Prototype-03
Member
What? I don't even know how this applies. If he does, he'd sure have flak for it but you're pulling something out of your ass right now.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
2012 NBA Playoffs |OT2| OKC VS LA: Black on Black Crime
- Thread starter reilo
- Start date
- Status
What? I don't even know how this applies. If he does, he'd sure have flak for it but you're pulling something out of your ass right now.
This. Wade himself has said it, and every game the gap between Lebron and Wade widens. Its Lebrons team.
Lol I'm mostly kidding- but I do think that the Bulls as currently constructed don't have enough to win a title.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
He looked it against Dallas when it mattered most.
Black Mamba
Member
And I didn't justify anything the Cavs did. All I said was the Bulls are not the organization you want to compare the Cavs to as being inferior.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Lol keep defending your boy.
Prototype-03
Member
It's kinda sad watching Wade now. He isn't that clutch guy he used to be anymore. So you guys are right... If they win a championship, LBJ took them there.
Hah, okay. You got me. I was going to go mental on you.
ThisWreckage
Banned
Right, but compared to Cleveland they still seem like they at least had some modicum of competence.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Well who knows with the current roster as is... but as of the available players to play right now, you're right. And from the sound of things, CJ Watson might be the starting PG next year which is just insane. Korver and Brewer are gonna be off the team too so John Paxson and Gar Forman will have a lot of work to do in the offseason.
That makes no sense..at all.
Because they lost after two of their most important players were hurt?
I'd love to see the Lakers win a series without Kobe..or the Celtics without Pierce or..you get the idea.
Boozer just has to live up to his contract and they will at least get to some eastern finals.
We beat you in 5 last year, and you were healthier than us?
MorisUkunRasik
Member
CoffeeJanitor
Member
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I can't place it specifically but I am getting a Muppets-vibe from Blake Griffin there.
Muppets are pretty floppy, so it applies.
Lebron said:
Go ahead, give it a shot. Tell us what the proper context is. Summer league championship?
He didn't even mention Bosh. So I guess Mario Chalmers can just throw it up there and he and Wade will be able to go all the way.
Since that's what he's all about according to the man himself.
What?
Just wait and see
Oh and I'm no Bulls fan, used to be a Heat fan back in the good old Morning/Hardaway days but nowadays I couldn't care less who wins (That's why I hardly post in here, I'm just reaaaally bored at work right now)
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Yeeeeeep. Apparently Peter knows Lebron better than Lebron knows himself.
WE believe WE can win multiple championships. Not WE WILL/ARE/GUARANTEE.
And yo ommitted the part before lebron talks, that sets up the context.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-I8jQDQ7c
And yo ommitted the part before lebron talks, that sets up the context.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-I8jQDQ7c
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Boozer living up to his contract
Grimm Fandango
Member
Boozer will never earn his contract. Dude is making out like a bandit and is almost in Stoudemire-territory.
yeah well.....ok, it's probably not gonna happen..ever.
He said he's not blowing smoke at the fans. So that's not a promise?
He said Pat Riley can play with them and no problem. Suddenly role players are a concern?
MorisUkunRasik
Member
He said he believed his team would win multiple Chips and that it would be easy.
Ninja Scooter
Member
People forget that LeBron brought a lot of the Cavs' personnel troubles on himself. Management was always terrified that he would leave so they traded for older players so they could "win now" instead of building a younger team around LeBron. They were in an impossible situation because he wanted to be The King without earning his crown.
Syphon Filter
Member
lebron was just trolling. do you really think he meant that they will win 8 titles?
The Chosen One
Member
I actually agree with this.
I don't know if it was done intentionally or it was just the natural order of things, but Wade has taken a backseat to Lebron. Yes Lebron is now the superior player but it's also pretty clear that Wade has reduced his game and playing below his full potential this season. Clearly someone had to sacrifice their game for the Heat Experiment to work, and it seems Wade was the one who volunteered to do so.
The problem is no one has questioned Lebron's talent and dominance over other players. Lebron is a great frontrunner, but the problem is he keeps cracking when the pressure gets a little too real. I'm not sure making him "The Man" this year is going to solve that issue. When the Heat are actually in a competitive series where shots don't come easy, will Lebron finally man-up this year or will he start LeDeferring, chucking jumpers, and biting his nails like he has done for the past 8-9 years...
