When you think of a Basketball team, what each position is expected to bring to the table, and how they should play, the starting 5 for the C's seem to have every piece of the puzzle.
1: If your 1 is trying to shoot first then things will not end good for your team. AI had to move to the 2 to be successful and they are attempting to do the same with Evans in Sacramento. you want a distributor first and scorer second. He should be able to know each player's hot spot is and get it to them how and where they want. He should also be able to hit an open shot. On the defensive side you want a pest who can bother someone the whole way up the court, slow down other teams offense, create TOs, and keep a body in front of his man.
2: The 2 and 3 are somewhat interchangeable. They both need to be able to make a open shot and spread the floor. You want one of them to be a pure shooter and the other a play maker who can create offense by himself. For the same reason they both need to be good defenders because one of them will most likely be guarding the best player on the other team. This is the reason Heat is having trouble, both Wade (2) and Lebron (3) are play makers who like to slash, neither has ever been an off ball type player on offense.
3: See above.
4: From your 4 on the offensive side you want him to be able to score from the post, have some range, and not crowd the paint. You want your 4 and 5 to be ugly, scrappy, not well liked players. On defense they should make other teams not want to bring the ball in the paint and send smaller gaurds flying when they bring it to the rack. This is also the Heats problem, Bosh is one of softest big men in the league and they have no big man to control the paint or opposing big men. The 4 and 5 should also bring great length and height.
5: Your 5 doesn't need to be scorer unless your 4 doesn't play offense in the post. You NEED a low post presence on offense to win unless you have Jordan on your team. On defense you want your 5 to be a 100% brute, someone who intimidates other players from coming into paint and also can not be bullied by opposing 5s. Bargnani is not who you want as your starting center.
When looking at the C's starting 5 the biggest weakness is Rondo absence of a reliable jumper and FT shooting, both of which he refuses to improve, and the lack of length and height at the 4 and 5. KG being KG makes up for this on the defensive end, but the C's are still vulnerable and can lose games due to inability to get rebounds vs. certain teams. This is easily seen when going up against the Lakers bigs Gasol, Bynum, and Odom. Even with these two problems you would be hard pressed to find a current team with a starting 5 that plays their roles and fits together so perfectly.
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