Does the New Era have leaders like the other Era's

Now?!? How tongue in cheek was this post supposed to be?

 

Paul and Wade

 

Lol.
I don't have the same reasons why I didn't want them to team up than other posters do.

 

He got them to the finals when they were under the radar. When expectations are high, he consistently freezes up.

 

This was the cavs starting linup:

Daniel Gibson
Drew Gooden
Zydrunas Ilgauskas
Sasha Pavlovic

The fact he had to score like 30 points in a row to take this team to finals was impressive.

 

He kinda got into the Finals last year.. Sure he has more help now but **** it was their first year as a team. No I'm not a Heat fan and I hate them.. but what they did was a bit impressive. I didn't expect them to make it out of the Eastern Finals.

 

Its beyond stats, its a mentality and way to approach the game. The reason lebron doesn't qualify is look at shaq's book and how he runs his organization, carries himself. Making excuses, he doesn't practice, sits out 2 weeks for a strained pinky, mike brown wasn't allowd to critisize him, he didn't run when he wanted to in practice. Shaq played with 3 great wings and he said all of them worked hard and studied, but kobe approached the game and practice methodically

Even phil jackson said kobe raised each practice inensity and made it a battle field. Its guys like that, MJ, Kobe who set the tone that it is win or go home ever single second you set foot n the court, be it practice or the game. That is the difference even between great performers like Allen iverson, lebron, and the guys who immerse themselves inside out like MJ, Kobe, and hteo ther guys who change the entire identity and mentality of the game. That is differetn from statistically effecting the game like lebron.

so yes, there is Duncan, KG, Kobe, and now Durant and rose with their unselfish personas and mentalities and when you see your best players ,your superstars not acting like primadonnas, not asking for preference, but just making it about winning and only winning and just trying to out work you even in practice, that raises the bar and sets a winning identity on the team