Mike Brown’s biggest strategy change came from watching someone else get a chance to play around with his star.

I can just see the thought process in his head, “Hmm, so letting him drive from the top of the key when nothing else is working shouldn’t be my only offensive wrinkle. I saw the rest of the league doing that to shake up their offense, but I didn’t think it could work for my team. Trying the most versatile player in the league at another spot to take advantage of his quickness just might be crazy enough to work..”

Personally, I think it’s an interesting thing to try once in a while, but I think it was done more because of the depth in the backcourt than to get more out of LeBron.

Often times it seems LeBron succeeds on his drives due to his ability to use his strength and keep the first defender on his hip. Whereas a guy like Marion succeeds at the 4 because it accentuates his best asset, quickness, and hides his ability to effectively post up 3s.

LeBron is a freak of nature however, so I’m sure he’ll still have the quickness to beat 4s. But I still feel like his strength is his biggest asset and playing him against a bigger guy won’t necessarily help his game. But it is a copycat league, and you gotta find minutes for the back court players. So I guess this is the best solution until a trade is made.

Don’t get me wrong though. I do think this can work in stretches. I love the idea of a Andy and LeBron manning the front court in a three guard lineup. As long as that lineup can pull down some occasional boards, play tenacious perimiter D, knock down open shots, and find another slasher, it could definitely put some teams on its heels.

Maybe, Mo at the 1, West at the 2, and Pavlovic at the 3. That way you get two solid defenders and plenty of speed to run the court. If Pavlovic is hitting his shots that could be a deadly lineup.