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Big Baller on the big stage
RaceBannon
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Los Angeles gets the 2nd pick. Boston won't take Ball. Kornheiser said this would be the 3rd fix after Ewing to NY and Lebron to Cleveland
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The Nets trade for KG and Paul Pierce has to be one of the worst trades of all time.
I wouldn't mess with IT as the alpha dog for the franchise. It's somewhat corny, but I do believe he sets a great tone for the franchise.
Gordon Hayward is a natural fit l, especially with Brad Stevens. Blake Griffin would be a risk, but is probably worth a gamble if Hayward stays in Utah.
Traded for Garnett. Got a nice piece in Jae Crowder in the Rondo trade. Got IT for almost nothing. Now the #1 pick from the Nets for Pierce and Garnett. They got Jaylen Brown (#3 pick last year) from the same trade.
I'm not as big on Butler. Coincidence or not, the Bulls slipped when he became their lead guy.
Smart's tremendously valuable for them but I don't see the fit with him if they have Fultz, IT, and Bradley. I'm not choosing Smart over Bradley.
He gets more money, and its easier to get to the finals in the West than in the East.
OKC
San Antonio
Golden State
SA Miami
SA Miami
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Hey look the same amount of teams. Weird what you can do with an arbitrary starting point.
Lebron is 32. Golden States core is in their prime. Kawhi is just entering his prime. Boston is already the second best team in the East. Utah is 4th at best with no chance of getting better because no top free agent would ever sign there. Meanwhile Hayward makes Boston better and they're adding Fultz and a high pick next season. But yeah stay with Utah for an easier path.
It's LeBron's team. That's who wins the East.
You can have an easier regular season in the East. You can have better stats in the East. But in the span that LeBron's team has made the finals, four different teams from the West have made it.
A non-GS team will win the West before a non-LeBron team wins the East.
It's cute you think a team who's best player is 5 9 is just missing Markelle Fultz and Gordon Hayward to get to the Finals.
IRYK
Aldridge left his team and stayed in the West.
Who was the last big free agent to leave his team, and go to a team in the East?
Fans may be all enamored by the Warriors or Westbrook's triple doubles, but the players know what the reality is.
It is basic economics. Because of the max salary, no player in the league is as underpaid as LeBron, so whichever team he is on has $30M of extra cap room that no one else has.