Dan Gilbert is going to end up shelling out $200 million in payroll plus taxes this year!
Love it. He should buy a billboard downtown that say "I'm all about Runner Up"
The Cavs were two games away from winning it without Irving and Love. If those guys stay healthy, which is a HUGE if...they would have won it this year, and have a great shot the next 3-4 years...
And that Latrell Sprewell Knicks team that made it to the Finals went on to be a title contender for years after that.
The Cavs with Kyrie and Love are going to be contenders but that playoff run was more of a fluke than anything else.
Mike
Do you really believe that? The Cavs destroyed a 60 win team with a very banged up Kyrie Irving that missed 2 full games. They beat a Bulls team that many experts thought would beat them rather easily. They destroyed the Celtics. They won two games (and should have won a third) against a 67 win team and did so without their 2nd and 3rd best players.
There is a reason that as soon as the Finals ended the Cavs were 7 to 4 favorites to win the title next year and that is before Love, Thompson, and Shumpert all officially came back (though obviously that was expected).
I would be amazed, I mean absolutely dumbfounded if Cleveland isn't in the Finals again next year as long as James is healthy and they have even moderate health from the rest of the roster. If they are basically healthy and remain so for the playoffs I expect Cleveland to easily cruise to a NBA Title with San Antonio (if they add Aldridge) as the only team that could even give them a series or make them work for it. The Cavs are a juggernaut if healthy. I can't believe anyone thinks otherwise.
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