Lebron finally settles 99% Signing with Rockets debate

u just repeated exactly what I said in your 2nd sentence...

this current Lakers team is better than what we have right now which u just admitted, and they have the ability to add a 2nd star via cap space to get even better

even if it was 100% a business decision, it looks like it was a better basketball decision as well...the Lakers are already capable of making the WCF, and we’ll see how good they’ll be if they happen to get another star there

here it would’ve been Bron, Harden, aging CP3, and zero depth...the Lakers situation has upside, there was no upside here

 

Good luck winning that ring

 

Huh? Where’d u get all that from? Lakers with Lebron are already better than we are which is what I stated. This is something many doubted would be the case when he went there this summer, and they can get much better than they are now by adding a 2nd star...something they can do without having to destroy their depth due to their available max slot

 

Bro wtf you talking about lol...

This is a discussion about his off season decision.

Yes they are currently better than us right now because they have lebron.

BUTTTT

If he chose us instead we would be the 1 seed and the lakers would be worse than 12-14.

 

By the end of the season the Rockets will have a better record than the Lakers and will be in the WCF again while the Lakers get bounced in the 2nd round, book it!

 

Thank god OP walked me through the process first or I would've blown it

I voted 'not much" as the other 111 did.

 

I doubt the Lakers would be worse than 12-14, and if they were, not by much

I already told u what I’m talking about. When Lebron went to LA, many thought they wouldn’t even make the playoffs, and the vast majority thought the Lakers WITH Lebron would be nowhere close to the Rockets’ level WITHOUT Lebron. Well, Lebron and his squad of kids/journeyman vets is already better than we are, and his team can still get much better without having to sacrifice depth thanks to their max salary slot.

and if they do get a 2nd star, the Lakers with Lebron will be better and more promising than Rockets would’ve been with Lebron...Bron, Harden, aging CP3 on an albatross deal, and Capela plus zero depth (EG, Tuck, or both would’ve been gone in a S&T)

If Lebron didn’t win a title his 1st year here it’s pretty much a wrap since where are the avenues to significantly improve a capped out team with no depth and limited assets that most teams don’t really seem to want?

 

Rockets with Lebron would be better than this current Lakers squad with Lebron, but if the Lakers get another star that team will be better than the Rockets with Lebron IMO

if Lebron came here and didn’t win a title his 1st year then he’d be pretty screwed due to factors I mentioned earlier (no cap space, CP3 only getting worse while getting paid so much, and not a ton of assets)...I don’t see upside in that situation, only regression

 

Just being candid. He looked at the team.

 

The NBA won't let Lebron fail logistically. No matter where he goes, it will work. The NBA will make sure of that. Lebron just has to show up and take care of the basketball. Lebron is good at basketball.

@Reeko trying to theory craft Lebron squads is ridiculous because Lebron ALWAYS gets what he wants.

 

Ha! Hassan Whiteside and Justise Winslow will be traded to the Rockets within a few days, unless something significantly changes between now and then. You can expect a tweet from one of the pros (Woj, Shams, Mark, etc.) that the Rockets are in major talks with the Heat (and maybe another team) on a deal involving Whiteside and Winslow coming to Houston and Knight, EGo, and Melo going out.
Well, you have a right to your opinion.
Significant changes being something better comes along for either team or one of the players involved suffers significant injury.

On our end, unless a deal materializes for a player like AD, KD, Draymond, OPjr, Beal, or possibly some other unknown top level player (maybe Hayward) then this is the deal we are pursuing and have partially agreed to already. Only things left to determine is ultimately where EGo, Knight, and Melo go, and what ancillary assets do we get back, a first, seconds, young perimeter player. One of our youngsters likely leaving with the other three guys and Melo likely headed to LAL either directly or indirectly.
That's funny.



Tell you what. As soon as Nate Silver admits he was wrong about his odds in the 2016 presidential election, I'll admit I was wrong about my LeBron odds. Nate kept changing his odds on election night.....after the vote was in.



And as soon as the oddsmakers admit they were wrong about their odds regarding what side was going to win the Patriots/Dolphins with only seconds left to play (99.99%) then I'll admit I was wrong about my LeBron odds.

K?


When you realize how odds work you might change your mind on this thread.

But that will either be real slow or never. Some of you have too much ego for that. Good night.

 

a credible insider in the know told me it all came down to 2 factors.

1. he didn't want to play with another "james" with a superior birds nest. however when asked, harden refused to shave.

2. ball vs paul. ball wins.

 

It was la or ny.

 

Considering that Harden didn't even bother try recruiting him because he thinks we'll win without him this year (lol).

Lebron obviously wouldn't have cared either. Now the Lakers have a better record than us and will bring Ariza back to his home in LA.

 

im pretty sure bron knew for awhile he wanted LA to be his next destination. this move is about more than basketball for him. Houston is a great city, but its not LA

 

This is what happens when you vote for Ted Cruz