Rose is not a good shooter, so you cut off his drive to the lane and force him to shoot. He does not possess the same speed or quickness after those knee injuries. Thomas is not going to be the primary ball handler in the lineup playing with Lebron and Rose, so you can push him around because of his size to make him feel uncomfortable when trying to get open playing off ball. Love would be a problem with his marksmen shooting, but he will give up what he gives back. Crowder is a streaker 3 point shooter who can't create on his own. Lebron is the only guy that will be able to get his, but limiting the other guys will put pressure on him to perform because of the lack of three point shooting in this lineup.
Come on man...
1.Lebron always destroys boston.This season will be no different.
2.Love killed boston in the playofts:
22.6/12.4/2.6/1.4/1.2/48%/53%/87%....and played good defense on top of it.
3.Yes,Lebron is the primary ball handler.But Thomas will still have a top 15 usage rate and get 18-20 shots per game.Infact,IT will get easier shots because of Lebron.
4.Rose might have lost a half step,but he still gets to the basket whenever he wants,and can light up any pg.
Act like Rose didn't drop 25/7 on westbrook
Act like Rose didn't drop 30/7/4 on westbrook
Act like Rose didn't drop 28 on GS