The Miami Heat are showing why those hypothetical situations of replacing a player...

[lilteapot]

So since superstars bosh and wade are back, miami should be the favorites. We ll see how far they go.

Championship or bust IMO

[russwest0]

So since superstars bosh and wade are back, miami should be the favorites. We ll see how far they go.

Miami the favorites over Bron/Love/Kyrie/Waiters/Varejao/Tristan/Miller/Marion

[lilteapot]

Miami the favorites over Bron/Love/Kyrie/Waiters/Varejao/Tristan/Miller/Marion

Hey, they're apparently so much better now that Lebron is gone, what's stopping these two mega stars from steamrolling the competition to the finals? They're already on pace for 82-0

[oti]

Let's look a Bosh's performance before lebron:

no playoff series wins

After:
2 titles

Let's look at Bron's performance before joining Wade

couldn't make the playoffs in his first 2 years

swept by the spurs in NBA Finals

[lilteapot]

Let's look at Bron's performance before joining Wade

couldn't make the playoffs in his first 2 years

swept by the spurs in NBA Finals

Because that's as bad as never getting past the first round in a weak conference

[russwest0]

Hey, they're apparently so much better now that Lebron is gone, what's stopping these two mega stars from steamrolling the competition to the finals? They're already on pace for 82-0

I didn't think people were actually this retarded

They are a better team w/o Bran but the league will rig it in favor of Bran once the playoffs hit regardless because Cleveland is the only team in the East the media is going to focus on.

[lilteapot]

I didn't think people were actually this retarded

They are a better team w/o Bran but the league will rig it in favor of Bran once the playoffs hit regardless because Cleveland is the only team in the East the media is going to focus on.

All of your arguments against Lebron are "RIGGED"

Ever think he might be as good as people say he is?

[Magic 32]

Great points, so now you just proved Wade somehow made Lebron a worse teammate

Yes, his role was deminished the finals.

But Lebron just took it to the next level of awful with amazing passivity and fear of failure.

And no defence.

So yes, Lebron was slightly worse than Bosh when his role was diminished.

Congrats.

[livinglegend]

Miami the favorites over Bron/Love/Kyrie/Waiters/Varejao/Tristan/Miller/Marion

Well, since lebron turns all-stars into role players, love and kyrie will be signifacally worse than last year. It s going to be lebron and a bunch of role players.
Miami was the most stacked team in history last year. This year, they transformed 2 role players into superstars ( wade and bosh) since lebron left. They added great players in deng, mcroberts, williams. They are even better than last year. They are the most stacked ever.

[JT123]

Lebron robbed Bosh of his prime....27-30 years old is usually a player's true prime in terms of having great knowledge of the game and still being very athletic....

Bosh was avging 24/11 on 52% shooting prior to joining Miami, 17/7 in Miami on 51% and 26/11/4 on 48/55/86 shooting post-Lebron so far...55% from 3 bro

It's 3 games you dope. 2 of the teams were missing their top big men in Nene and Amir Johnson, and the other team was the Sixers.
How about we wait and see what Bosh does against a REAL big before we start calling him "Hakeem"

[livinglegend]

I didn't think people were actually this retarded

They are a better team w/o Bran but the league will rig it in favor of Bran once the playoffs hit regardless because Cleveland is the only team in the East the media is going to focus on.

Even if they tried to rig, it shouldnt matter. Heat this year is so good that they should be able to win despite the refs. Take last year s spurs against okc for example. Spurs were so good that even with refs constantly trying to rig for okc, spurs found ways to win. I expect the same from the most stacked team in history of sports.

[Fudge]

Well, since lebron turns all-stars into role players, love and kyrie will be signifacally worse than last year. It s going to be lebron and a bunch of role players.
Miami was the most stacked team in history last year. This year, they transformed 2 role players into superstars ( wade and bosh) since lebron left. They added great players in deng, mcroberts, williams. They are even better than last year. They are the most stacked ever.

Nope, Cavs are now the most stacked team of all-time, surpassing the 2010-2014 Heat teams. Sorry, bro.

[Magic 32]

Lebron robbed Bosh of his prime

Robbing players of their prime is Lebron's speciality.

[lilteapot]

Nope, Cavs are now the most stacked team of all-time, surpassing the 2010-2014 Heat teams. Sorry, bro.

But since Lebron makes all star players around him worse, are you implying that Lebron is such a supreme talent that having him on your team alone is enough to warrant it being deemed a stacked team?

[livinglegend]

Robbing players of their prime is Lebron's speciality.

Totally agree! Just like he robbed kobe s prime by making a fool of him in their head2head matchups.