2010 NBA Offseason Thread

[ferrente]

The NBA want be able to help the Laker's Now!!

Miami, the new king on the block! Everyone is going to want to sign with the heat. Like the old MJ and the Bulls days.

[ferrente]

Will Miami do like Boston/ Win the NBA title the 1st year with there Big 3?

[ferrente]

I think there is a very, very good chance. I think many good role players will take less money to sign with them.

[lordluvr]

I don't know anything about the rest of the supporting cast, so the jury's out for me. 

[phbrown]

I don't know anything about the rest of the supporting cast, so the jury's out for me. 

That, plus you have to factor in the possibility of injuries.

[Arkhams Finest]

I think there is a very, very good chance. I think many good role players will take less money to sign with them.

That's the key.

If they get good role players, they can win this upcoming season.  The Lakers didn't win because of Kobe & Pau alone.  They needed Artest and Fisher and Odom and even a banged up Bynum.

Even with a slightly below average cast, this team should be a handful.

[churchyreal]

I don't know anything about all this basketball stuff... but I know my FB was lit up last night with all my NY friends appearing to be extremely angry that Lebron didn't choose the Knicks. I thought it was so funny! LOL
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That's funny because Knicks never had a chance with Lebron.

Some say that the day when Bosh and Wade decided to join forces was the day Lebron made the decision to go to the Heat. Some even say that the decision was in the making a few years ago.

Will Miami do like Boston/ Win the NBA title the 1st year with there Big 3?

Good question. Idk but I think it's highly possible. My gut feeling still believes (unless the bench is awful again, they don't get Derek Fisher or something else dramatic happens) that Lakers will get the 3 peat. However that 3 peat, to me is in question.

[MissRiss]

They may win some championships but if they don't it won't surprise me.  Deep down I don't think it's going to work. There are a lot of tangibles...role players, coaching, etc. Who is the coach??? That makes a difference.

 In the 90s at UNC, we had Wallace, Jamison, Stackhouse and Carter all on the same team one year. What did we win? I know that college is totally different. However, superstars don't always = championships.


Lebron should have called the owner and told him he wasn't staying with Cleveland. That's professional. Obviously, Gilbert is not being professional.

[churchyreal]

Lebron and Owner acted unprofessional.

[Hasmonean1]

It's easier to gauge the character of a person when they are presented with adversity.  The "hall of fame of faith" (Hebrews 11) is filled with people who, when faced with adversity, showed the true nature of their belief and character. 

The owner of Cavaliers seemed to show his true nature as one considers his rant.  Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.  Money is indeed the root of all evil and he probably is more upset at how much money is leaving Cleveland rather than the person.

LeBron showed some of his character when he didn't shake hands of the victors a couple of years ago.  Thank goodness he learned from that and took it like a man this year.  A great winner should know how to lose as well. 

I'm going to enjoy watching them play next year, although San Antonio will remain my favorite team.

[lordluvr]

Go Sixers!

[phbrown]

Lets go Oklahoma Thunder

[cordney]

They may win some championships but if they don't it won't surprise me.  Deep down I don't think it's going to work. There are a lot of tangibles...role players, coaching, etc. Who is the coach??? That makes a difference.

In the 90s at UNC, we had Wallace, Jamison, Stackhouse and Carter all on the same team one year. What did we win? I know that college is totally different. However, superstars don't always = championships.


Lebron should have called the owner and told him he wasn't staying with Cleveland. That's professional. Obviously, Gilbert is not being professional.

I think Carter and Jamison got there the year that they (Wallace and Stackhouse) went pro.

[ssabass]

Lebron James owes the Cavs owner nor the city anything. If anything they should be thanking God for how much money Lebron brought to that city. Obviously the Cavs owner is a big jerk & after this show of lack of appreciation to the man that brought him in millions & millions of dollars, I am glad he got out of dodge.   Lebron did whats best for Lebron, even if they never win a Championship, he did whats best for him. When a brotha does his thing his own way, white folks just loose there mind as if he owed him a phone call, that man is a joke. Now, the Cavaliers will never get a top name player, after the way he treated Lebron's departure. As a matter of fact hang on, I think the Cavs owner is trying to call me, LOL, cause thats about the quality of ball players he is going to have, for a long time.  I think Lebron did it very classy. They(Chicago,Cleveland, the media), made a big hoopla out of Lebron being a free agent, Lebron just finished it, his own way & i have to applaud the brotha for that.

