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[538] Nate Silver: LeBron should go to Rockets, win 69 games, Dominate NBA

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by SamFisher, Jul 10, 2014.

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  1. SamFisher

    SamFisher Contributing Member

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    http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lebron-james-shouldnt-stay-in-miami-or-go-to-cleveland/

    (lock/merge if posted, sorry)
     
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  2. Andre0087

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    Makes too much sense, it's obvious Melo and James don't care about winning. Melo is LaLa's b**** and James wants to be a billionaire...nothing wrong with the latter though.
     
    #2 Andre0087, Jul 10, 2014
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    Its too bad he doesn't see it this way. :(
     
    #3 FLASH21, Jul 10, 2014
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    I'm curious what his model would show what Howard/Bosh/Parsons/Harden/Beverley/TJones would do. I'm predicting 58-60 wins, depending on whether this is truly the year San Antonio slows down.
     
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    #5 Amel, Jul 10, 2014
  6. CometsWin

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    jopatmc disagrees.

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    Would rather have Birdman instead of Nick Johnson and Troy over Canaan
     
    #7 oogie boogie, Jul 10, 2014
  8. Amel

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    btw, where is that guy? did he stop posting?
     
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    Mellow is not as good statistically as King James. By a pretty significant number.
     
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  10. CometsWin

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    He was reincarnated as basketballaholic.
     
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    I feel like if James hadn't switched teams already, he'd strongly consider the Rockets.
     
    #11 mfastx, Jul 10, 2014
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    Heh...This would've been a five star thread a week ago.
     
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  13. SamFisher

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    That seems about right, he has Bosh at +7 wins a year on the Heat, probably a similar, slightly smaller, number for the Rockets as his usage would be less.

    Call it 59 or 60. Carmelo would probaly be 60-64
     
    #13 SamFisher, Jul 10, 2014
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    It really does make too much sense. I don't understand why we haven't been solely focusing on this. Either we have been told really early on in the process that there was zero chance, or we are making a mistake. I don't even understand why we ever courted Carmeloy freaking Anthony like that. He might have scored a similar amount of points to Lebron, but he isn't a tenth the player Lebron is.

    Lebron to Houston would be incredible. It would also be the best thing for him.

    And then MATCH PARSONS ANYWAY...just to piss off Cuban.
     
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    spurs had 62 this year...and miami had 66 last year.

    aka...rockets need 60+ wins before we start thinking of a title.
     
    #15 Sajan, Jul 10, 2014
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    Nate Silver just became Darryl Morey's best friend. LOL.

    Too little too late I'm afraid though.

    Nice read anyways.
     
    #16 TheresTheDagger, Jul 10, 2014
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    There is a rumor that he's posting under basketballholic. Don't know if it's true though...:eek:
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    really sexy

    too bad
     
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    There's still time to slip this onto an iPad and send it to Lebron while he's talking to his family.
     
    #19 Tenchi, Jul 10, 2014
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    Man do I love metrics.
     
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