The NBA has changed, you can now play zone defense and the new rules have favored the guard & forward positions. Plus the Center position has evolved into a Forward-Center position.
But let's say you trade Chris Bosh for Aldridge of the Blazers, or Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies, or Demarcus Cousins of Sac, or even Chandler of the Knicks. I would dare to say that Heats team would have had a better run of going over 27 wins.
Let's look at the Jordan years with Cartwright and Longley. The Bulls always tried to get their Centers involved early. Who do the Heat turn to for an offensive post up? Majority of the time it's James or finding a miss match.
Also keep in mind that James was able to help bring a Cavaliers team to the Finals, unbelievable but true.
27 in a row is quite an accomplishment for any NBA team in any era.
But I have to give the Heat some credit for their tremendous run without a true 7' foot center as an inside presence. While Magic had Jabbar, Bird had the Chief, Isiah had Edwards-Laimbeer-Mahorn, Jordan had Cartwright-Purdue-Longley-Wennington (try not to LOL), while Lebron (6' 8") was the Heats main inside presence.
The NBA has changed, you can now play zone defense and the new rules have favored the guard & forward positions. Plus the Center position has evolved into a Forward-Center position.
But let's say you trade Chris Bosh for Aldridge of the Blazers, or Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies, or Demarcus Cousins of Sac, or even Chandler of the Knicks. I would dare to say that Heats team would have had a better run of going over 27 wins.
Let's look at the Jordan years with Cartwright and Longley. The Bulls always tried to get their Centers involved early. Who do the Heat turn to for an offensive post up? Majority of the time it's James or finding a miss match.
Also keep in mind that James was able to help bring a Cavaliers team to the Finals, unbelievable but true.
But I have to give the Heat some credit for their tremendous run without a true 7' foot center as an inside presence. While Magic had Jabbar, Bird had the Chief, Isiah had Edwards-Laimbeer-Mahorn, Jordan had Cartwright-Purdue-Longley-Wennington (try not to LOL), while Lebron (6' 8") was the Heats main inside presence.