I personally just don't think handicapping Wade is the way for the Heat to win a championship. Last year Wade was the one who consistently showed up to the big games while Lebron shrunk. I think Lebron's saving grace this year is that the league particularly the East is so weak this year. They basically have a stress-ree pass to the Finals.
But it's just funny how every single year everyone is razzle dazzled by Lebron's regular season and early playoff round play (against Eastern scrubs). Then everyone gets so shocked when he metamorphosizes into the Cowardly Lion in the ECF or Finals. It's an annual event. Not sure what you guys have seen that makes you think this year will be any different.
MorisUkunRasik
Member
Name one other player that has "trolled" about how easy it would be for them to win multiple championships.
Spurts Seris Bidness.
captmcblack
Member
I love how the Heat are no longer Wade's team now in this thread.
The Heat are Wade's team until he's traded, leaves, or is seriously injured and LBJ is expected by the team, fans and media to be the "closer". The narrative is and continues to be about Wade being the team's leader, being the champion player to show the team how to win, being the clutch/closer that LBJ has somehow not proven to be. Wade's play has slipped this season, definitely - but that doesn't mean that the team's leadership expectations changed.
If/when LBJ wins the title...if/when he does it as the definitive best player on the team...that will be when the team becomes "his". That's when the media narrative will change. That's when the fan perception will change.
For LBJ's sake, it had better be this season.
The Heat are Wade's team until he's traded, leaves, or is seriously injured and LBJ is expected by the team, fans and media to be the "closer". The narrative is and continues to be about Wade being the team's leader, being the champion player to show the team how to win, being the clutch/closer that LBJ has somehow not proven to be. Wade's play has slipped this season, definitely - but that doesn't mean that the team's leadership expectations changed.
If/when LBJ wins the title...if/when he does it as the definitive best player on the team...that will be when the team becomes "his". That's when the media narrative will change. That's when the fan perception will change.
For LBJ's sake, it had better be this season.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Exactly.
You think that signing LeBron is more important than drafting Wade? Wow, that's pretty cold.
Ninja Scooter
Member
the Lakers were Kareem's team when Magic showed up. I guess all of Magic's rings were as a 2nd banana.
LeBron is CLEARLY superior to Wade. It's not even close. He's the best player on his team. That's how I determine who's team it is.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
lol.
Somehow signing Lebron was better than winning a championship just four years prior. Pretty remarkable.
ItWasMeantToBe19
Banned
Built for defense? They started Mo Williams, JJ Hickson, and Antawn Jamison. Their defense was LeBron and Andy V.
As of this second, signing Gary Payton has paid bigger team dividends than LeBron and Bosh combined
CherryWoodFuton
Member
MorisUkunRasik
Member
As far as importance for the Heat organization:
-Drafting Wade
-Trading for Shaq
-MJ's multiple championships
-Signing LeBron
-Marino's championsh....oh
-Signing Bosh
-Drafting Wade
-Trading for Shaq
-MJ's multiple championships
-Signing LeBron
-Marino's championsh....oh
-Signing Bosh
CherryWoodFuton
Member
You ever hear the saying, "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts?" You forget that they had a defensive coach in Mike Brown, a guy that learned from Pop, who is great at implementing team defensive strategy. Cavs had defense, rebounding and 3pt shooting.
Since when is trolling okay in that kind of context? This is not a fucking message board, it's disrepecting Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, the game itself, etc.
Black Mamba
Member
Parker, moon and Z the first year of 60 wins. Also Jamison was a late season acquisition in the 2nd season and that move hurt their D.
Cavs were a team built to make 3s, play defense, and let Lebron be bron.
Conflict NZ
Member
If bosh is out indefinitely I don't feel as bad about the heat winning. I still would love if they didn't but now they actually have to put some work in.
ThisWreckage
Banned
Wade has lost a step and isn't the player he once was. It's Lebron's team through and through. He's the best overall player in the NBA and definitely on the Heat.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Exactly. If LeBron were a Laker and said that shit we wouldn't let it slide, nor would we defend it.
- Status
Similar threads
- Locked