bushwick_bill
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What is a “super team”? It’s a meaningless publicity label. There is no reason to believe that Kyrie Irving or Kevin Love could lead you to a championship or get you anywhere close to one. In fact there’s no reason to believe (and was no reason to believe in 2014) that Kyrie or KLove or even both of them together could even get you out of the first round of the playoffs if they were the best players on your team. Same for AD actually. The situation was VERY DIFFERENT with the Warriors.
Yeah, Lebron wanted talent or the hope of getting talent on teams he went to. Everyone does. But asking for a mid level all star or two on your team doesn’t guarantee anything and doesn’t make a “super team” in the sense of a team that will easily waltz to the Finals - although certainly the press may label you as one.
The Cavs went to the Finals because Lebron. Outside of Lebron it just wasn’t that great a team, particularly in that first year. That’s all I’m saying.
Lebron wasn’t a weak whiny bitch (or fill in your dumb sexist insult terms as desired) who rigged things to give himself an easy road to the Finals, he was proactive in getting himself help but still had a tough road. His situation by going to teams which had other all stars gave the depth that teams always need to reach the contender level. In contrast Durant hitched a ride on an already fully operational championship level team. Again, why does no one think Kevin Garnett did anything that should get him called a “bitch” by losing patience in Minnesota and joining Pierce and Allen in Boston?
Hey man, I agree that Durant's move is certifiably worse than any of LeBron's.
That said, LeBron's road to the finals in Cleveland the second time was not a very difficult one. The toughest playoff opponent they faced in those 4 years was probably the '15 Bulls.
I would say next man up but we are running out of next men.
Pacers have a small chance. Knicks should sit Brunson game 3...I would say next man up but we are running out of next men.
I'll be shocked if OG plays again this series.
I've been thinking the same thing. Sacrifice one game to try and get as healthy as you can.Pacers have a small chance. Knicks should sit Brunson game 3...
NBA suspends Bucks' Beverley for four games
The NBA has suspended Bucks guard Patrick Beverley for four games without pay for throwing a basketball multiple times at fans and "an inappropriate interaction" with an ESPN producer after Game 6 against the Indiana Pacers last week.www.espn.com
And no suspension for Murray throwing 2 things at the ref that wound up on the court; such a bad lookRandom fan sticks middle fingers up at Westbrook. Lifetime ban.
Basketball player physically assaults a fan. 4 game suspension.