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look at their record when LeBron sits and tell me you still think that
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nobody else on walls team gets the attention that Lebron does so it's moot. Kyrie gets to play one on one with D focused on Lebron
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tyevvyotcu
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well kyrie plays with the best player in the world
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I know bynum didn't work out.....but every publication had the Cavs making it to the playoffs the season before Bron got there.....and they ended up with a #1 pick.
John Wall has played and led teams with dysfunctional and oft injured talent. The one constant Wall has had is Gortat (that's a good constant).
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let's not forget that 2013-2014 Cavs team was suppose to be a dark horse to make the playoffs and failed miserably.
remember the whole "debate" over who had the best backcourt between Wall/Beal and Kyrie/Dion going into that season.
remember the whole "debate" over who had the best backcourt between Wall/Beal and Kyrie/Dion going into that season.
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look at what i quoted fam
Wall's name was nowhere in there
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Dame doesn't have the luxury of playing with Lebron. Swap IT2 or Dame with Kyrie and the Cavs wont skip a beat.
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He was flanked by Batum Matthews & LMA at one point and still struggled at times.
None of whom are LeBron obviously but the spacing on those teams were excellent.
And I'm going to always be skeptical of lil zeke's ability to score in the playoffs until he proves me wrong, but, yes, your point isn't wrong there.
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I do. I realize that they have a bad record without him but when a team is used to playing in such away with their primary player you might come off a bit suspect. This team is dependent on James for sure.
Give them a full training camp without him and keep everything else in place and I'd be willing to bet they eek out at least and 8th seed.
I liken that to how folks used to think that Miami wouldn't have been a playoff team without Lebron but still having Bosh and Wade. Kyrie and Love aren't scrubs by any means. A team co-led by the two could get in.
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Wall clearly had a better constructed team regardless of injuries.
And that Cavs roster didn't play well until they made trades for better players (Deng, Hawes).
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Killer instinct can't really be measured lol some just have it like Jordan, Kobe, Lebron
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Kyrie was out here running with:
Waiters
Deng (Still good)
TT
Hawes (Good spencer Hawes)
And was struggling in 13-14.
Meanwhile....Wall had Prime Garrett Temple as his backcourt buddy for the last two years....and flourished.
Shoutout to Garret Temple though. He got heart.
Waiters
Deng (Still good)
TT
Hawes (Good spencer Hawes)
And was struggling in 13-14.
Meanwhile....Wall had Prime Garrett Temple as his backcourt buddy for the last two years....and flourished.
Shoutout to Garret Temple though. He got heart.
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do a quick google search of 2013-2014 nba preview.
damn near every major media outlet had the cavs as a 7 or 8 seed and the wizards not making it at all.
damn near every major media outlet had the cavs as a 7 or 8 seed and the wizards not making it at all.
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Gortat is better than any player Kyrie played with before LeBron. Only been in Washington for a few years but he's a perfect roll man for Wall.
Otto Porter's emergence as an elite 3 & D player is pretty crazy, too. He was looking like a lost cause his first 2 years in the league.
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That's what I was saying.....I remember VIVIDLY
ESPN had Kyrie as the #8 Player in the league then too.
Imagine the #8 player in the NBA leading a projected playoff team in the East to a #1 pick
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They don't have to try to lose anyway. They tried to be good this year and they're the 2nd worst team in the league ahead of only the Brooklyn no-name squad.
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das my coach
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killer instinct....lebron in the same sentence ?
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so with that said let me ask.
what's the difference between tanking "on purpose" and naturally being trash? is an organic loser a better environment for a young player? russel or randle learning some special lessons that nerlens didn't get?
if the lakers suck for the next 3 years are we going to ask the league to step in and do something or nah?
what's the difference between tanking "on purpose" and naturally being trash? is an organic loser a better environment for a young player? russel or randle learning some special lessons that nerlens didn't get?
if the lakers suck for the next 3 years are we going to ask the league to step in and do something or nah?
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lakers pulling off one of the greatest stealth tanks we've ever seen
tyevvyotcu
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I have no problem with tanking simply because even if you do have the worse record you aren't guaranteed a top 3 pick
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Man, as a Laker fan, I'm hoping it's not another 12 years between titles. It may still be early but Russell has left me unconvinced.
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Wall can dance better than Kyrie
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