthony (28 years old)
C 6’11” Marc Gasol (37 years old)        C 7’3” Zydrunas Ilgauskas (35 years old)
                                  C 6’11” Erick Dampier (35 years old)
                                  C 6’11” Jamaal Maglorie (32 years old)
                                  C 6’11” Dextor Pittman (22 years old)
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:18 am    Post subject:

The big difference is outside shooting. All of a sudden the Lakers have good three point shooters. Last year none.
Melo, Ellington, and Ariza can provide clutch three point shooting. They can't triple team Lebron anymore.
Monk and Nunn can also shoot.

Westbrook has to learn to at least shoot the mid range jumper at a good rate.
The other teams will be giving him no room to drive but inviting him to shoot.
That is the only big weakness can see.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 7:28 am    Post subject:

Just-Ming nailed it. The Heat was a team with 3 in their prime superstars.

Lakers have one superstar in his prime and he’s not always available.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:26 am    Post subject:

When you look at that 2011 Miami Heat team, that depth was pretty mediocre, I mean.. Bibby/Dampier and Juan Howard those guys were already done with making a Impact, Carmelo/Howard and Ellington are much much better and are still Impact players.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 9:33 am    Post subject:

LakerSD wrote:
Just-Ming nailed it. The Heat was a team with 3 in their prime superstars.

Lakers have one superstar in his prime and he’s not always available.


LOL! A sad reality. Does Vegas have an over/under for how many times AD will fall this year?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 10:20 am    Post subject:

I think our role players have a slight edge over the Heat ones.
But then again, team success is never about 1 on 1 player comparisons.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:11 pm    Post subject:

For a full season i'm taking that Heat squad without thinking twice due to them all being in there prime.. Just the much safer bet.. One series though when everyone is healthy? I could see it going either way depending on a ton of factors. I def. like the potential of our role players more as well.

Like the Nets, the Lakers this year have only one true obstacle to getting back to the Finals which is the same as it was last season... Health, Health, Health, especially AD. I think we can still survive an early series or two even without 1 of Westbrook or Bron.

It will be interesting to see how well the role players fall in place as nothing really felt right the entire season last year even beyond injuries.
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