You guys are absolute homers of the worst kind. If LBJ goes to Miami, that's a wrap. The fact is roleplayers don't win championships, superstars do. People were saying the SAME EXACT thing about us in 2008 as you guys are saying about the new Big 3 in Miami. "They won't win in the first year," "They don't have a strong enough bench," blah blah blah. Well, they proved all the naysayers wrong and established a new "Big 3" formula that looks to set the precedent for a new trend for winning championships in NBA.
Remember when everyone was in agreement that we had a 3 year window to get it done (except now suddenly every one is grasping at straws to add 1-2 more years to it)? If Game 7 wasn't enough to prove to you that window wasn't all but shut, nothing will.
Look, had KG remained healthy, this team would have easily 3peated. They almost won 2 championship in three years regardless! But the fact is if those three team up in Miami, Pat Riley is not going to have any problem filing out the roster with quality roleplayers willing to take a cut to play on the Dream Team 2.0 -- remember, rondo was just an unproven rookie and Perkins offense was even more non-existant when the Celts won back in 08.
Now, listen, I'm not jumping on the Heat bandwagon, there will be plenty of Miami/LBJ fans to power the Miami dynasty on that front. I'm a Cs fan for life, but I'm a logical human being first and something tells me I've seen how this movie ends before. It's not going to be pretty for the rest of the NBA.
Of course, if LBJ doesn't go to Miami, it's a whole different story. Lets hope he lets his ego/homesickness get the better of him, at least then we have a fighting chance. Otherwise, expect to see the passing of the torch come our showdown with the Heat in the ECF.
The Miami superteam of 11' may in fact be an awesome sight to behold...but they may not. Despite the fact that they may be composed of a "Big 3" like the Celtics, they will not resemble that team in several important aspects...
There's a crucial difference between the 08' Celtics and the (potential) 11' Heat. Pierce, Allen, and Garnett are (and were) complementary players in every sense of the term. You'd be hard-pressed to say the same about Wade, Lebron, and Bosh.
The Big 3 of Boston covers every offensive facet. KG is the inside offensive presence, Ray is the knockdown perimeter shooter, and Pierce is the iso-superstar. Granted, each of these players' respective "games" has regressed a bit, but they have also taken on aspects of eachother's games over time (i.e. gained more offensive flexibility). Much of this has been made possible due to the emergence of Rondo as a transcendent point guard.
Who is going to be the shooter on Miami? When Lebron drives into the lane, what makes him most dangerous is his ability to pass. On a Miami team with virtually no cap space (after potentially signing Lebron) who will their "knockdown shooter" be? There won't be one.
What will happen with Miami's interior defense? Bosh virtually plays NO defense at all. They don't even have a center (now that Jermaine is leaving). Miami will be eaten alive down low by the likes of Howard, Bynum, and potentially even the Celtics with KG and Jermaine (possibly).
Finally, just how are these guys going to share the ball? I would argue that Bosh coming to Miami has a larger positive effect on Miami's offense than does Lebron coming. Why?...because whatever Wade does in penetrating to the hoop can offensively supplemented and bolstered by having a dominant inside presence. Unless Lebron were a fantastic outside shooter, he would really do nothing different from what Wade does.
Lebron and Wade are not complementary in any way. Bosh is, but he plays no defense. Miami has NO center...and a totally mediocre point guard. They'll also probably have the worst bench in the league. This scenario is nothing like Boston's in 2008 and onward. Looking at Boston in 2008, yes Rondo and Perk were unproven nobodies....yet they were specifically put there for their potential strengths complimenting the Big 3 purposely (and their weaknesses hidden). With the Big 3 around, Rondo and Perk didn't need to score. Instead, they needed to be good defenders.
What is truly interesting to note is that Boston got Perk and Rondo BEFORE the Big 3 trades. It is almost as if Danny planned for the occasion, and built young talent for eventual changes. A good GM always plans in this way by building for defense. This was ultimately the case for Boston.
For Miami, this is clearly not the case. There is nobody like Perk or Rondo.
Now don't get me wrong. It might purely be the case that Lebron/Wade/Bosh will be sooo unstoppable offensively that it won't matter how the rest of the team is constructed. If the Big 3 of Miami were complementary offensive players (outside shooter, iso-player, inside presence) then I would be nearly 100% convinced that their team would be brilliant. Who knows, maybe that'll be the case. Part of me wants to see that...because it would kill the Lakers and be an awesome sight to behold....but the logical side of me is VERY skeptical. First we must see whether Lebron would even actually go to Miami.
I can't lie...I hope to god he doesn't.
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