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LeBron went to the finals with himself in cleveland, put him on any team that made the playoffs and he wins the championship.
 
zitothebrave said:
LeBron went to the finals with himself in cleveland, put him on any team that made the playoffs and he wins the championship.
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So he wins the ship with the Bucks, Magic, Sixers, Celtics, Jazz, and other bad teams?

FOH.
 
Heyward said:
Miami has more than 2-3 players.

Even after the Big 3, you have Allen, Cole, Chalmers, Haslem, Birdman, Jones, Battier, etc, stacked everywhere.
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LOL what??

Chalmers freakin stinks. Allen is a solid player still but saying "future HOFer" is stupid because he isn't near that guy anymore. Haslem? Birdman? Battier? Cole is even just average. You call that stacked? Seriously? Wow.
 
yeezus said:
LOL what??
Chalmers freakin stinks. Allen is a solid player still but saying "future HOFer" is stupid because he isn't near that guy anymore. Haslem? Birdman? Battier? Cole is even just average. You call that stacked? Seriously? Wow.
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They nearly won a closeout road game despite LBJ maybe having his worst game ever but they'd be a lotto team without him.

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Dissapointing season but hopeful for the future. The roster is close to winning but tweaks need to be made with additions and subtractions in addition to a redefining of the roles between KD/RW. I think they could excel in other areas than they are doing now and allow the team to grow. Barkley was right all along saying the two don't do enough to make their teammates better. They need to add competant shooters and keep the faith in the core talent. People talk like the window is closing because they assume that KD/RW are going to leave. That isn't a definite so as of right now the window is still wide open (especially with the Spurs and Lebron getting older).

For now, you guys were right and I was wrong about the Thunder.
 
The window isn't closing for them. They have RW and Durant so they'll be competitive. Their best shot was a few years ago when they had RW, DUrant and Harden. Until they get another top player or Durant/RW take it to the next level they'll likely be cannon fodder for LeBron. That being said, as long as Pop is on SA they'll be competitive even if they have a bad lineup. Which I don't think will last very long.
 
zitothebrave said:
The window isn't closing for them. They have RW and Durant so they'll be competitive. Their best shot was a few years ago when they had RW, DUrant and Harden. Until they get another top player or Durant/RW take it to the next level they'll likely be cannon fodder for LeBron. That being said, as long as Pop is on SA they'll be competitive even if they have a bad lineup. Which I don't think will last very long.
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I'm not going to debate the Harden deal. I think the future will bear out nicely for the THunder with Adams. Harden is showing his warts and the Thunder as a small market needed roster flexibility and that is exactly what they have. For now though they have failed.
 
Well they traded Harden because they couldn't afford to keep him. Kinda simple. But instead of waiting for FA they opted to trade him and get return instead of playing for a title.
 
zitothebrave said:
Well they traded Harden because they couldn't afford to keep him. Kinda simple. But instead of waiting for FA they opted to trade him and get return instead of playing for a title.
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Thats exactly what they did. We will never know if they would have won a title last year with Harden but what we do know is that they got a nice looking return with Adams and the 21st pick in a loaded draft. Lamb I like but he won't be a deal breaker. Adams is the gem thus far and he looks great.
 
Miami is a really good team without Lebron but make no mistake. Lebron makes that team great.

Everyone knows I'm the biggest homer there is but watching the transformation in Lebron the last 2 years has been amazing. His stats are amazing but his true impact of the game can not be measured in stats.
 
zitothebrave said:
Well they traded Harden because they couldn't afford to keep him. Kinda simple. But instead of waiting for FA they opted to trade him and get return instead of playing for a title.
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Harden signed for 1-2 mil more in AAV, they coulda kept him if they wanted.

Not sure the shot 2 years ago was the time, Harden was 21, Ibaka was 20 or 21, and KD/Russ were 23. But i guess we'll never know.

Need to add some shooters badly though.
 
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