talent wise no question they are at the top... but year after year lebron has managed to completely fold whenever he gets close. I don't know if he has it in him - he's been given years of excuse, I think he just doesn't have the personality to deal with all the criticism. And a distracted lebron is just too much for wade and co. to overcome.
Totally valid concern. I do think though that last year's playoffs and this years regular season has done a pretty good job of sorting out the Heat pecking order. Wade is the alpha and 'Bron is the facilitator. As long as 'Bron remembers this throughout the playoffs and defers to Wade when it matters, I think they are going to come out on top. He needs to try to be more Pippen and less Jordan.
no, I understand that. Every team that has a non-playoff draft pick can "win" the lottery for the first 3 slots, but I'm talking about expanding the slots that are up for grabs. Rather than just the top 3 picks let teams go through the lottery for EVERY pick. the 9th pick, say, is not up for grabs, the team in that slot can currently win one of the first 3 picks but I say give the team in 14th place the chance to move up to 9 (as an example).
Not surprising, really. After the last few decades of financial scandals and gross mismanagement, not to mention competing programs, a dearth of outstanding talent going in for it, the three letters have lost some of their lustre and prestige.
Naturally, this would result in schools pushing back and rejiggering the program so that candidates get a better understanding of ethics and law.
I read the OP. I just wanted to make a long-winded MBA joke.
I only see maybe 2 teams in the east that could challenge miami and chicago and that's indiana and philly, and philly is too inconsistent lately.
West is much more wide open but that depends how many FTs the refs are willing to give to OKC. There's a lot of good young talent in the league but they're mostly on a few contending teams, or teams that aren't ready yet like Minnesota.
I should also note this Knicks-Celtics game today is some of the sloppiest basketball I've ever seen, on both sides.
