1) OFFENSIVELY Brad Miller is actually a BETTER fit for this current squad than a traditional low post type center would be. We've got all kinds of post players, and need somebody who can shoot a jumper to create space. In addition, Brad is the best passer at his position in the league -- more important than ever with the Vlade/Webb/Doug trio moving on.
2) Its on DEFENSE where Brad's shortcomings are deadly. And for these purposes rebounding will be considered part of defense. In some way I still do not fully understand, this offseason we intentionally surrounded Brad Miller with Kenny Thomas, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Peja Stojakovic. All three of whom have played SF in their careers. There was no hope there. And that has to change next season. We need at LEAST one shotblocker/rebounder in there (the teams most likely to play for a title this year have considerably more than that). With Brad as your center, I could even argue that EVERYBODY else getting minutes on the frontline should be a shotblocker, but we don't do that in Kingsland, and Reef's offense sure is nice off the bench. Strictly speaking you do NOT need your center to be doing your rebounding and shotblocking. It just makes sense and is the easiest thing to balance. But you need SOMEBODY to do those things. If we had that person or persons, Brad's deficiencies become things we want from him, rather than things we need from him.
We didn't lose that game on Saturday on offense. We lost it on defense. We scored 88. About normal for a Spurs opponent. They scored 122. 122!
P.S. Skillset aside, the other issue with Brad of course is his passivity and competitiveness. It wasn't his lack of skills that caused the 4pt 1reb performance, it was a lack of aggression and competitiveness. Reagrdless of what he does well or not well, Brad is far better than 4 and 1. But he has to compete. And he doesn't always.
But yes, if we had someone taller than 6'7 at the PF position we'd certainly be better off.
