2010-07-08, 20:40 | Link #8061 | |
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2010-07-08, 20:45 | Link #8063 | |
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2010-07-08, 20:46 | Link #8064 |
You're Hot, Cupcake
Join Date: Aug 2008
Age: 42
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Well...in the last 48 hours, the Miami Heat sign Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. Like....yikes! Seriously, that team has to win a championship in the next year or two, along with a few more. How on earth Pat Riley pulled all this off....nice going. Cleveland has some right to feel burned, but honestly, they wasted their salary cap plans for years and never got Lebron a second player of his caliber. They had their chance - if they're doomed to not be able to bild around him, he can go to a team that can. Maybe a James vs Bryant final might actually happen after all. Early days, but wow, this is just tantalising.
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2010-07-08, 20:50 | Link #8065 |
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Right before ending the suspense, Lebron "King" James did say he wanted to win right now and not wait. He figured Cleveland couldn't get it done. Same with New York. So he choose Miami. I'm guessing with Pat Riley's experience, he knew what he was doing.
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2010-07-08, 22:00 | Link #8068 |
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Massachusetts
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Oh wow, if the Heat DON'T win the finals they will be a disappointment. They have a tall order to live up to with that lineup. I was hoping Lebron would go to the West and give Kobe some trouble, but instead the Heat are going to be a major obstacle for my C's...
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2010-07-08, 22:06 | Link #8069 |
You're Hot, Cupcake
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Miami will now have to work out who they're going to fill the rest of their roster with and how they will staty under the salary cap. They cut their list to just 2 players to get those three. They'll need a point guard and a centre and bare-bone cost players to fill the bench. Depending on how much of a pay cut the trio takes, you'd see about $6-10 million free to fill the remaining spots. However they may cut or re-sign Michael Beasley ay a lower price to free up more space in the salary cap. At least the process is more transparent than other places. In Australia, the Melbourne Storm (rugby side) won 2 premierships by way overblowing the salary cap and got busted this year, which got them stripped of their premierships and barred from scoring points in the league for 2010. If Miami are smart with their remaining money, which I feel fairly certain Pat Riley will be, they will be a powerhouse.
Just wondering - who lost the most out of this? Cleveland lost Lebron - so probably them. Clippers, Nets and Knicks got nothing. Chicago at least got hold of Boozer so they didn't have nothing to show for taking a gamble. Honestly I think Orlando could be the other big loser - van Gundy blew it big time in 09 with those losses in Game 2 and Game 4 versus the Lakers, then he traded away Turgolu for Carter? That didn't help them much and they still got humbled big time by Boston. Orlando's window of opportunity has probably been slammed shut by Miami's play. Lakers will feel fortunate they're in the other conference but Bryant and Jackson will both be sweating somewhat - Kobe being able to match Michael Jordan's six championship rings is going to be a lot harder now. As for the Celtics and Doc Rivers, they now have a major obstacle in their conference. They are damn good at turning a game into a defensive grind and they have a kind of Fab 4. But they've been versing teams with two superstars tops - facing a team with three is going to be harsh. I heard another thing that moved Lebron away from Cleveland was that Bosh outright told James privately that he would not go to Cleveland under any circumstance. Wade was only ever going to go to Miami or Chicago. Seems an easy decision. What's interesting is that Toronto fans were actually very supportive of Bosh's move overall and didn't blame him for leaving since the Raptors failed at managing their salary cap and salaries. Lebron is probably going to end up being the more villain-like one of the three - Cleveland only mattered because of James. Without him, will anyone even bother watching them now? They're already calling this 'The Defection.' The Cavaliers could end up folding cobnsidering their inflated contrated leave them bugger all to play with to get anyone and Dan Gilbert's investment looks set to crash. James gave them 7 years - that's long enough. In the end, it's his life. Cleveland will probably never forgive him. But n the end, the Cavaliers as an organisation didn't go for the right people and badly mismanaged their salary cap. And now it's blown up in their faces. It will be interesting to see what legacy the trio will make in the years to come. It will also be interesting to see whether this trio will make Pat Riley step into the coaching job once more like he did in 2006. Btw, one question. Can anyone explain what Red Right 88, The Drive, The Catch, Renteria's Single, The Fumble, The Move and The Shot are referring to? I take it's that's other big stars leaving various sport teams in Cleveland in years gone by? |
2010-07-08, 22:19 | Link #8071 | |
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2010-07-08, 22:23 | Link #8072 |
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It's all various events that demonstrated the futility of Cleveland sports. It ranges from losing the original Cleveland Browns to another city, to John Elway making a game-winning 4th quarter drive, to Michael Jordan burying a clutch shot, etc.
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2010-07-09, 12:19 | Link #8075 | |
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How about some good news for once .
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2010-07-09, 12:25 | Link #8077 | |
Bittersweet Distractor
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Point is, this is a major breakthrough.
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2010-07-09, 13:06 | Link #8079 |
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Ah, but now you need to look at the culture to see why safe sex isn't practiced (to a large degree --> male ego dysfunctionality and patriarchal views of women, something many cultures suffer from to some degree)
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