Joakim Noah is the heart of chicago bulls, he provides defense, rebounds. and most importantly he is a great passer, that's why he is a crucial part of Bull's offense. If there is a weakness to this machine, it is his size. In Bulls vs nets Series, Brook Lopez might be bigger than Noah, but his lack of physicality on defense allowed Noah to establish a rhythm.
Now the reasons Chris Andersen must get bigger minutes.
1.Chrish Bosh is not strong enough and he doesn't bump Noah out of rhythm.Birdman is bigger than Bosh and he is by nature a physical player. His physicality is needed to deny noah a position
2.In the fourth quarter, the heat has no low post presence because Bosh camped out in the perimeter. This strategy worked against OKC in the last year final because Kendrick Perkins was slow. It won't work against Bull because Noah a very mobile center who can guard Bosh in the perimeter and quick enough to go back to the post to grab defensive rebound. Bulls defenders are very disciplined bunch that rarely ever lost their men. Heat will never be able to get an offensive rebound, because no one is there to grab it.
So what to do with Bosh? return him to his original position at 4. He can use his range to draw away Taj Gibson from the rim, allowing birdman to battle Noah one on one for a rebound.
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