BanditHiro;5086780 said:
Gasol is not his brother or anywhere near is his brother is not as skilled as people make him out to be...their offense just to average to compete with the Heat or even the Spurs. The Heat and Spurs can pack the paint and make the Grizzlies perimeter beat them but since it is filled with a lot of mediocre shooters they will hardly make a team pay for packing the paint.
Their offense can be held to around 80-90 points a game while the Heat and Spurs can probably muster 90-100 points a game.
Even if he's not as skilled as his brother, does not logically entail he isn't skilled. Pal is skilled in his own right, though the last few years he's been playing incredibly soft. Mark can consistently hit a jump shot, and he's more skilled than any bigman the Heat face in the East, the only near competitor being a guy like Hibbert.
As far as the Heat, the reason I say Memphis can beat them is precisely because they can make a game ugly and force Miami to play a lot of half-court offense, and contrary to the popular opinion, Miami has essentially one play in offense, outside of give the ball to Lebron or Wade, which is the high pick and roll. As Chacog demonstrated, making the game ugly doesn't bode as well for Miami offensively. Memphis is legit defensively. As I said, the problem with Memphis is that they aren't consistent on offense.
The Spurs and Memphis have a good chance if the game is played in the half-court and they can limit the perimtere mistakes, allowing for Miami to capitalize with their perimeter defense and quick buckets in transition. This is even if Miami can make it through the Pacers successfully. Everybody is writing the Pacers off, but it's not like the Heat are a lock to run them over.
