My Hope: LeBron to the Heat

[clover]

well now it makes orlando's path a lot tougher. which will help the Cs

unless we can somehow win more regular season games then Miami, it would mean we have to beat both Orlando and Miami and I'm not a fan of that.

Early prediction on the playoff seeding

1. Miami
2. Orlando
3. Boston
4. Chicago
5. Atlanta
6. Milwaukee
7. Cleveland
8. Philadelphia

Not a fan of having to go through Milwaukee, Orlando, and Miami just to hit the Lakers. 

I'd much rather have Lebron stay in Cleveland because then I think the seeding looks more like this

1. Orlando
2. Cleveland
3. Miami
4. Boston
5. Chicago
6. Atlanta
7. Milwaukee
8. Philadelphia

Chicago is a toughter first round matchup for sure, again Orlando in round 2, but Cleveland/Miami in the ECF is much more doable. 

Are we talking about playoff matchups right now? How about we fill out some rosters first.

If LeBron gots to the Knicks, they go to the playoffs.

[cdif911]

LeBron goes to Heat:

1)  Only 1 Ball on that team. Seriously, who is going to be the man?  Last minute shot goes to Wade, does it not?  Let the second guessing begin.
 
2) I'd rather have to beat 1 Miami (with Bosh, Lebron and Wade)than Miami (w/ Bosh and Wade) and Cleveland (with Bron).

3) This is the best team to root against ever.  Who would want to see these prima donna win?  Would they be the most hated team in history? I think I'd rather see the Lakes win than these guys.

1) that's what they said about the Celtics when Ray and KG came...seemed to work out ok

2) this makes absolutely no sense, it's like saying if I were ina  fight, I'd much rather take on all 3 guys at once than a 2 on 1 and if I survive a 1 on 1...the c's would have a much better chance against a Miami with 2 supers than 3...

3) agreed - great team to root against, unfortunately I think they'd beat us... we'll see how the roster fills out

[hwangjini_1]

well now it makes orlando's path a lot tougher. which will help the Cs

unless we can somehow win more regular season games then Miami, it would mean we have to beat both Orlando and Miami and I'm not a fan of that.

Early prediction on the playoff seeding

1. Miami
2. Orlando
3. Boston
4. Chicago
5. Atlanta
6. Milwaukee
7. Cleveland
8. Philadelphia

Not a fan of having to go through Milwaukee, Orlando, and Miami just to hit the Lakers. 

I'd much rather have Lebron stay in Cleveland because then I think the seeding looks more like this

1. Orlando
2. Cleveland
3. Miami
4. Boston
5. Chicago
6. Atlanta
7. Milwaukee
8. Philadelphia

Chicago is a toughter first round matchup for sure, again Orlando in round 2, but Cleveland/Miami in the ECF is much more doable. 

Are we talking about playoff matchups right now? How about we fill out some rosters first.

If LeBron gots to the Knicks, they go to the playoffs.

and then get bounced in the first or second round. honestly, the knicks with lebron and amare are not a threat to the celtics. their style of play (no defense) and supporting players will not win a championship.

miami is scarey given lebron, wade, and bosh...but they do not have a strong center or out standing point guard. also, i looked at their roster and it is not deep. their starters will be logging a lot of minutes.

but miami will still be tough to beat in a 7 game series, no doubt about it.

[ebrick0340]

First off, this whole thing is really disgraceful…and the fact that both Camp LeBron and ESPN are hiding behind this “donation” to the Boys/Girls Clubs to take the heat off themselves makes it worse. And shame on ESPN, a supposed sports “news source” for getting into bed with this narcissist to air his nonsense.

I'll believe James chooses Miami when I see it. Until then, I think this story is nothing more than a ratings-booster for the show. If he does go there, I'll at least give him more credit than I would if he bolted for NY but this would easily be the worst move for his legacy/"brand" which is why I doubt the reports. He's probably going to be viewed negatively in the court of public opinion if he leaves either way, so re-signing with Cleveland is definitely the safe play for him, image-wise. I really don't see how anyone will ever put him into the “greatest of all-time” discussion if he joins Wade/Bosh on Wade’s team, though. Even if he wins titles there he'll always be one behind Wade and people will see him as, at best, a superstar that needed to go to another superstar’s team and play with two other superstars to win titles or, at worst, a coat-tail rider.  If he does happen to go to Miami, I'm not even convinced that it will go smoothly...at least in year 1.  Plus they'd have to add like 8 minimum contract guys to fill out the roster for the next several years.  While I’m sure some guys would be willing to take less to play there if this happened, it just doesn't seem like a guaranteed formula for success.  Great teams need great role-players too.  When the Celtics did this all three stars were on the downside of their prime and Garnett, for all his defensive dominance and accolades, was always more of a complimentary offensive player anyway.  All three had to sacrifice but not quite so much and they were all mature veterans.  In this situation, the guys are 28 (Wade), 26 (Bosh) and 25 (James) respectively.  All three have always been “the man” on their teams.  All three averaged between 24-30 points per game last year, so someone’s numbers will be taking a hit.  And all three are products of the “me-first, media hype machine era” where it pays, literally, to be an individual rather than being team-oriented.