Here we go again..

[Cippy91]

I feel like Cleveland is the new Miami at this point. I believe Kevin love will end up in a Cavs uniform as soon as wiggins is able to be traded. Shawn Marion wants to go to Cleveland. Lebron already grabbed mike miller. Ray Allen possibly. I'm sick of these bought teams. Ready for the bandwagoners. Chapter 2 of this. Here we go

 

[MickZagger]

Fuck em! We'll show em who's the boss. Tony Danza style!!!!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Love has never been in the playoffs, doesn't play defense and is injured easily.

Marion, old.

Miller, old.

Allen, old.

They're Lebron jock riders hoping to get a ring. Not worried.

 

[NewsSource]

Love has never been in the playoffs, doesn't play defense and is injured easily.

Marion, old.

Miller, old.

Allen, old.

They're Lebron jock riders hoping to get a ring. Not worried.

Lebron ... Biogenesis. I'm wondering who the NBA is going to cover for Bosch singing like a canary about (allegedly) James and Wade buying from him.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

It'd be nice to sneak in and steal Anthony Bennett while they're in this frenzy.

 

[MickZagger]

Love has never been in the playoffs, doesn't play defense and is injured easily.

Marion, old.

Miller, old.

Allen, old.

They're Lebron jock riders hoping to get a ring. Not worried.

When did they get Marion?

 

[Strenuus]

The love/Wiggins trade is already done, just waiting until the 23rd.

 

[RR7]

Sick of "built" teams?

 

[Cippy91]

Sick of "built" teams?

Lol my bad, I meant bought

 

[Cippy91]

When did they get Marion?

Indiana can offer more money but I think Marion is leaning towards Cleveland due to irving, lebron, and love

 

[Cippy91]

Love has never been in the playoffs, doesn't play defense and is injured easily.

Marion, old.

Miller, old.

Allen, old.

They're Lebron jock riders hoping to get a ring. Not worried.

You're right, they are. But they are also still deadly spot up shooters. Having mike miller and Ray Allen as wings just sitting at that line, they could hit shots for days. Plus, love stretches the floor even more. I still think LA is the best power forward in the game. If you put LA on a crappy team like the timberwolves and he got all the shots, his numbers would be better than loves

 

[mook]

I'm not bitter at all. I watch the NBA to see my team compete and to see amazing things happen. LeBron is the most amazing player since Jordan retired. I don't blame players for wanting to play with him.

Don't you remember back in 2000 when the best player on the planet weighed 300 pounds and was allowed to knock over anybody in his way? I prefer this any day.

 

[Minstrel]

I don't like it when players prioritize winning over money. Whatever happened to doing it for the love of the pay?

 

[Rhal]

I'm not bitter at all. I watch the NBA to see my team compete and to see amazing things happen. LeBron is the most amazing player since Jordan retired. I don't blame players for wanting to play with him.

Don't you remember back in 2000 when the best player on the planet weighed 300 pounds and was allowed to knock over anybody in his way? I prefer this any day.

Yep this always happens. Older good role players/stars go where they can win a ring. Its always been this way iv never had a problem with it. I remember Payton turning down more money from us to go play alongside Malone/Kobe/Shaa

 

[Boise Blazer]

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[illmatic99]

Well, this make LA's path to the all star team easier.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Minnesota could put a really young team out on the court.

PG Rubio
SG LaVine
SF Wiggins
PF Bennett
C Pek / Dieng

 

[maxiep]

I'm happy for Cleveland. That town deserves a winning franchise.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Kinda pissed the wolves got decent value for love, he had them over a barrel and they get the last two #1 overall picks?

 

[Boise Blazer]

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[Cippy91]

At least the timberwolves have mo right? Lol

 

[Strenuus]

Kinda pissed the wolves got decent value for love, he had them over a barrel and they get the last two #1 overall picks?

Come on. You're making Bennett sound like he actually deserved to be a #1 pick. That #1 pick is equivalent to a late first/early second round pick. Bennett is more of a filler.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

I'm not making anything sound like anything. Just the facts ma'am

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I'm not bitter at all. I watch the NBA to see my team compete and to see amazing things happen. LeBron is the most amazing player since Jordan retired. I don't blame players for wanting to play with him.

Don't you remember back in 2000 when the best player on the planet weighed 300 pounds and was allowed to knock over anybody in his way? I prefer this any day.

I also hear LeBron is a great teammate that players what to play with. He leads by example with work ethics and is very much a positive reinforcement kind of leader. One player said even if he missed 5 in a row, leBron would be encouraging him and tell him to keep shooting . . . I forget who but he said it was very encouraging when the best player in the league is encouraging and telling him to keep shooting.

 

[Strenuus]

I'm not making anything sound like anything. Just the facts ma'am

Bennett was a late first round pick masked as a #1 pick. He wasn't anywhere near it.

Funny though that Cleveland can rid itself of the thought of a horrible #1 pick, while ours is sitting in a holding cell.

 

[RoyToy]

This will end up being a terrible trade for Cleveland

But that's why they're Cleveland and why LeBron left them in the first place. Just a loser franchise.

 

[illmatic99]

I'm happy for Cleveland. That town deserves a winning franchise.

If you say so, but their basketball team has been bad because of more reasons than just bad luck.

Management completely messed up their stretch between 2003-10 when they had Lebron, but failing to put any sort of decent roster around him. They spent so much $ on guys like Larry Hughes, Antawn Jamison, Szczerbiak, etc and washed up stars like Ben Wallace or Shaq.

And in the four years without Lebron, they had the following draft picks: 1 and 4 in 2011, 3 and 17 in 2012, 1 and 19 in 2013, and #1 in 2014 again. So that's five top 4 picks, and seven top 19 picks in 4 years. But still could not come close to even sniffing the playoffs in the weaker conference because they picked the wrong guys, hired/fired/hired guys like Mike Brown, or made stupid trades and free agency moves. Total mismanagement by some very incompetent front office people.

As Bill Simmons has mentioned a few times this summer, that franchise absolutely does not DESERVE anything like this. They haven't had bad luck-- it's just a continuous cycle of horrible decisions.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Irving is not Wade. In terms of "fit", Love is not Bosh.

It's the Leastern conference, so they will no doubt have an impressive record - but I question whether they will actually be as good as the Heat was.

 

[Minstrel]

Irving is not Wade. In terms of "fit", Love is not Bosh.

In terms of offensive fit, Love is much better than Bosh. Love is a much better shooter, a better passer and a better rebounder.

However, Bosh was a significantly better defender, so it's a worse fit on that end.

 

[Minstrel]

Rubio and Wiggins could be a pretty damn exciting duo. If Bennett turns into anything, this will work out great for Minnesota.