Chalmers Draws Parallel Between 76ers and 2011 Heat
Mario Chalmers says Miami's 2011 Finals loss stemmed from unclear roles among its stars, and sees a similar challenge facing Philadelphia now.
Mario Chalmers has traced Miami's 2011 NBA Finals defeat to Dallas back to a simple problem: nobody had settled who would lead.
Chalmers told Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson.
The Heat had brought LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh together that summer, only to fall in six games to the Mavericks in the Finals. Chalmers, Miami's starting point guard in that series, has now drawn a parallel with Philadelphia's current roster.
Philadelphia added both James and Brown this off-season, the latter arriving in a trade from Boston. Patrick Beverley has already sketched out a defensive plan built around attacking the James-Embiid pick-and-roll, a sign that rival teams expect the pairing to be a central problem to solve. Chalmers's comment suggests the bigger question for the 76ers may not be talent but hierarchy — the same one Miami took a year to answer before winning back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013.
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