Sam Amick: Melo and Lebron interested in joining forces

There would be no point of watching the NBA anymore.
If the Spurs retire there won't be anybody that will be able to compete with Wade-James-Melo-Bosh.

 

Would it really be that surprising if 3 close friends and Bosh took massive paycuts to play together and win a lot? Didn't Duncan take a cut to the $10M range for guys he didn't even talk to when they joined the team? This would be a perfect example of putting winning and environment over money and going for self (stats). That would be bad?

 

Wade isn't on that level anymore. Bosh shows up based on the opponents.

So it would really be the Big 2 with 2 really good players.

 

Still a vastly better core than any other team in the league. Doubt it happens though.

 

Well, if it were to happen it would be MASSIVE. Bosh has always been a 3rd wheel that barely fits all-star, much less superstar. But James/Melo is definitely a superstar combo with Wade still being able to pull some weight and Bosh can definitely win you some games.

It would be game over for the rest of the league for the next few years.

Hey, at least Houston is being considered.

 

This is taking the "competitive" out of "competitive sport" which basketball should be.

 

GO SPURS

 

To be fair. Other than the NBA and the NFL, no other team sport truly try to balance the competition. Baseball is a free-for-all and European Football leagues are all sort of imbalanced where you get certain franchise B teams filled with more talent and salary than other teams' A teams. And we're talking about the most popular sport in the world.

Let's face it. Fair competition has never been the driving force for fans. Especially casual fans. It's much more likely that the Union and the owners make a stink over this than fans.

 

I'm not going to lie, I really don't want this to happen, but if it did. I'd still watch to see what records the Heat could break with a team that talented.
But I really, really don't want this to happen.

 

Honestly, do you really want to watch a league with one super team and a bunch of also runs? Do you really?

 

If the Rockets had no chance of winning, who cares?
I only care now because the Rockets are assembling a super team, if we were rebuilding then I would definitely want Melo to join the Heat and create a big four and watch them steamroll the league.

 

Personally? Maybe, maybe no. But that's pointless because fans in general don't get pissed about it. I know quite a few soccer fans rooting for teams with no chance of winning each year yet hold season tickets and would sing at those games. And I'm talking about perennial bottom feeders.

There's a community aspect of sports I feel get overlooked. If Miami gets big 4, us Rockets fans can wallow in our misery together.

 

This is pretty sad... All fans flock to one team to bandwagon, the spirit of the sport lost. All about cheap thrills and fake humble superstars. No room for underdogs, challengers, rivalry, etc. Basketball is going down the crapper with "fans" having this mindset.

 

That would be one really lame bench. Then again if Melo were to play off the ball more and do what he loves doing (shooting) then the Heat would be nearly unstoppable. I don't see it realistically happening though, 3 stars were a lot to get over but having a 4th star player would be laughable.

The outcry would be crazy seeing as how the owners tried their hardest not to make something like this a realistic possibility. If this happened expect to see many more bandwagon Heat fans.

 

So the league freaks out about all the Super Teams 2 years ago and now we are talking about a Super Duper Team? What a joke this league has become or should I say how uncompetitive this crop of players has become. Would it really feel like winning a championship with those 4 guys on the same team? I mean come the F on! I would hope for the same outcome as when Payton and Malone joined LA so they could just say they got a ring. Fail. To me, it's like buying a diploma from one of these gimmick college but not really earning your degree. it's meaningless and unearned.


All that being said, I think this is pure hype from either Carmelos agent or the media trying to get some buzz up to sell some articles. It's probably total BS.

 

Oh man, get over yourself. There have been super teams before, there will always be super teams. Basketball is going down the crapper? The most popular sport on the planet, football, just has the good and rich teams buy all the players and guess what they have a world tournament that rivals even that of the OLYMPICS.

 

No it's not. Other athletes have the option to sacrifice their money and personal stats for winning as well. Was basketball not a competitive sport when Bill Russell was playing? When Bird's Celtics added DJ, a 4th HOF player, to their stacked core? When Bird's Celtics won a title and then had the #2 pick in the draft? When Karl Malone and Payton joined the Lakers? When Nash and Howard went to LA, when no one thought injuries would derail their season? When the Bulls added Rodman and won 72 games?

 

I think a lot of people watched the league in 1996.

 

That's exactly why I wouldn't mind seeing it if Melo won't consider Houston. The owners have set up rules to control players. They figure "no way will someone sacrifice money to win". Well, when someone does, I don't have an issue with it. If winning is that important to you, as to where you turn down $10M per season, then more power to you. I don't get why someone would not appreciate that type of sacrifice. Haven't folks been carrying on about how Duncan sacrificed so the Spurs could surround him with talent? What's the difference?