Kaines
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I'd want to see it just to watch Stephen A Smith's head explode.
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I'd want to see it just to watch Stephen A Smith's head explode.
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The second part I don't agree with. He totally would. He's the ultimate team player. The reason I think he won't, is because I doubt KD wants him there taking away from him? I dunno though, who knows with today's NBA.
Any person who talks shit about his lack of rings and Finals record has themselves to blame that this is even in the realm of possibility lol.
Any person who talks shit about his lack of rings and Finals record has themselves to blame that this is even in the realm of possibility lol.
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Kaines
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The people to blame are the people who want to say he's not as great as Jordan based SOLELY on the fact that Jordan has 6 rings. Every other measurable metric shows Lebron to be the better player. So if rings are all we care about, then doing everything humanly possible to attain them becomes the goal. Which will include the creation of noncompetitive super teams. Max Kellerman hit it on the nose in his rebuttal to Steven A.
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Ya agree Max was spot on. Apparently this isn't as crazy as people are saying salary wise. If he signed they could trade him to GSW for Iggy/Young/Livingston/Pachula.
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If I'm the Warriors, in that scenario I do it no contest. If only to keep him from signing with the Rockets or the Spurs.
If I'm Lebron I do it for 3 reasons: 1) People talk shit no matter what he does. 2) Rings 3) Legit shot at becoming #1 scorer before he turns 40. He could get 20 a night being 6th man in GSW.
That said a starting unit of Curry/Klay/Lebron/KD/Draymond is the real death lineup omg. Or like I said even having LBJ come off the bench.
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If I'm the Warriors, in that scenario I do it no contest. If only to keep him from signing with the Rockets or the Spurs.
If I'm Lebron I do it for 3 reasons: 1) People talk shit no matter what he does. 2) Rings 3) Legit shot at becoming #1 scorer before he turns 40. He could get 20 a night being 6th man in GSW.
That said a starting unit of Curry/Klay/Lebron/KD/Draymond is the real death lineup omg. Or like I said even having LBJ come off the bench.
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Gaige
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It is already? What would change really? Who has a LEGIT shot of knocking off GSW this year? One team maybe? This wouldn't change the dynamic of the NBA much at all tbh. That bathwater was thrown out when KD signed with them.
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Klay (along with Iguadala) would probably have to be moved for it to work. But still, who cares who the 2-guard is when you have the best shooting guard in history, the most dominate player in history, and one of the best defensive players in history... plus KD. I could start in the 2-guard spot and the Warriors would win multiple championships.
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Other than trolling, how is LeBron not a team first guy? If he wasn't, he'd be scoring 50 a night?
I already said for it to really work it's an opt-in trade like CP3 to Houston, in that scenario they keep Klay and Green:
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I don't think it's that far fetched. GSW would do it simply to prevent him from going somewhere else. Him and Draymond are supposedly tight, he trains with KD in the offseason and picked him first for the All-Star team, Steph is from Akron, he values a competent HO and an owner who will spend.
It's whatever. It's shaping up like the KD to GSW stuff that people easily dismissed as well.
I already said for it to really work it's an opt-in trade like CP3 to Houston, in that scenario they keep Klay and Green:
NBA Trade Machine - ESPN
I don't think it's that far fetched. GSW would do it simply to prevent him from going somewhere else. Him and Draymond are supposedly tight, he trains with KD in the offseason and picked him first for the All-Star team, Steph is from Akron, he values a competent HO and an owner who will spend.
It's whatever. It's shaping up like the KD to GSW stuff that people easily dismissed as well.
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I don't have a ton of faith in D'Antoni's system winning 4 out of 7. Also CP3 and Harden have no showed playoff series before.
Kawhi and the Spurs, maybe? All signs pointing to Kawhi not wanting to be there. It's some sort of weird DRose situation were the team says he is healthy and gtg and he has this mystery quad thing that no one can figure out how to fix?
That's if they were to do the trade right now. LeBron could sign a 3 year extension in February for like 36, 40, 42? Some shit like that. In that scenario KD gets his supermax as well.
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But you go over the cap restrictions.
How would LeBron even get to the Warriors? These three paths work
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The fact that he constantly talks shit about his teammates and GM.
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How about his constant passive aggressive bullshit on Twitter when things aren't going his way. How about every season, whatever team he is on, has to have a team meetings to get everyone on the same page.
The dude is drama and only cares about himself and his legacy.
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I also don't know if he could handle being on a team and not being "the guy". Yes, he would be the best player on the team. But it's still Steph's team. Everything offensively flows through him. KD is the best player on the Warriors, but Curry makes the whole system work. And that wouldn't change by adding LeBron.
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100%. Dude breeds unnecessary drama. Teams want his talent, not his "leadership". Duncan, Dirk etc are real examples of "all-time team players".
Hopefully even LeBron can draw the line and see the level of fucking cop out that would be to get some more rings.
Also, NBA is already a joke.
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