They are decent right now but none of them have as much potential upside and growth potential over the next few years as Boston & Detroit.Those two are the most likely next "elite" east teams over the next few years.
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They are decent right now but none of them have as much potential upside and growth potential over the next few years as Boston & Detroit.Those two are the most likely next "elite" east teams over the next few years.
Its a shame too, one of Wades last good years wasted.
I know exactly what you're talking about. My heart skips a beat every time a Cavs player hits the deck. I'm sure something bad is gonna happen, I just don't know when.
Watching the Believeland 30 for 30 doesn't help. I got the same feeling. There's another shoe that'll drop, somewhere, probably...
My God, my fandom is totally messed up...
PadWarrior
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I think when all's said and done Klay will be considered the second greatest shooter of all time
ARE YOU FUCKING LOCO?!
Macadinho94
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In fairness, Harden would carry his team past the first round at least.
It's also a Star thing. Stars are a big part of playoff games because they are the ones who can take over a game. Harden can get you one or two. McCollum + Dame can get you one or two. By themselves. It's a big part of what makes the playoffs awesome. The East is full of teams that prosper in the regular season but don't have "that" guy.
Of the top 10 players, literally 9 of them are all concentrated in the west (and then even if you extend down to 11-15 you can throw in Paul George and then it's more Western Conference players). I'm not sure why there's such a huge lopsidedness to the stars in the west and the east. But goddamn someone needs to shuffle these guys around for Basketball Reasons™.
Gully State
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http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/118638/warriors-have-adjusted-to-russell-westbrook
His conditioning must be insane to be able to run off ball like that on offense then have to chase around the other team's best backcourt player on the other end.
thehypocrite
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No. It refers to having too many thoughts populating your brain at a given time.
You gotta give the big stars incentive to be in those East teams though. As much as I want a shuffle, they gotta have reason to stay and be competetive against the likes of Cleveland.
Have you ever seen him look tired? Tough too, he's missed less than a handful of games in his career. He's a top 20 player and is still improving his game.
PadWarrior
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Klay is my third favorite player behind Curry and Kawhi. Heck he may even pass Kawhi. I think he really is the best SG in the league now.
Liquidsnake
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Yup. The east is pretty sad, and has been for more than a decade.
Gully State
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I really didn't want to point out his durability thus far for fear of jinxing it. *knock on wood* *sacrifice goat blood to basketball gods*
Joei
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Doubt it. Rockets are trash. They would have been 7 or 8th seed and got smoked out the first round. The West was crappy this year. Dallas sucks, Portland has one good player, Houston didn't deserve to be in the playoffs, Clippers are a joke, Grizzlies...? Ha! Did anyone think that any of those teams would make it to the finals?
West was definitely down this year, but neither of these things are true.
Grizzlies by the end of the year were also deceptively bad because of injuries.
I wonder what could've happened if a higher profile player said he left in the 4th to go decompress.
:lol
Seeing Wesley Person on there brings back memories of playing NBA Live in the late 90's and spamming 3's with him.
FeenixRising
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Let it have been LeBron, certain posters here would've broken their keyboards right then.
"I'm calling the police."
UnObtainium17
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That one or couple of days in a week where I have enoughtime to watch an entire game from start to finish.. And there's no game scheduled. No games tonight and tomorrow lol.
My thoughts exactly. This sucks!
sir_kevith
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I wish the Sunday game was earlier too. I liked the early playoff games when I could wake up and watch
Yeah, and it has absolutely nothing to do with Lebron's greatness, right? Like maybe he gets there because he's better than anyone he plays against? This is the NBA. Everyone in the playoffs can play great ball.
PadWarrior
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The Celtics and pacers when he was in the heat gave him a hard time. In fact those heat pacers game were probably the best rivalry for a couple of seasons.
Agreed. It's why I've always said all his champions should come with an asterisk.
If MJ played in this era's East he would have demanded a trade to a WC team to really go through the best.
eBay Huckster
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if magic played in this era's east he'd feel right at home
If this was just a matter of LeBron's greatness, he would be better than 2-4 in his Finals appearances.
Exactly. He's overrated and probably an average player in the west.
Ehh no? He lost his two best players last finals and dragged a mediocre at best squad to a series against the prime Spurs.
That's the biggest compliment that sorry-ass Cleveland team ever got.
Didn't Pierce and Allen shoot sub 35% in that 2012 series?
Losing to Dirk and role players averaging 2 points per 4th quarter should be two finals losses..
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If that team beats the Spurs they would net be considered "Mediocre at best". Winning does wonders for a team when looking back.
Just think about that Mavericks team that beat the heat....
I still don't quite know how the Mavs even reached the Finals that year, let alone how they won, but I'll take it.
panthapanda
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Let's be honest, everybody here would take LeBron to be on their team. I'm a LeBron hater myself but I don't deny his game. I just hate his diva drama. LeBron could go to Philly right now and get them into the Playoffs and analysts wouldn't even think about betting against him to reach the finals with that squad no matter what seed they end up being.
Come on, he took a team that had Mo Williams and Ilgauskus as their next best players to a NBA finals. Think about it.
Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan.
Come on, he took a team that had Mo Williams and Ilgauskus as their next best players to a NBA finals. Think about it.
Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan.
eBay Huckster
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Worse: that team's #2 was a perenially injured Larry Hughes, Williams didn't sign with the team until the 2008 offseason
I would much rather see what LeBron could do if he went to a Western team. Having to go through teams like Golden State, LAL, San Antonio, and OKC would be pretty different than Atlanta and Detroit. Of course he's great, but reaching the Finals isn't that impressive when you're tearing through mediocre competition. Even when Boston, Indy, and Chicago were good, that's still only one good team LeBron would have to play before reaching the Finals. One! And that's a worse-case scenario for him.
This can't be said enough. Which #1 option wins with that roster is what I want to know.
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