Bill Simmons Fake Trade

[TheStig]

Shakes wrote:

TheStig wrote:

I don't think Rose, star, deng and noah is a contender.

You seriously don't think Rose, Deng, Noah and LeBron are a contender? LeBron just won 66 games with Ilgauskas, Williams and Varejao as the next 3 players. Any team that gets LeBron without completely gutting itself is a contender.

No, I don't. they might win games in the regular season but come playoffs you can stop a Bron enough to win a series. You need another real star and Rose isn't there and might not be. Bron would much rather just stay in his hometown or got to Miami to play with Wade, MB and Chalmeres.

 

[houheffna]

But thats not how it works. Great players wanna play with each other. Not by themselves, otherwise Bron, Wade and Bosh would have signed extensions this summer. If your going to do it, you might as well not do it half assed.

Great players want control and have big egos too. Bosh is the only one who has the temperament to be second fiddle to another player. Wade and Lebron are superstars, would
Wade be comfortable playing off of Lebron? Maybe...maybe not. Bosh compliments them, I don't think Wade and Lebron compliment each other as much.

 

[TheStig]

houheffna wrote:

But thats not how it works. Great players wanna play with each other. Not by themselves, otherwise Bron, Wade and Bosh would have signed extensions this summer. If your going to do it, you might as well not do it half assed.

Great players want control and have big egos too. Bosh is the only one who has the temperament to be second fiddle to another player. Wade and Lebron are superstars, would
Wade be comfortable playing off of Lebron? Maybe...maybe not. Bosh compliments them, I don't think Wade and Lebron compliment each other as much.

Bron is the most unself superstar, he clearly will pass, defer to people and wants help. Wade also played well with another star in shaq and seems unselfish He also values winning over anything and is bugging riley to bring in scorers and stars. I think Wade and Bron would be fine, both have really improved their 3pt shot.

 

[Shakes]

TheStig wrote:

Shakes wrote:

TheStig wrote:

I don't think Rose, star, deng and noah is a contender.

You seriously don't think Rose, Deng, Noah and LeBron are a contender? LeBron just won 66 games with Ilgauskas, Williams and Varejao as the next 3 players. Any team that gets LeBron without completely gutting itself is a contender.

No, I don't. they might win games in the regular season but come playoffs you can stop a Bron enough to win a series. You need another real star and Rose isn't there and might not be. Bron would much rather just stay in his hometown or got to Miami to play with Wade, MB and Chalmeres.

The thing is Orlando couldn't stop LeBron. He played possibly the best individual playoffs ever seen. It was the fact his supporting cast didn't play anywhere close to their regular season level that killed them.

If Deng, Noah and Rose play at the level they're currently playing at, we'd win the title with LeBeron playing like he did last year.