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All the other teams are screwed that's how it is.

Or he could still sign in Cleveland, that would be funny.
 
He might just for the fuck of it! I believe quite a few vets would do the same..... calling Juwan Howard!
 
If LeBron goes to Miami, it won't matter how many rings he gets, he will never be able to be mentioned in the same breath as Jordan. It's more or less an admission that he needs not one, but two other stars to win the big one. I won't be impressed. But I'll laugh when they lose to Boston or Orlando in the playoffs.
 
PHXBlazer1 said:
If LeBron goes to Miami, it won't matter how many rings he gets, he will never be able to be mentioned in the same breath as Jordan. It's more or less an admission that he needs not one, but two other stars to win the big one. I won't be impressed. But I'll laugh when they lose to Boston or Orlando in the playoffs.
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Not even Kobe
 
PHXBlazer1 said:
If LeBron goes to Miami, it won't matter how many rings he gets, he will never be able to be mentioned in the same breath as Jordan. It's more or less an admission that he needs not one, but two other stars to win the big one. I won't be impressed. But I'll laugh when they lose to Boston or Orlando in the playoffs.
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Hmm, I don't know. I don't think Jordan could carry Cleveland as far as LeBron did in 2009. So it all evens out.
 
Looking at a list of free agents, here's a potential Heat roster populated mostly by FA's that I imagine won't be offered anything larger than minimum contracts and might want to go play in Miami:

Mario Chalmers/Speedy Claxton/Antonio Daniels
Dwyane Wade/Jerry Stackhouse
Lebron James/Matt Harpring
Chris Bosh/Kurt Thomas/Brian Cardinal
Mark Blount/Patrick O'Bryant

Yeah, you can fashion an OK team with 3 all-NBAers and a bunch of scrubs.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Looking at a list of free agents, here's a potential Heat roster populated mostly by FA's that I imagine won't be offered anything larger than minimum contracts and might want to go play in Miami:

Mario Chalmers/Speedy Claxton/Antonio Daniels
Dwyane Wade/Jerry Stackhouse
Lebron James/Matt Harpring
Chris Bosh/Kurt Thomas/Brian Cardinal
Mark Blount/Patrick O'Bryant

Yeah, you can fashion an OK team with 3 all-NBAers and a bunch of scrubs.
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All of those players are terrible except Chalmers and he's barely better..
 
VanillaGorilla said:
All of those players are terrible except Chalmers and he's barely better..
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They all have certain things that they do well. Call it "situational competence". That's going to be the key for Maimi--find players that do one or two things particularly well, even if they don't do a whole lot else.
 
I love it! A total of 4 people are on the Heat forum right now!!!
 
While sources close to James insist that his heart is in Cleveland and that remaining with the Cavaliers was his preferred choice, they say he had concerns about signing a six-year deal there and ending up "31 years old, with bad knees and no title."
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Legit concern..
 
Just read an article that had a very interesting quote...

"We'll see if that Loyalty tattoo means anything to [LeBron]"
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Looking at a list of free agents, here's a potential Heat roster populated mostly by FA's that I imagine won't be offered anything larger than minimum contracts and might want to go play in Miami:

Mario Chalmers/Speedy Claxton/Antonio Daniels
Dwyane Wade/Jerry Stackhouse
Lebron James/Matt Harpring
Chris Bosh/Kurt Thomas/Brian Cardinal
Mark Blount/Patrick O'Bryant

Yeah, you can fashion an OK team with 3 all-NBAers and a bunch of scrubs.
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Let's not forget about De'Sean Butler, Jarvis Varnardo, and Dexter Pittman. Three very intelligent pick-ups in the second round that I feel can be contributes, particularly Butler backing up the 2/3 for 15-20 minutes and Varnardo for 8-10 minutes behind Bosh.
 
If Lebron said that shit about bad knees and no titles that says to me that he doesn't believe he can deliver a title by himself. Dude is suppose to be the King and he says stuff like that.
 
Apparently a lot of LeBron's closest friends, including Chris Paul, and family are not happy he's bailing on Cleveland before giving Byron Scott a chance.

This is going to be an interesting time for LeBron before he makes his decision final. I've still got a feeling he's going to go to Cleveland for a couple of years and give them one last shot before going out there and moving on.

I wonder how many times he has talked to the Nets, Knicks, Bulls, and Cavs since this leak came out, as well. I'm sure they're all pitching last minute deals.
 
Chocolove said:
If Lebron said that shit about bad knees and no titles that says to me that he doesn't believe he can deliver a title by himself. Dude is suppose to be the King and he says stuff like that.
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No one can deliver a title by himself. No one.
 
KingSpeed said:
You don't know Cleveland. If he does go to Miami, this will devastate them. This is their boy. They raised him.
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Bullshit.

James is from Akron, not Cleveland It's like the distance between Salem to Portland.

I will say this though. If James chooses anywhere besides Cleveland, he is even a bigger asshole for doing it on National tv.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I was thinking that same thing. I can't think of one superstar that was able to take a team full of scrubs and win a championship.
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Scrubs isn't the right word, but what about Walton's Blazers? Solid players on the team, but Walton delivered that title
 
They will not win it the first that's for sure. (unless one of the big three get injured on the C's)

:)
 
CelticKing said:
They will not win it the first that's for sure. (unless one of the big three get injured on the C's)

:)
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Do you see the Celts back in the ECF? I'm not so sure. One year older, and I don't know how much longer Garnett, Allen, and Pierce are going to be able to carry that team. Rondo is a star though.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Do you see the Celts back in the ECF? I'm not so sure. One year older, and I don't know how much longer Garnett, Allen, and Pierce are going to be able to carry that team. Rondo is a star though.
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Well, starting lineup is back (well Perk injured for first half but he'll be ok for playoffs), Doc is back, maybe Frank as assistant, and hopefully we get some good bench players.

What killed us last year was not having a backup for Perk, Sheed did ok for playoffs but you could see it last 4 or 5 minutes of game 7 in the finals. (LA's length beat us)

So yeah I really believe we can make it again to the top, especially if Wade-Bosh-LeBron are in Miami, all we have to do is beat them and Orlando, everyone else is weak in the East.
 
We'll wait and see what he does. Personally, I think he should sign a three year deal with CLE and try to win there. If he can't, he'll still be 28 and can go elsewhere. This bullshit drama act makes me dislike him as much as K*be.
 
This sucks if true. It's not just that Miami will be so incredibly awesome. It's also that there will be fewer competitive teams in the East to watch. If LeBron went to New York or Chicago, you could see a new great rivalry emerging. Now the only drama is wondering if the Heat can break the 72 win record.
 
mook said:
This sucks if true. It's not just that Miami will be so incredibly awesome. It's also that there will be fewer competitive teams in the East to watch. If LeBron went to New York or Chicago, you could see a new great rivalry emerging. Now the only drama is wondering if the Heat can break the 72 win record.
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They'll get close to it this season I'm sure and wouldn't be surprised to see it happen in 2 or 3 years.
 
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