Paul isnt taking a 30 million a year pay cut to join the Cavs, dont be ridiculous.
Cavs vs Warriors Game 2
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Paul isnt taking a 30 million a year pay cut to join the Cavs, dont be ridiculous.
elan_prodigy
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He would have been fine if Lebron took it upon himself to bring him along.
LoPo
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And Durant wouldn't join GS because he wouldn't see enough of the ball.
Paul has a ton of endorsements. He wants a title. You never know. Especially you.
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elan_prodigy
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Lebron not going to the podium for postgame... such a baby.
LoPo
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And he would have played another season worth of games because he would have been deep into the playoffs. Wiggins is a good player now. Not a star, but better than JR, RJ, Shumpert, Korver, etc. Not even close.
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The Warriors run an equal opportunity offense which is why he joined the Warriors....
He also was able to make relatively the same amount of money and move from OKC to GSW, a better endoresement market.
CP3, the guy who was the primary pusher of the new CBA rule that lets veterans get paid out of the ***, isn't taking a 30 million per year pay cut.
enchilada_style
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The rest of the league should just pay the Cavs luxory tax so they can get Davis and Paul George.
They can't sign them unless they take the MLE, not enough cap-space. I think the only chance of building a contender to the Warriors is Lebron signing with Boston (not exactly sure how much money they would have to free up to sign him to his max, I guess about 8 million more than Hayward? Not positive). Then Boston trades for George or Butler.
Thomas
Bradley
George
Lebron
Horford
LoPo
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LBJ isn't going to Boston. They would trade Love and/or Kyrie. LBJ isn't leaving.
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LoPo
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I could see LBJ sending a big FU to the league and take some minimum contract deal to stay in Cleveland. That would send a message to the league and GS about his willingness to win. Imagine him going to the finals as the 8th or 9th best paid player on his own team.
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Yeah, it's not like Lebron left Cleveland for a better team before.
elan_prodigy
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I don't think that team plays well at ALL.
To me you need a Spurs/Jazz system. You need defense to beat the Warriors. If Lebron replace Favors at our PF we'd beat that team you just put up.
nateboz
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I hate how Durrant going to the Warriors ruined this season. I truly hope they break up.
Makes you wonder if you were an owner and you start to see your profits going down the next few seasons, just what will the owners will demand. For 1 they have to include a franchise tag and eliminate max contracts.
The future is going to be interesting.
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Makes you wonder if you were an owner and you start to see your profits going down the next few seasons, just what will the owners will demand. For 1 they have to include a franchise tag and eliminate max contracts.
The future is going to be interesting.
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enchilada_style
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In this scenario if given the option think i'd go with George over Butler he's probably a better defensive option against Durant.
Uhh, did you watch Boston? They run a pretty good system and Stevens is a great coach. Defensively there might be problems because Thomas is still there (though they might just look into trading IT to upgrade the defense since that team is going to be freaking amazing on offense no matter what). 2-5 matches up great defensively with GSW though.
elan_prodigy
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Chemistry would be terrible. No rebounding.. Please.
How did it ruin the season? This was likely to be the outcome even without Durant.
I think it might ruin the next few seasons when it all becomes repeated over and over, but this season has been fun. The utter dominance of the Warriors has been breathtaking.
Owners wont see profits taking any major hits the next years. Most teams are locked into TV deals already. If anything they will get more money because a handful of teams are starting to pay insane amounts of LT. The NBA was at it's peak viewership when MJ was dominating the league. Casual fans enjoy dominance, not parity. It only really becomes an issue if there isnt some kind of noteworthy antagonist to challenge them. Lebron is always going to be there though (at least for the next handful of years), and that will be enough to drive ratings.
I dont think you can have a lineup with Lebron and have bad chemistry. I dont see anyone on that team having an ego too big to not concede to Lebron being the all powerful leader and making it work.
elan_prodigy
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Season was great but the playoffs have been unwatchable in many ways and FAR too one-sided.
NVM, Lebron signed a 3 year deal with the 3rd year being a player option. For some reason I thought he had just been signing 2 year deals with an opt out every year. My musings have been pointless.