From all indications Andre excels at this while Steve in past years has been very limited.

Greg is our most important offensive weapon. Why?

1. He forces a double team down low opening up the outside for easy open shots.

2. He appears ready to be our most efficient scorer. I would not be shocked to see him above 60% FG% and his FT% at over 75% (83.3% last night) brings his TS% to the top (Last year Nene led the league with 64.5% TS% shooting 60.4% FG% and 72.3% FT%.).

3. Greg’s presence disrupts defensive schemes against Roy – with Andre on the floor nobody can double Roy in the backcourt without Andre and Greg making them pay. Roy will be more efficient as will all the shooters.

4. The slam dunk is an emotional boost for the team and a deflater for the opponent. It takes home crowds out of t5he game and brings home crowds to life. With the threat of a slam from Greg the defense sell out to stop him leading to point #5.

5. Greg will cause serious foul problems for opposing bigs if he gets the ball on the block consistently.

This offense needs to run through Greg. Andre appears to be the right point guard for Greg. Whichever unit Greg plays with calls for Andre as well. I am a loyalist to Steve. I want Steve to win this competition – but so far there is early indication that it is not a contest.

RAMBO works for me!

But in a way, I think it’s selling both Brandon and Andre short. These are both very talented players, and both are credited with having really high BBIQs. Brandon has been good at doing what he does because that is what he HAD to do. Do I think it’ll take some serious adjustment on his part to figure out how to make this work? Sure. Do I get the feeling there is a little reticence on his part based on comfort level? Sure. But Brandon hasn’t played with a point guard who can make things happen like Dre. I really think in time he’ll warm up to the idea once he sees some of the doors Miller can open for him.

Remember all the doubles and triples that Brandon started getting thrown at him last year. You just can’t play like that forever. I see them playing together where Brandon becomes the second wave point guard if Andre doesn’t work magic in the first 10 seconds. And if the game is on the line at the end? Sure run a one, four Brandon play as usual and have Dre set the screen and then get into midrange where he’s money. We don’t have to take the ball all the way out of Brandon’s hands to make this work. Just give Dre the earlier part of the shot clock and Brandon the later. It’s still better than a less creative point burning part of the clock (Still love you Blake, though).

Seriously, this will work with two smart players when they get to know one another.

I posted it in the game thread last night, but I don’t need the credit for it, I just like that it might catch on