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Kevin Love officially a Cavalier

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by davidio840, Aug 23, 2014.

  1. DrNuegebauer

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    A bit like TMac with Carter!

    Or maybe Wiggins was never gonna be good?
    Or maybe he will be good anyway, and Minny did something right?
     
  2. Zoplicone

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    This just made me rethink what could have been.
    We were literally so close to being heavy championship contenders with the bosh signing. Now all we can hope for is a deep playoff run. Love this team, harden is definitely my favorite player and Howard has made me a believer, but we just can't be considered contenders
     
  3. merrrlo

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    Great trade for both teams, actually. Well, for all 3 considering tanking is the name of the game for Philly.
     
  4. heypartner

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    What's the difference between TMac and Carter vs TMac and Grant Hill. TMac and Hill were more identical players than TMac/Carter. TMac seemed to cherish to sign to play with an identical player. And remember, that was pre-Hill injury.
     
  5. MONON

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    Varejao (31) & Haywood (34) are centers; Miller (34) & Jones (33) are small forwards and John Lucas III is a point guard. After that, Love at 25 is the eldest player on the team. To me that's a fairly young team that James (29) will take to the finals in 2015-16. :eek: I think it'll take a year for them to jell.
     
  6. FTW Rockets FTW

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    Finally LBJ will not have to lead the team in points, assists and rebounds
     
  7. Amiga

    Amiga I get vaunted sacred revelations from social media
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    great trade for Minnesota
     
  8. t_mac1

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    If you're going to be great, you're going to be great. I prefer Wiggins have this pressure right off the bat rather than ease himself into his potential.

    The Cavs want to win now. Wiggins' role wouldn't be smaller as the season went on if he had remained with the Cavs.
     
  9. Liberon

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    I think LBJ will face more scrutiny and hate for his Super Friends 2.0 get together.... Uh oh
     
  10. A_3PO

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    Totally agree with this. I just think learning from LeBron (both his leadership and example on the court) would be better for Wiggins than being coached by an old shoe like Flip.

    For the record, I don't believe Wiggins will be great. His fans (not me) will then blame the T-Wolves franchise instead of Wiggins himself. Watch.
     
  11. beastlyball

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    T-wolves got a lot back for a player that only has one year left on his contract. If only we had an option to do that with one of our good player, oh wait...
     
  12. Liberon

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    LBJ really has nothing to complain about. Lucky man..... Good job Cavs... Congrats!!!
     
  13. Liberon

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    You just got Morey'd !!!! Congrats.... Good man
     
  14. zeeshan2

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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>It's official. <a href="http://t.co/cnr7WSoy0k">pic.twitter.com/cnr7WSoy0k</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Ratke (@Kyle_Ratke) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kyle_Ratke/statuses/503240659470651392">August 23, 2014</a></blockquote>
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  15. Deckard

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    Man, this is all so freakin' weird. A year ago I would never have believed this would all happen. Too strange.
     
  16. cheke64

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    But he likes Mchale
     
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    T-wolves got as much out of a potentially bad situation. Saved about two seasons worth of rebuilding.

    oh wait, we had nowhere near as good a player as Love.
     
  18. d12babymamas

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    guaranteed eastern conference finals for the next 2 years....life ain't fair. Let's relocate h-town to the east coast
     
  19. heypartner

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    not sure what your point is: My point is Kevin Love has 7 (SEVEN) years under his belt never once getting his team over .500

    Now he gets redeemed and all fantasy league kids can proclaim he is great. But yet he sucks.

    Just like Pau Gasol...dude was 0-12 in playoff game. Dude never actually even won one game in the playoffs. "What"? Then he gets lucky and traded to Kobe. And people actually say he delivered the rings vs Kobe.

    so sigh

    Kevin Love is not a plus player at his fantasy stats level, but he will soon be proclaimed that.
     
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  20. Rokman

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    This should finally allow teams who were vying for Love (Phoenix, Boston, Etc.) to start making the trades they have been sitting due to all this madness. Expect to see some names moving this next week now that the gridlock is over. Let's hope the Rockets have a kick as deal up there sleeve....
     

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