Also, let's not assume Bron would have won anything waiting them out. Besides his lack of help, he needed a mentality. Lebron has said he developed his mentality under Wade and Pat's tutelage. He's stated that he learned the blueprint on a championship level team and mentality right here with the Heat.
This sounds good in theory, but there still would have been Miami, Chicago, and Indiana to deal with in the east, not to mention the thunder or spurs in the finals. Their centers would’ve been 36 year old big Z and 39 year old Shaq. Jamison was no impact player at power forward on either end of the floor, Mo had proven himself to be a 7th or 8th man at best on a championship team, they were short on cap space, and had just hired Byron Scott as head coach (keep in mind he hasn’t been to the playoffs since before 2010). Help was never going to arrive in Cleveland. At some point, someone else would have had to raise their game, and they had nobody capable of it or the means to acquire someone who could. Miami was the only feasibly option.Also, let's not assume Bron would have won anything waiting them out. Besides his lack of help, he needed a mentality. Lebron has said he developed his mentality under Wade and Pat's tutelage. He's stated that he learned the blueprint on a championship level team and mentality right here with the Heat.
playoffs came and went
Dirk was as one dimensional as always. He didn't have to give any extra defensively on that Mavs team. They did a good job allowing him to be a offense only superstar during that run.
Exactly. KD joined a team that already reached the ultimate level of success with their roster. They won the title in 2015, broke the single season record in 2016, and were a game 7 away from being back to back champs. They would have been the favorites the following season without KD.The record of the heat prior to him going there doesn’t mean shytit’s was a totally different team going forward
They did it without a star mean they did it without another star. Dirk wasn’t getting killed on defense that year by anybody.
You just made this talking point up. How differently should cats like Barkley and tmac be treated in comparison to how they are now? They’re both recognized as being great players who just never won a ring. What’s the issue with that?
Boston was the stronger squad looking back seeing as they were still causing damage in 2011 and 2012 whereas LA deteriorated.
Likely still happens either way with the strain his playing style put on his legs, and then it’s basically back to square one. These warriors just averaged 66 wins per season over the last 4. That’s the best mark any team has ever put together in a 4 year span, but the bulls you’ve laid out in this hypothetical are supposed to smash that mark?