[cordney]

The NBA want be able to help the Laker's Now!!

Miami, the new king on the block! Everyone is going to want to sign with the heat. Like the old MJ and the Bulls days.

How did the NBA help them this year?

[Natejam71]

First, I am a Sixers fan...secondly, the Miami Heat is going to win quite a few titles.  We forget that Lebron became famous by being like a so called Magic Johnson kind of player...I believe that Lebron is going to have fun playing with  Bosh and Wade..less we forget Lebron is a pass first shoot second type of player...not particularly a player that just take over a game even though he has the ability to do so...I believe that Miami will put him a point guard, Wade at shooting guard, and bosh at power forward and then add the shooter and role players to dominate the NBA...I believe since Pat Riley is pulling the strings...its showtime in Miami...with Lebron running the guard...watch out NBA..Stay Blessed, Nate J.

[Arkhams Finest]

Lebron James owes the Cavs owner nor the city anything. If anything they should be thanking God for how much money Lebron brought to that city. Obviously the Cavs owner is a big jerk & after this show of lack of appreciation to the man that brought him in millions & millions of dollars, I am glad he got out of dodge.   Lebron did whats best for Lebron, even if they never win a Championship, he did whats best for him. When a brotha does his thing his own way, white folks just loose there mind as if he owed him a phone call, that man is a joke. Now, the Cavaliers will never get a top name player, after the way he treated Lebron's departure. As a matter of fact hang on, I think the Cavs owner is trying to call me, LOL, cause thats about the quality of ball players he is going to have, for a long time.  I think Lebron did it very classy. They(Chicago,Cleveland, the media), made a big hoopla out of Lebron being a free agent, Lebron just finished it, his own way & i have to applaud the brotha for that.

SMH

[churchyreal]

Lebron James owes the Cavs owner nor the city anything. If anything they should be thanking God for how much money Lebron brought to that city. Obviously the Cavs owner is a big jerk & after this show of lack of appreciation to the man that brought him in millions & millions of dollars, I am glad he got out of dodge.   Lebron did whats best for Lebron, even if they never win a Championship, he did whats best for him. When a brotha does his thing his own way, white folks just loose there mind as if he owed him a phone call, that man is a joke. Now, the Cavaliers will never get a top name player, after the way he treated Lebron's departure. As a matter of fact hang on, I think the Cavs owner is trying to call me, LOL, cause thats about the quality of ball players he is going to have, for a long time.  I think Lebron did it very classy. They(Chicago,Cleveland, the media), made a big hoopla out of Lebron being a free agent, Lebron just finished it, his own way & i have to applaud the brotha for that.

With all due respect I understand what you're saying, yet I believe respect is a 2 way street. Even though Lebron really doesn't owe anything to the city except gratitude for putting his career in a very good position as his place of starting off, Lebron should have had enough decency to at least talk to the owner a month or so in advance to let him know that he was going to leave and explain. Reports also show that if Bosh was willing to go to Cavs, Lebron might have considered staying. I will agree about the owner because the way I look at it, the owner is equally responsible for creating the Lebron James that the media has come to know. I still think the whole program to announce his decision was ridiculous, even with the donation to Boys and Girls Club.

[ssabass]

Oviously Lebron thought different. We don't know the relationship Lebron & the owner had. Lebrons actions showed how much respect he had for this owner. I don't know what kind of dialogue he & his owner had, but it must have only benefited the owner or he gave his normal song & dance to Lebron & Lebron, thought man I've heard this before. Also he couldn't have told the owner a month ago, cause his decision had not been made. But still, Lebron is his own man & he owed that owner nothing. If he(the owner) was going to trade Lebron or any other player, the Cavs organization, would not have said a word, it would have just been done. Just like at a job, when you get fired or laid off, they don't tell you two wks in advance, they just fire you. But, they expect you to give them some kind of notice. Naw, thats not how it works, when you leave you give them that same courtesy. The owner lost his cash cow & he is highly upset. They had a 7yr business relationship & it came to an end & the owner got the short end of the stick.

[churchyreal]

Before you know it, Lebron gonna have the whole Cavs team with him in Miami......LOL!

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