Lebron James is the main reason why Cleveland is playing so well lately, so being able to contain him is the key to win this upcoming game. However, who is going to guard James? Tracy McGrady? OR Shane Battier? something to consider: James can easily overpower Shane, but not T-Mac. We need T-Mac to save his energy on offense who is better at guarding the other main offensive threat, Daniel Gibson?
They wont put McGrady on BronBron because it will risk Tmac being in foul trouble. They might put Tmac on BronBron if the game is close near the end though.
Double team, i look forward that Adelman copies the strategy that the spurs used to guard him on the finals.
double team him is probably the best option. Between Battier and TMac I choose TMac. Battier is not near athletic enough and LeBron will just go right by him. When TMac really wants to he can be a very good defender. The reason I went double is because LeBron is too strong of TMac and would bulldoze his way to the paint. You have to double him because then he opts for the open man and Cleveland's supporting cast has never consistently hit its shots.
Defensively, we will rotate Battier/Scola/Landry on LeBron. Just hope he doesn't school our rookies too bad. We will need to play good help defense on Lebron to have success meaning that we will have to try to trap the guy.
"There should be an NBA rule that the best players on opposing teams should have to guard each other, if they play the same position." - Jeff Van Gundy (the commentator)
