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I haven't seen them pull the ref card in a while. I guess it's about that time of year
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Seems as though Greg Oden is going to remain in the starting lineup for the time being. Who could have envisioned Oden would be playing this late in the season let alone be our starting Center down the stretch.
Heat To Keep Greg Oden In Regular Starting Lineup
Mar 18, 2014 1:41 PM EDT
The Miami Heat plan to continue with Greg Oden as the starting center indefinitely.
The Heat have had success over the past two seasons playing a small-ball style, so the presence of Oden is a dramatic change in strategy.
"My board in my office at the arena looks like the character from Beautiful Mind," Spoelstra said, "and so I have a lot of different scenarios. So it's one of the many scenarios that I've chewed on for the last six weeks or so."
With Chris Bosh legitimately extending his range to the three-point line, Spoelstra believes the Heat can maintain small-ball principles with Oden in the lineup.
"I've stressed that to our team, that last year's blueprint was for last year," Spoelstra said, "and the more we tried to pigeonhole ourselves into that blueprint, we might not be opening ourselves up to a more successful or necessary blueprint for this year, as the competition has changed. As it's gotten better, our team, our personnel has gotten better. It always changes."
Oden has yet to play on consecutive nights as he continues to get stronger after taking four years off.
Via Ira Winderman/Sun Sentinel