The Craptors; the ultimate chokers and pussies personified. I also don't think The Jazz possess that surprise element anymore; they'll probably make the playoffs and lose in the 1st or 2nd round.
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The Craptors; the ultimate chokers and pussies personified. I also don't think The Jazz possess that surprise element anymore; they'll probably make the playoffs and lose in the 1st or 2nd round.Buy on AliExpress.com
There will have to come a time where LeBron will not be the focal point of a team anymore, and will have to acquiesce to someone else.
But the mystery is when will he get to a point physically where that will happen? One would think it has to happen sooner or later, and then you see what he has done in these playoffs, and you are left wondering if he can indeed keep this up for several more years. That thought is looking to be more realistic by the day.
In my opinion, he will take the Shaq route and not the Kobe route.
You guys know what I mean
But the mystery is when will he get to a point physically where that will happen? One would think it has to happen sooner or later, and then you see what he has done in these playoffs, and you are left wondering if he can indeed keep this up for several more years. That thought is looking to be more realistic by the day.
In my opinion, he will take the Shaq route and not the Kobe route.
You guys know what I mean
The Craptors; the ultimate chokers and pussies personified. I also don't think The Jazz possess that surprise element anymore; they'll probably make the playoffs and lose in the 1st or 2nd round.
Mitchell did have incredible playoffs for a rookie and Raptors did great in the regular season, thats why I included both
Didn't Kyrie say he decided to go because he was made aware that they wanted to trade him? He never struck me as a person who wouldn't be able or willing to leave in somebody else's shadow (especially if that's Lebron). I always felt Lebron didn't want him there anymore.
Read yesterday that Jordan Clarkson's last assist was in the 4th quarter of the game 4 against Toronto. He's scored ~40 points and 0 assists ever since
Didn't Kyrie say he decided to go because he was made aware that they wanted to trade him? He never struck me as a person who wouldn't be able or willing to leave in somebody else's shadow (especially if that's Lebron). I always felt Lebron didn't want him there anymore.
Read yesterday that Jordan Clarkson's last assist was in the 4th quarter of the game 4 against Toronto. He's scored ~40 points and 0 assists ever since
If Lebron was behind Kyrie leaving that would be dumb more than being selfish, I mean why would you want Kyrie out when you've won a ring with him and the chemistry was pretty damn well on court and when also there wasn't a real Kyrie replacement?
So whats your power rank? Not fair to crap on my choices without providing alternatives Mitchell did have incredible playoffs for a rookie and Raptors did great in the regular season, thats why I included both
Mitchell did have incredible playoffs for a rookie and Raptors did great in the regular season, thats why I included both
In the East, it's going to be a battle between the Celtics and Sixers for the next decade or so, provided they can keep their core intact. The Raptors are a great regular season team, but a horrible playoff choice; they freeze and Lowry and Derozan, all-stars on their day, play like role players instead. Obviously Lebron moving to the West might finally help Toronto get over the hump, but I doubt it. The Bucks are my surprise pick in the East, along with a burgeoning Indiana side.
And this neglects entirely the formative years Lebron spent in the NBA with very little power to influence who was brought in or out of Cleveland. He was playing with scrubs. His organization picked Desagna Diop and Dajuan Wagner with the number 8 and number 6 picks in the two previous drafts. They traded Brendan Haywood before he showed up for Michael Doleac and allowed Carlos Boozer to leave as free agent after his first season. In his 4th season he took Ilgauskas, Hughes, Gooden, Boobie Gibson, Pavlovic, etc to the finals. One of the worst teams to ever step foot on the court in a finals series and rightly so, they were swept. The Cavs management rewarded Lebron by surrounding him with more scrubs like Delonte and Mo, and signing washed up old players like Ben Wallace, Wally, Jamison, a washed up Shaq.
Lebron went full retard with the decision, and then got absolutely lambasted for creating a team of superstars, by old-timers acting like teams in the past never had 3 superstars which is just
He didn't grow into the league playing with stars like Kobe with Shaq, Wade with Shaq, Magic with Kareem, Tim Duncan with The Admiral, Larry Bird with those Celtics teams of HoFers. Or even young future stars like Curry getting to grow with Klay Thompson and Draymond, Durant getting to grow with Westbrook, Ibaka, Harden, etc etc. His management in Cleveland failed to provide with a single top player to play with in 7 years in the league. Their incompetence was almost overwhelming. Add to that, Lebron on any team in the league meant finishing top 5 in standings so no good draft picks were coming, and they made garbage draft picks before him aside from Boozer and Haywood who would have made up a fantastic young frontcourt with Lebron if those incompetent morons hadn't let them both leave for nothing. Jordan dealt with similar early on but his management came through in the end. The Cavs management never found a Pippin for him, or a Horace Grant, or a Rodman.
