No he wont....... Irving will continue to not defend, but he will get 25-30 shots a night... he will be in heaven. Look for Brown to push for a bunch of solid defensive role players to surround Irving.
I guess to be fair to both Cleveland & Brown, there were reportedly other teams calling or interested. (Sixers, Hawks, Suns) <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Mike Brown had other offers but major factor in decision came down to his family wanting to live in Cleveland.</p>— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/326783292361801730">April 23, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Brown's family decided to move back to Cleveland months ago, was house hunting. Had $8M left on Lakers deal. Didn't have to coach.</p>— Brian Windhorst (@WindhorstESPN) <a href="https://twitter.com/WindhorstESPN/status/326784439311015937">April 23, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Talks are still ongoing about what, if anything, the Los Angeles Lakers would still owe Brown, source tells Y! Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/326782653405736960">April 23, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
The Lakers are going to lose to the Spurs in round one. Next year the Lakers will continue to be irrelevant with a core that is pushing 35 years old.
Wade is on the back end of his career, and Miami doesn't have the cap space to offer another max contract to someone. With LA's ability to basically clear every contract off their books (outside of Dwight), I sincerely think they are going to be a major player for LeBron come 2014. Adding Phil to the mix will almost assuredly give them a huge chip to play with in negotiations. The only thing I can see keeping LeBron from heading West is his distaste for being disliked. People would hate him all over again for jumping to another "superfriends" situation.....and this with the Evil Lakers to boot. However, I don't know HOW strong that distate would actually be.
Look at the East. Its weak. Celtics are done, Knicks are always a mess and not threatening, Nets have bad contracts stuck for 2-3 more years, Pacers dont have enough talent, Bulls we dont know if Derrick Rose will be MVP caliber ever again after seeing him struggle with mentally trusting his body. The EAST IS WEAK. No way Lebron leaves to go to the tough West.
Rockets are gonna embarrass themselves on national TV more and expose Harden for the flopping overrated player he is. - Lakers amnesty Kobe and tell him to take the year 2013/2014 off - Lakers trade Pau Gasol for a TPE - Lakers re-sigh Dwight - Lakers sign Chris Paul outright - Lakers get Phil Jackson 2014 - Kobe joins team - Lakers use TPE & get Aldridge
We said the same thing about him in a Miami uniform too. I think the days of superstars playing out their careers with one team are effectively over. LeBron has no more loyalty to Miami than he had to Cleveland, and perhaps he views coming out from the West as a new challenge for him since he's done it over and over again in the East.
What was McMillan good at? His defense was not good when adjusted for pace and his offense was mediocre as well.
I always thought he got some good runs out of that Portland team, but then again, given the amount of talent they had, I suppose they did underachieve. I've never honestly looked at his advanced stats, so I'm not really certain what he brings to the table in terms of X's and O's.
