He's not cheating, no matter how you put it. Any beef with lebron should be about the way he went about leaving Cleveland, that's it. That's done with and the Heat are making a legit run.
Barkley never won a championship with the Rockets. We lost to the Supersonics because we traded away Sam Cassell and Robert Horry to get his fat ass.
Why did we need Clyde? We just won a championship before he came. Was that 2nd ring tainted? Did Clyde ride Dream's coat tails to a ring? Should he be crucified like Lebron and Bosh?
For starters Dream already had two rings. Your issue would be more about Barkley teaming up with them. If Barkley had got a ring with Hakeem and Clyde people would not have looked at it the same as they would have if he had won with the Suns against Jordan. So to answer your question, Taintened? No Cheapened/Lessened as far as him proving his greatness? Yes
Call me when has won the ring first. This is ridiculous. The bulls aren't even as close to a challenge as the Mavericks will be.
So you can have a good team. But not too good. It's not fair when great basketball teams win championships. LBJ should have made a poll on ClutchFans to let him know exactly which team crosses the line of too good to validate himself. Apparently there is this magic line of too much help that certain members of Clutchfans are privy to. Perhaps these arbiters of 'real' NBA Championships can let us know the secret. Two superstars, a star, and role players is too much. How about one superstar and three stars? Too far? Two superstars, role players, but the role players are borderline stars. Just under the limit? Three superstars and scrubs. Cool? Two superstars, two stars, but the stars are only defensive specialists. Where's the formula because I still can't figure it out. I'm sure all the superstars in the NBA who are already eliminated from the playoffs are telling their GM's 'please don't get me any more help. No, wait, I mean I want help but make sure they aren't great.' I hope the Rockets follow suit, stay the course and don't get too many great players. I would have to stop watching if that were the case.
If you just want to win championship, No. If you want to be in the GOAT conversation going to a team with tons of talent is really going to hurt your chances.
Dude you are mixed up Cassell and Horry were traded away mainly because we couldn't beat the Sonics Barkley did get us past the Sonics. I'm not a big fan of his but he was brought here specifically to beat the Sonics.
Seriously. People acting as if he has already won it all probably have not seen Dallas play this postseason. If Dallas continues doing what they have been doing, those people are going to be in for a huge surprise. He hasn't won any ring yet let alone a tainted one.
If the Heat can be Dallas, then it will be impressive. No ring is a tainted ring. You can argue that Mitch Richmond's (or any other scrub on a championship team) ring is tainted because he (or they) didn't do jack **** but LeBron's would not be. Riding Wade's coattails to win a ring and tainted ring is a different thing. Still a legit way, just a didn't achieve it through his greatness.
Who cares if he teamed with Wade and Bosh. Do people give Magic crap for having Kareem, Worthy, etc? Bird for having McHale and Parish? Garnett for having Pierce and Ray Allen? Some people occasionally say that Kobe rode Shaq to a few titles, but nobody ever goes so far as to say that his rings are "tainted." Teams win championships, not players. The Miami Heat are basically three superstars and a bunch of scrubs weighing them down.
This Heat is very talented, albeit concentrated within 2-3 players. Would you say this team is more talented than previous legendary and loaded rosters like older Lakers, Celtics, et al? Time for a new thread...
