LOL At This Guy's Logic Behind "Best Team In The NBA Right Now"....?

[Jerz-2]

Steve Aschburner: Miami is the best team in the NBA because it has, by far, the best player in the NBA. That still matters most in this league. Not in a vacuum, obviously, but when he – LeBron James – is surrounded by the level of competence and confidence that the rest of the Heat provide, that’s formidable and unbeatable come the playoffs. For sheer talent and depth, the Clippers are impressive. For fit, chemistry and upside, it’s hard to argue with the Thunder. But for championship readiness, resiliency and resolve (can we retire the term “killer instinct” in sports, please?), no bunch is better in my view than the Heat. James has a legacy to ice, Dwyane Wade has a growing cadre of skeptics to hush and the rest of that crew provides the highest possible grade of caulk available.

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(BTW...these are blogger opinions, but still..... )

Others:

Fran Blinebury: Miami. James, Wade and Bosh are still the best threesome in the league and can lock you down defensively. In addition, LeBron, already a three-time MVP, is now even better.

Jeff Caplan: Talking right now, this very second, it’s the Clippers, hands down. No team can score in as many ways, is as deep, has an always-in-control floor general at point guard to handle every situation or is having as much fun as the other L.A. team.

Scott Howard-Cooper: The Clippers at the moment. Yes, the competition has been pretty soft, but the Clips can’t be penalized for that. They are mostly dominating the teams they should be dominating, the sign of a team locked in, in play and attitude. And when the winning streak was threatened at Utah, down big, on the second night of a back-to-back, when they could have just been satisfied with all the victories that had come before, the Clippers showed a champion’s heart by instead adding another victim. They are defending, they are pretty efficient on offense, and they have the intangibles of leadership and composure.

John Schuhmann: OKC. I don’t want to take anything away from the Clippers for a loss in Denver, but their winning streak, though very impressive, was also schedule-fueled in the first place. The Thunder lost to the Heat on Christmas, but they’ve obviously been more consistent otherwise. Even though L.A. won 17 straight, the Thunder are ahead of them in the standings this morning. OKC has had a relatively easy schedule, but they’ve done the best job of beating the teams they’re supposed to and they lead the league in point differential (+10.5 points per 100 possessions).

Sekou Smith: Is it really that simple? No team has played better, of late, than the Clippers. But we all know what the Heat and Thunder are capable of based on the way they finished last season and the fact that they sit atop the standings in their respective conferences this morning (you can check here). As much as I love what the Clippers did to finish off 2012 and the Thunder’s resolve since losing in The Finals, the Heat remain the best team in the NBA based on the presence of one LeBron Raymone James. As long as he’s healthy and in uniform, it’s hard to pick against the Heat.

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[Shameonyou]

am I the only one that doesnt think lebron is THAT clear cut the best player in the league? the way they floss it as no contest makes no sense to me

 

[Jerz-2]

am I the only one that doesnt think lebron is THAT clear cut the best player in the league? the way they floss it as no contest makes no sense to me

 

[DStyles]

This is something like you would read on BleacherReport

 

[954UAlreadyknow]

am I the only one that doesnt think lebron is THAT clear cut the best player in the league? the way they floss it as no contest makes no sense to me

 

[Jerz-2]

This is something like you would read on BleacherReport

Yeah, I hate how anybody with a blog these days is somehow deemed legit enough to have an opinion that actually matters.

 

[Jerz-2]

Also, where's the love for the ( ) Spurs?

Can't stand 'em, but they deserve to be in the conversation.

 

[Da_Eggman]

am I the only one that doesnt think lebron is THAT clear cut the best player in the league? the way they floss it as no contest makes no sense to me

yes.....yes you are

 

[Long Live The Kane]

....It's not a bad argument to me...and I hate the heat more than I've hated any team in all of sports, on every level...seeing them lose the 2011 Finals was one was an time great moment in sporting history by my estimation...but having the best player in basketball, in his prime of primes, with two other all nba caliber allstars in their primes (or the tail end of it maybe in Wade's case) at his side and an assortment of deadly 3 point shooters that can get hot and take over games at a whim...and they're the defending champions...it ain't the most absurd thing in the world to suggest they're still the best team in the league...I'm pretty next to certain Vegas still has them repeating

 

[CantStop]

yes.....yes you are

He's not. :smugstern:

 

[USSInsiders]

Also, where's the love for the ( ) Spurs?

Can't stand 'em, but they deserve to be in the conversation.

Because they've done the same shyt for the past few years during the regular season only to be smacked down at some point in the playoffs.

Casual fans don't give a shyt about them to begin with, but when they finally see them nationally televised in a playoff game they get their donks smacked.

btw @OP, the guy you're pointing out didn't make THAT foolish of a point. The logic behind this type of argument isn't static anyway.

The NBA landscape changes week to week, just a few days ago people were all on the Clippers dikk, now they've lost two in a row on the road to teams they've already beaten and already you have people saying they're pretenders, weak etc.

People just need to fall back and consider the match-ups varying teams present to one another. That's all basketball and most sports come down to for that matter. I'm not gonna say shyt until the playoffs come #pause

 

[USSInsiders]

....It's not a bad argument to me...and I hate the heat more than I've hated any team in all of sports, on every level...the 2011 Finals was one was an time great moment in sporting history by my estimation...but having the best player in basketball, in his prime of primes, with two other all nba caliber allstars in their primes (or the tail end of it maybe in Wade's case) at his side and an assortment of deadly 3 point shooters that can get hot and take over games at a whim...and they're the defending champions...it ain't the most absurd thing in the world to suggest they're still the best team in the league...I'm pretty next to certain Vegas still has them repeating

funny you mention this because the Heat were actually slight underdogs to the Thunder last year in the finals.

Right now they're +125 to win it all according to a lot of Offshore books,
in other words, they're like 1.25/1 odds to win it all, which is the best odds out of all the teams in the NBA at this current point and time.

 

[Jax]

We da Bess and it ain't even a contest. Hoe nikkas get splashed!

 

[Jax]

funny you mention this because the Heat were actually slight underdogs to the Thunder last year in the finals.

Right now they're +125 to win it all according to a lot of Offshore books,
in other words, they're like 1.25/1 odds to win it all, which is the best odds out of all the teams in the NBA at this current point and time.

 

[USSInsiders]

305 we in this