you guys are right we don't need offense from ben. we do need it from somewhere though. it's not that i don't like ben's defense it's that i like mcdyess offense way way better. yeah ben draws some charges but he gives us nothing on offense. shaq is helping out and clogging the paint. if anybody saw what happened when shaq checked mcdyess we ran a pick and pop and mcdyess was wide open he missed one badly but the shot was there and shaq had a very hard time trying to defend it. so basically i'm not saying that ben needs to get into the offense i'm saying we need a center in there that shaq can't rest on defense with.

i do watch the games and i watch ben on offense and shaq just rests and lays back and clogs the paint. if your jumpshots aren't falling you have to go to the hole. the problem is when you go to the hole ben's man is right there with either help d or the block. ben makes noone pay for not defending him. the key isn't to get him the ball more the key is to get someone in the game that will do something with the ball when they get it.

yes. if we had hit our jumpshots it would have covered up for ben's lack of offensive talent.