that's the other thing, love Wade, but he didn't get out the first round, and hasn't been relevant since the championship as far as team success.
At the time, Shaq was a top 3, but not Kobe (not when Shaq joined the Lakers). Kobe was still making mistakes. Iverson and Tim Duncan was definitely a Top 3... around 1999-2001
It's like saying, "Does anyone remember the Francis-Mobley years? The Rockets will survive no matter what talents they have." Of course they will survive. Nobody is saying that the NBA will die because of the Three Amigos in South Beach thing. It's a question of whether it's good thing or a bad thing. If having a few super teams and a bunch of crappy teams was good for the league, why would they want the worst teams to pick first in the draft, and limit a team's abilities to "buy" a championship with a salary cap system?
I agree with these points. Bosh has been overhyped a bit, (especially on our local BBS given Morey's signing attempt,) and now people may lose track of far larger issues facing league quality. For one, it's never really recovered from it's last round of rapid expansion. For another, the one-and-done system of college ball farm system isn't good for the NBA or the NCAA game, IMHO. This summer's Miami-fest is so insignificant to overall league quality when compared to issues like those.
Personally, I don't think it's a problem of Lebron/Wade/Bosh together, but rather them being together in Miami. Let's face it, Miami is one of the worst sports towns in the country. There's no history and no nation-wide fan base. It will draw bandwagon fans, but not nearly as much as Cleveland and Toronto would lose. If the big 3 had gone to the Knicks, Kidd's point would be less applicable due to the huge inherent fan base of that team.
I dont see how it would be impossible. Isnt that the way it was back in the early 90s? Pretty much every team had one guy who they could call their franchise guy. Of course that doesnt mean they won a lot of games, but that one guy was there on all teams. i really cant remember a team that didnt have at least one guy back then. Now of course they werent all superstars, but back then they didnt have to be.
How is that irony? I never told anyone they weren't welcome here or they should go to another teams forum? I also don't go around whining about everything.
In 1984, Magic and Kareem finished third and fourth in MVP voting. In 1985, they finished second and fourth. Only Larry Bird was ahead of them both of those years. So, they were pretty much two of the top three players in the league at least for that two year stretch.
If it hurts the NBA, other teams will have no one but themselves to blame. Stop crying and start building championship contending teams.
Dude, the irony was that you were whining like a "butthurt preteen" girl about other posters you say were whining like butthurt preteen girls.
Uh, that's the point of this thread...how do you do that if all the stars start colluding to join each other in "attractive" cities like Miami?
Seriously, we should we be saying take that you supportive Cleveland fans who live in your sad, declining town. You lost Lebron and have absolutely nothing to look forward to anymore. LOLZ!
Stacked teams have never hurt a sports association/organization/league or whatever you want to call it. If anything it has helped, looked at all the hype that surrounded the Lebronathon...in the middle of MLB season and the main sports convo at the time was Lebron James and the Miami Heat. Everything these guys do will be magnified.
