On July 12 2014 06:26 Hall0wed wrote:
The past week made it pretty obvious LeBron would come back here but it is still super hype. Once we have Love it's GG.

Also it is plain to see that Emperor Stern organized this whole thing years ago, the Big Three in Miami, all the #1 picks for Cleveland, and then LeBron coming back. Stern is an evil mastermind.

NBA just made a lot of money selling new merchandise. All the Cavs fans will now have to buy a new Lebron jersey to replace the ones they burned. All the Heat fans will now have to buy a new Cavs Lebron jersey as they jump on that bandwagon.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

July 12 2014 04:59 GMT

#845

He should wear a different number imo. So we know who bought a jersey before and after.

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

July 12 2014 05:02 GMT

#846

I assumed he would wear 6 in cleve as well so you can tell by the cleveland 23 miami 6 cleve 6

3rd year for carter partially guaranteed which is a smart move at this point

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

July 12 2014 05:08 GMT

#847

On July 12 2014 12:55 Disregard wrote:
Vincesanity to Memphis for 3year/$12mil

Hey, Memphis might have beaten SAS last year if they had him!

Ok, they would have won a game or two.

I just realized...this is going to mean major changes to ESPN. Will there be a Cav-Check? Did Brian Windshorst scream FUCK MY ASS when he heard the news? He had just bought a pair of bitchin Bermuda shorts. Now he has to go back to Cleveland.

Hall0wed

United States8486 Posts

July 12 2014 05:31 GMT

#848

On July 12 2014 13:59 Jerubaal wrote:
He should wear a different number imo. So we know who bought a jersey before and after.

There will be plenty of #23 jerseys for sale online though, I'm sure some people stockpiled them just for this occasion.

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

July 12 2014 05:33 GMT

#849

man, rockets are screwed. down to prayers

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

July 12 2014 05:41 GMT

#850

Dont quite understand why youd dump all the salary and picks before you got commitment from bosh

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

July 12 2014 05:42 GMT

#851

i don't think we can do it the otherway around? not too sure...hmmm. but its not looking good

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

July 12 2014 05:43 GMT

#852

no I mean get verbal commitment from Bosh at least, not the actual signing. Like get him to say "yeah I'll join you guys for x years/y million"

seiferoth10

3362 Posts

July 12 2014 05:47 GMT

#853

On July 12 2014 14:43 DystopiaX wrote:
no I mean get verbal commitment from Bosh at least, not the actual signing. Like get him to say "yeah I'll join you guys for x years/y million"

We only dumped Asik and Lin. We took the Asik deal because we got a good pick out of it (NOP's first round, 1-3 and 21-30 protected). Lin's deal on the other hand... Morey got a little too excited there. We already had a deal in place for Lin, a second round pick, and another guy to Philly, but I don't know why Morey ends up dealing Lin to the Lakers.

Edit: Pau's headed to the Bulls, don't know if he just signs there or an S&T with the Lakers.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

July 12 2014 05:58 GMT

#854

Hey, maybe we'll get two or three good teams in the East this year!

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

July 12 2014 06:00 GMT

#855

I guess that pretty much confirms melo to stay in NY unless we give away a lot of assets to clear cap space/S&T with knicks

probably melo in NY though

Doraemon

Australia14949 Posts

July 12 2014 06:02 GMT

#856

On July 12 2014 14:58 Jerubaal wrote:
Hey, maybe we'll get two or three good teams in the East this year!

wonder how miami will go coz bosh really isn't a first option...although i'll be drafting him quite high in fantasy haah

On_Slaught

United States12190 Posts

July 12 2014 06:56 GMT

#857

On July 12 2014 14:58 Jerubaal wrote:
Hey, maybe we'll get two or three good teams in the East this year!

I think it's just as possible that the East is the same, if not WORSE overall, this year.

The middle teams, like the Wizard/Raptors, may be better but still won't be able to compete with the top, or even mid, in the West.

The teams that are supposed to be "good" this year with the way things are shaping out, namely the Bulls and Cavaliers, still have too many question marks for me that may yet blow up on them.

With the Cavs we have big question marks surrounding the coach and GM. Even with Love, we can't be sure how he will be on a team with actual expectations or how he will preform in the playoffs for the first time. I don't think a Big 3 of Lebron/Love/Irving is better than the Heat 3. Bosh is underrated while Love is a little overrated, imo, and Wade when he's on is much better than Irving is now. If the bench isn't SIGNIFICANTLY better, nothing changes. If we see this Cavs team hit the Spurs in the finals again, we could very well see another sweep.

As for the Bulls, the problems are obvious. Rose is a HUGE question mark. Will Thibodeau run his players ragged again? Gasol prob had enough of that under Dantoni if he goes to Chicago. If Melo ends up going, I'm afraid that the Melo-Rose partnership will end up like a less talented Westbrook-Durant partnership, with them just jacking up everything everytime and weekly drama over who is shooting too much, etc.

Then you have teams like the Pacers and Nets which either have massive roster, chemistry, synergy, cap, etc. issues which will likely prevent them from being serious contenders either. At least not anymore than this last year. Pacers def won't win as many games this year (Stephenson is still up in the air as well). Oh, and obviously the Heat will take a huge hit overall in effectiveness. I don't know how you let Wade get significant rest this year without James.

Jerubaal

United States7684 Posts

July 12 2014 08:03 GMT

#858

Eh, I think I was just thinking in terms of the East. I agree, I don't think any of these teams would beat SA in the Finals were held tomorrow, but the East Playoffs were interesting for the wrong reasons last year.