Kevin Love, third option with a bullet, a Laker sooner rather than later

[ralph_i_el]

Only if your team is all-time stacked and favored by a landslide to win. If you are a shoe in to the Finals and you lose, it's worse than not getting there on a bad team.

Again: If you have Cleveland's talent, no matter that their experience will limit them at times, they are all-time stacked. More stacked than MIA... you are taking a huge hit in rep if you lose in the Finals. And if Love loses... let's say he plays poorly in some way, then what will people say? "He really was a garbage player, can't do it on the big stage." So yes, it would be worse for his rep than 'not sniffing the playoffs on a bad team.'

-Smak

1. Cleveland isn't the favorite

2. Losing in the finals only hurts your rep among idiots. Who cares?

[HurricaneKid]

Yeah but Byron Scott won't even let his players shoot 3s. How could Love fit in there?!??

[bigkingsfan]

He doesn't want to play with the 40th best player.

[ILLsmak]

1. Cleveland isn't the favorite

2. Losing in the finals only hurts your rep among idiots. Who cares?

haha, well sports fans are idiots and espn markets to idiots.

Cleveland isn't the favorite, says who? Who is? Cleveland has the most talent by far.

The only other team that is worth mentioning as a favorite currently is SAS, but I really think that it won't happen again. Who else is good? There aren't even very many teams you can say "This team will def be in the conference Finals" except for Cleveland.

-Smak

[TheReal Kendall]

haha, well sports fans are idiots and espn markets to idiots.

Cleveland isn't the favorite, says who? Who is? Cleveland has the most talent by far.

The only other team that is worth mentioning as a favorite currently is SAS, but I really think that it won't happen again. Who else is good? There aren't even very many teams you can say "This team will def be in the conference Finals" except for Cleveland.

-Smak

Bulls are the favorites in the East

[JT123]

Bulls are the favorites in the East

They sure are, just like OKC is the favorite out West. Fact is the Thunder, Spurs, Clippers, and Bulls would all be favored in a series against the Cavs. Well maybe not the Bulls, but the the Cavs are far from the favorites.