So the whole "Superteam" idea is dead, right?

[Absolut]

the knicks and nets would give their eyeteeth just to win a playoff series. the heat getting a "lucky" 3 in game 6 of the finals trying to win back to back titles is hardly a small gap in between what these teams have accomplished

 

[Regular_P]

I don't think the concept will ever die. It's always been a star driven league and you basically need at least one superstar to win it all.

Maybe teams do it with two or three like Miami and the Lakers have done in the past, or you have one great player with the perfect pieces around him.

That ECF between Indiana and Miami is gonna tell a lot about the future of the league.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

the knicks and nets would give their eyeteeth just to win a playoff series. the heat getting a "lucky" 3 in game 6 of the finals trying to win back to back titles is hardly a small gap in between what these teams have accomplished

Allen's 3 isn't the determining factor (although it's a major one considering this thread wouldn't have been made, had he not hit that shot), it's the fact that all these situations have more or less been in favor of the Heat.

 

[Absolut]

boston and the heat were built better, and thus had WAY more success in the playoffs than the knicks/nets models have and will have. these knicks teams are tooth and nail just to win in the first round of the playoffs let alone sniff an nba finals

 

[chall sparktree]

all yall need is a big 3 right?? so why the knicks, nets, clippers, thunder, grizzlies, wolves, bulls, hawks, nuggets, warriors, lakers(last yr), spurs(past 6 yrs), rockets(aint winning anytime soon), aint won shyt?

 

[TheyCallMeAzul]

I don't think this current NBA-climate deads the concept of Superteams, it's just that the team that managed to attract the greatest player of his generation also managed to avoid ALL major crises too. Lakers, Nets, Knicks, Bulls (superteam to a lesser degree) are all teams who have been unhealthy, ageing or had management/personnel problems. The Heat have basically survived all these potentially catastrophic crashes that have claimed that lives of all these other Superteams and came out the other side with only a few bumps and bruises.

As evidence of Allen's 3-pointer, the Heat have just been incredibly lucky, whereas other teams haven't. The best player on the luckiest team, how can you lose?

How exactly is the player with the most made 3s in NBA History making a 3-pointer lucky?

 

[madness]

Ray Allen's shot is no luckier than the ball bouncing to Robert horry at the top of the key vs. Sacramento, or Derek Fisher hitting a shot with 0.4 seconds left

Good teams find a way to get shyt done

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

How exactly is the player with the most made 3s in NBA History making a 3-pointer lucky?

Surely you ain't this stupid?

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Ray Allen's shot is no luckier than the ball bouncing to Robert horry at the top of the key vs. Sacramento, or Derek Fisher hitting a shot with 0.4 seconds left

Good teams find a way to get shyt done

The reading comprehension on this board is status.

 

[TheyCallMeAzul]

Surely you ain't this stupid?

Enlighten me

 

[street heat]

even more to the heats credit, its not like wade and bron are a perfect fit for each other on offense, compared to allen and pierce for example. it has taken a ton of work and sacrifice to get that offense to run as smoothly as it does.

 

[madness]

Make dumb points then blame it on lack of reading comprehension, brehs

 

[The War Report]

Amare, who's playing like the 15th man is taking up a 3rd of the cap. Then have him and Melo not playing much at all, both don't play defense, and don't compliment one another.

 

[jadillac]

Seems like the 08 Celts & Heat are the exceptions and not the rule, everyone else has failed miserably trying to walk in their shoes of pairing stars via free agency or trades.

We got the Knicks imploding, the Nets being coached by a drunk and all their players disintegrating before our eyes, the Lakers were debacled into Bolivia last year. All the teams they traded with to get their star players have brighter futures, and thanks to how awful the Knicks and Nets have been it looks like the draft picks they gave up are going to be the gifts that keep on giving. I mean, the Knicks gave up a 1st round pick to get Bargnani

Seems like you better have 4 all-stars that all fit together or the best player in the world (or at their position) coming to your team for that philosophy to work. I guess using your free caproom to fortify your team rather than outright building with it is the way to go, while the draft is where you should get your first and second best players from Unless you're Chris Grant, then you just draft a bunch of bench players that have advanced metrics.

The "superteam" doesnt seem to work much in any sport be it basketball, baseball or even football

 

[TheyCallMeAzul]

Amare, who's playing like the 15th man is taking up a 3rd of the cap.

It's unfortunate for y'all. He's but won't retire til that contract's done & you used the amnesty on someone you signed the off season before the clause was announced