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Originally Posted by Harpospoke
Well somehow...against all odds, Hou and GS managed to fight their way through the "tough West". Boy that was tough for them.
Now lets see if Hou can put up a fight at all to uphold this "tough West" claim. Hopefully this series is worth watching.
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GS is arguably the best team of all time behind that Celtics that won like 11 championships. They literally have 4 starters that could carry their own team and 5th guy that regularly gets triple doubles. The West could be the toughest they've ever been in the history of the NBA and GS would still probably cruise to the Finals because they are just that damn good.
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Originally Posted by Harpospoke
In the East...anyone else getting a Philadelphia Eagles vibe from the Celtics? They got injury problems....after which everyone picked them to lose early in the playoffs. ...Then they go out and win.
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There is just not enough that can be said about Brad Stevens ... except that he seriously got screwed for some reason in the COY voting.
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And...you left out him going to the Cavs....which would be worse than KD going to Toronto. Raptors were already a contender while the Cavs were a lottery team.
I mean...was it "easier" than staying in Cleveland with a team whose management had proven over the course of 7 years that they were incapable of putting a good team around him? I suppose that's got to be true because of how impossible the situation was in Cleveland. Pretty sad that a player has to take that into his own hands because his team is so inept though.
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The Lebron hate stems almost entirely around The Decision and then joining super-friends. Worrying about team chemistry was very little an issue when the best player in the league joins Wade and Bosh who were both in their absolute prime. Then after that he joins/forces another duo in Kyrie Irving and KLove ... who ironically did have chemistry issues.
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Originally Posted by Harpospoke
It's never made any sense at all to claim that Lebron stays in the East so he can make it to the Finals and lose every year. Who would do that?
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Your logic is flawed in that you are assuming he believes he will lose every year in the finals. Do you not agree that a much easier path to the Finals gives him the best chance to win a championship? He is much less likely to face a team that just happens to get hot for a series and knock them out of the playoffs. In a super-star driven league, the biggest super-star of all can literally carry a team through a weaker conference for the first round or two.
Just to clarify, you can criticize/dislike/hate a player but still think he is the best player in the league or top 3 of all time.