Chris Bosh Ready to Play Center for the Miami Heat

Yep you guys definitely read what said. I said, Bynum is way better than Howard and always will be and he is amazing and no one else matters and he’s a young Shaq and KAJ on offense and the center of my dreams and all that. OH… nope, I said that Bynum having had no injuries ever, would be as good as D-How. Better offensively, although not incredible. Not as good defensively, but still very good. His averages in 07-08 while not great are telling. Bynum finished the season averaging 13 pts, 10 rebounds 2 blocks .64fg% in 28 mins. Add mins and health to those numbers and put him on a team where he is the first or second option and dude puts up numbers. He’s scored 42 points grabbed 15 boards and 3 blocks. Dwight has never scored that much ever. And he is the best player on his team by a long shot and the best center in the league by far. I’m not making any claim besides that Bynum could be as good as D-How… but he is not and it isn’t even close right now. There’s no point in discussing what if’s with people that hate a team and every player on it. So pull a Nirvana and never mind.

@Dacre – Not that he’s stepping closer to the 3point line now that he’d be a center, or even make a 20 ft jumper a staple in his game, but his skill set allows for him to knock them down. I would allow him to shoot and expect him to make them with consistency.

@shutupallenp – Maybe you’re right I don’t think he could bang with the centers back then. After assessing his skills I could undoubtedly see him having success in past eras, but not at the center position. Derek Coleman, Danny Manning, Cliff Robinson.

But yea it’s not the same anymore I’ve always said Dwight Howard would have been Kevin Willis or Otis Thorpe in that generation, but he’s actually starting to be better than that. Even look at Greg Oden who while at Ohio St I thought he’d be the next David Robinson, they just don’t pan out anymore.

Bynum’s ceiling was/is 22-12. He will never and never would have been as good as Dwight. He could’ve been his biggest competition, but in this fictional uninjured world Greg Oden would have been better.

@Weezy i think he would have been an average player in that era as a sf/pf Your examples are spot on, execpt Manning had a better jumper, i was thinking he would be more like AC Green: versatile and does alot of things well but doesnt excel or standout in any one thing.

I dont care what you think NBK stop responding to your posts and ill stop praying your baby comes out retarted. was it a lil harsh i dont care, you say im ignorant but you decided to always post a comment try to get into a debate, go kick your girl in the stomach if you want some attention

@NBK Do me a favor stop responding to my posts i dont care what you think, you complain my posts are ignorant, and i dont comprehend but you continue to direct comments toward me. you want attention go get a dog, leave me alone.

I see disagree with my comments regarding steroid use in the NBA. Obviously you live in your own world where the NBA is the cleanest sport in the US. Do you really think that while steroid and HGH use is common all around all other sports, NBA players do not touch them? Do you even know how much of a joke is the NBAs anti-doping testing? Get this. Players only get tested once a year during training camp. Thats it!! They even know when they are going to be tested, which is the biggest advantage you can have when doping. Slamonline did a piece last this summer for the magic “15 pounds of muscle” that most players report, and was wondering why it is 15. As I said, 15 is the typical amount of muscle one puts in a 10 week cycle of steroids. Stop being in denial, thinking that these players magically put on 15 pounds of muscle just by eating right and lifting. It cant happen. No matter how genetically gifted you are (the usual lie they say for their cover up). PEDs are a reality in sports, and you might choose to ignore it or accept it. I am not saying that all NBA players are on steroids, and that they are at the level they are because of PEDs. But once you see a player reporting bulking up during the summer, be suspicious…

Yes.

BULL****

@jtaylor do you view David Robinson the same way?
I use him as an example because i see them very close as in terms of defensive prowess. Do you know that Ewing avg less than 10 rebounds a game? I know he was a beast in college probably the best defensive center in college ever but in the NBA his strength was his offensive game, his great freethrow shooting and his excellent jumpshot

All I’m doing is trying to save people from your broken perspectives. I could give a flyin sh*t about you at all. Say what you need too. In the immortal words of one of the most hated people in slam history I will respond “at the end of the day, tomorrow you have to wake up and have the same life that you had before you commented today.”

well in the immortal words of my absentee father “you see that bulge growing in her belly, thats 18% for 18 years”

Someone answer my Q to AllenP about 2k12 online associations

This article is written in a way that sneers at Bosh fairly openly. why? Why is he such a laughingstock to so many? He is a terrific talent and a hard worker. Any Raptors fan will tell you his game grew every year. This year will be no different. I salute Bosh’s efforts and commitment to team. He WILL average 10+ boards a game. He WILL be an All-Star. I can’t wait to see his actions speak so much louder than these assinine comments and hack-spawned articles.

@Enigmatic…Technically you’re wrong about that bro. Being from Atlanta, I was an avid GT fan as a kid. GT had a 7’2″ center with a big curly red fro named Luke Schenscher. Became one of my favorite players, always made the tough gritty defensive plays…but Chris Bosh was never a center.

You can’t use Hakeem Olajuwon’s dominance as an argument against any defender. Hakeem Olajuwon abused every center he ever played against. If that’s the case, then no center but Hakeem was “great” defensively.

What’s up with Marcel Mutoni and his cynical, opinionated pieces?

This is what made Sheed truly special. When he played C he had the back-to-the-basket moves and game to do so. I can’t think of any of his contemporaries that can say that (TD didn’t have Sheed’s mid to outside game)…

co-sign that^

Guys, WTF do we do now?!?!?!?!

Ay y’all I’m trying to get on a 2k12 league, anybody know a good 1?

I gotta co-sign RedRum. I think Sheed’s 3-point shooting hurt his game more than helped. His unwillingness to post up was like Vince Carter’s unwillingness to drive and dunk. I’m still not sure why they avoided their strengths.
Timmy has a great jumpshot and used to score at will. His footwork was unparalleled this era.
Heals is right about Sheed’s talent, though. That guy had game and could have done a lot more, although I still like Sheed as is.

LONG… LIVE… THE KING.

What’s the harm in Bosh playing the Center spot? With Haslem at the 4. The league is so so weak at the 5 spot he’d probably be top 10 anyways. Just set good screens and grab some boards, block a shot or 2. The only problem is it might invoke players to take it to the rim because he is not a ” put your body on the line” kind of guy. Watch him move out of the way instead of contesting a drive, because his ego is scared of being posterized!!

SLAM, UPDATE UR ARTICLES .