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The lakers are battle tested and cohesive. They are led by a superstar who is not scared and plays aggressive everynight. Lebron was scared to be the number one man.. he was scared to be a Michael or Kobe. IMO Lebron took the easy way out. He quit in the Playoffs. Kobes finger was destroyed and he gave everything he had in the Finals series. It will be poetic justice IF the Heat reach the Finals to watch the greatest player of this generation Kobe bean Bryant, put the final stamp on his greatness and end the Lebron is better than kobe bs..
1) I'm a big believer in playing together for a bit being worth a lot, not to mention playoff experience is worth a lot.
2) VERY curious to see who else fills out the Heat roster before I reach any conclusions.
3) The Lakers have had some injuries over the years and their key player is no kid anymore...that's a big wildcard.
In any event, I think the east now has 4 of the 5 best teams in the NBA.
The lakers are battle tested and cohesive. They are led by a superstar who is not scared and plays aggressive everynight. Lebron was scared to be the number one man.. he was scared to be a Michael or Kobe. IMO Lebron took the easy way out. He quit in the Playoffs. Kobes finger was destroyed and he gave everything he had in the Finals series. It will be poetic justice IF the Heat reach the Finals to watch the greatest player of this generation Kobe bean Bryant, put the final stamp on his greatness and end the Lebron is better than kobe bs..
Kobe plays with a desperation that makes it uncomfortable to watch.
Heat won't make it the Finals this coming season. I think it will be another season before they get it all together. I don't think the Lakers will come ouf the West either. If i had to put my $ right now even before a game starts, it would be OKC in the Finals. With that being said, the Lakers are the team to beat until someone knocks them off.
Pllleeeeeeese let Miami get to the finals for no other reason than to see the Lakers whoop the ass of 3 utlra superstars. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE this is more exciting than last year waiting for Farve to disect Green Bay (twice), Mean while...Im no cleavland fan, but Cleavland, YOU MUST find a way to beat Miami in Cleavland nexts season. After watching this "King without a ring" last night, I am now a fan of who ever plays against his team.
I was a huge John Elway fan in the 80s and 90s, Honestly I can not imangine if Elway were to go play for another team, so Ohio, I get you.
BTW, Im sure there are not too many Elway fans in OHIO (irony).
Pllleeeeeeese let Miami get to the finals for no other reason than to see the Lakers whoop the ass of 3 utlra superstars. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE this is more exciting than last year waiting for Farve to disect Green Bay (twice), Mean while...Im no cleavland fan, but Cleavland, YOU MUST find a way to beat Miami in Cleavland nexts season. After watching this "King without a ring" last night, I am now a fan of who ever plays against his team.
I was a huge John Elway fan in the 80s and 90s, Honestly I can not imangine if Elway were to go play for another team, so Ohio, I get you.
BTW, Im sure there are not too many Elway fans in OHIO (irony).
Same here.
Like Spike Lee said on ESPN today, there's only one ball, not 3. I'm all for the team that can put the Heat on their knees. They're NBA's Public Enemy number one. And I think almost everyone lost respect for Lebron James. He's not a champ. Ring or no ring, he's got no backbone. He will never go down with the greats of the sport:
Jordan/Pippen, Magic/Jabbar, Bird, Reggie Miller, Malone/Stockton, Chris Mullin, Pat Ewing, Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant/Gasol.
Lebron James will always be remembered as the Prima Donna who jumped ship for some bling, while being second fiddle in Dwayne Wade's arena. He never created his own Dynasty.
The Lakers suck. Seriously this is ridiculous. The only reason they win even one game is because Stern makes it so.
Seriously though, not a person on Earth likes Lakers fans...
The thing I like about the Lakers is that they actually have fans. I respect them for that.
The Heat have a bunch of Bandwagon jumping, leg humping attendees. They could never fill that arena after the championship in 06. Miami is more of a football and baseball town.
Like Spike Lee said on ESPN today, there's only one ball, not 3. I'm all for the team that can put the Heat on their knees. They're NBA's Public Enemy number one. And I think almost everyone lost respect for Lebron James. He's not a champ. Ring or no ring, he's got no backbone. He will never go down with the greats of the sport:
Jordan/Pippen, Magic/Jabbar, Bird, Reggie Miller, Malone/Stockton, Chris Mullin, Pat Ewing, Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant/Gasol.
Lebron James will always be remembered as the Prima Donna who jumped ship for some bling, while being second fiddle in Dwayne Wade's arena. He never created his own Dynasty.
While what you said might be true, the bottom line is that 29 other teams didn't get a ring as a result of this trio assuming they do win of course. That is all i care about. I just want my favorite team to win and these 3 guys on the Heat are gonna make it more difficult for my team besides the Lakers of course.
Chemistry could ruin the Heat. With that being said, i think this trio will work out. I think there will be less scripted plays sort of speak. I think they will play according to what the defense gives them and improvise like Jeff Van Gundy said. He said that many teams could play zone against the Heat which makes it important for the Heat to get sharp perimeter shooters since the real weakness against Lebron and Wade are their perimeter shooting. Also, Lebron could be more of a point guard and getting Wade and Bosh involved. He won't regularly have 30pts a game anymore, but it is possible that he averages a triple double for a season. They also need size which is probably the biggest challenge considering there aren't that many quality big men left in free agency. If they don't , teams like the Lakers and Rockets will hurt them. Riley might not be the coach, but i would not doubt that he could devise schemes(for trio) on how the Heat will play offensively/defensively for his young coach.
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