Looking at it from this light you realize why his formative years shaped him into this obsessive control freak micromanaging everything about the team's he played on. Is it the right choice? No. It's severely hampered his ability to win championships. I think spending 7 years with Cleveland playing a 1-man wrecking crew style of basketball damaged Bron as a player. Maybe made him into the most impressive all-around player to ever play the game, but definitely made him very difficult to fit into any sort of winning team style.
Lebron went full retard with the decision, and then got absolutely lambasted for creating a team of superstars, by old-timers acting like teams in the past never had 3 superstars which is just
He didn't grow into the league playing with stars like Kobe with Shaq, Wade with Shaq, Magic with Kareem, Tim Duncan with The Admiral, Larry Bird with those Celtics teams of HoFers. Or even young future stars like Curry getting to grow with Klay Thompson and Draymond, Durant getting to grow with Westbrook, Ibaka, Harden, etc etc. His management in Cleveland failed to provide with a single top player to play with in 7 years in the league. Their incompetence was almost overwhelming. Add to that, Lebron on any team in the league meant finishing top 5 in standings so no good draft picks were coming, and they made garbage draft picks before him aside from Boozer and Haywood who would have made up a fantastic young frontcourt with Lebron if those incompetent morons hadn't let them both leave for nothing. Jordan dealt with similar early on but his management came through in the end. The Cavs management never found a Pippin for him, or a Horace Grant, or a Rodman.
Looking at it from this light you realize why his formative years shaped him into this obsessive control freak micromanaging everything about the team's he played on. Is it the right choice? No. It's severely hampered his ability to win championships. I think spending 7 years with Cleveland playing a 1-man wrecking crew style of basketball damaged Bron as a player. Maybe made him into the most impressive all-around player to ever play the game, but definitely made him very difficult to fit into any sort of winning team style.
if you tell your management to not do something stupid, like give Harrison Barnes a 75M over 5 years(?) deal, because you just convinced KD to join you, then by all means do it. if you however give guys like Smith or TT those ridiculous long term deals, or get a coach fired because you want to dribble the ball for 15/24 seconds before shooting/passing it, then youre better off keeping your mouth shut. i hope we wont take any of that shit when hes on the Lakers next season, cuz otherwise were stuck with another long rebuild once hes gone.
what these teams were before Lebron is not really relevant. Heat emptied their entire roster to pair 2 of the top3 players in the league, and another top5 player at his position, which makes their previous seasons record irrelevant (only Wade and Haslem stayed i think). all in their primes, all taking paycuts so the Heat can add veteran pieces. then Lebron has the arrogance to famously predict XX championships (how many was it again? dont remember but pretty sure its more than 2), so all the heat was on that team from the very beginning. Cavs were a 33 win team before he came, but they were tanking all 4 years, so their record doesent tell much. for example, we are his likely next team, and i dont think we are terrible (we won somewhere between 30 and 40 this year as well), because we acquired some great pieces in this rebuild. Cavs had 3 no.1 picks and 2 no.4 picks in just 4 drafts. they had Kyrie, Waiters, Wiggins, TT and cap space, so they set themselves into a great position to sign a top free agent and become competitive again. you notice how his 2nd big 3 didnt draw nearly as much attention and hate as the 1st? thats because he wasnt teaming up with a soon to be top 10 player in the league in Kyrie, but returning home to win a championship, and he wasnt coming with another top player, but the Cavs rather traded their new hot no.1 pick in the draft for that other top player after Lebron already was there. so while he basically did the same thing twice (form a big3), the way he, the organizations and everyone else handled it, made these 2 situations perceived completely differently from the public.
KD is a beta, he proved so with those ridiculous twitter accounts defending himself. Lebron used to be a beta too, but he grew out of it. lets see if KD does the same
New Orleans are not keeping all their players, Cousins is leaving. And a lot of teams can go from average to good or even very good if Lebron/Kawhi joins them, that's not fair However you look at it, Jazz with the crazy Mitchell are one of the most dangerous teams in West until we know more, to me they're one of the teams that will only get stronger in the summer.
As for the east, I don't see how you can leave out regular season winners Raptors out and include Bucks and Indiana. Lebron didn't destroy just Raptors, he destroyed all of East
However you look at it, Jazz with the crazy Mitchell are one of the most dangerous teams in West until we know more, to me they're one of the teams that will only get stronger in the summer. As for the east, I don't see how you can leave out regular season winners Raptors out and include Bucks and Indiana. Lebron didn't destroy just Raptors, he destroyed all of East
Durant FMVP again. deserved
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not at all. and while they shot poorly, they had 67 offensive rebounds to Warriors 27. thats 40! extra possessions. credit where its due, they competed until the end
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Steph Curry 
And those Cavs.
Almost as bad as the 2007 Cavs that played in the finals.
Outside Lebron the team shot 102/274 in the series. A scintillating 37%
And those Cavs.
Almost as bad as the 2007 Cavs that played in the finals.
Outside Lebron the team shot 102/274 in the series. A scintillating 37%
