Two weird misconceptions about Bosh and NBA player acquisition

I'm not talking about the availability of players, I was responding to your "misconceptions" and telling you they aren't misconceptions at all. Its common sense! If 8 of the ten players playing on the court have equal skils, but team 1 has a player which is an 8, but team 2 has a player which is a 9, who do you think will win?

I said its possible to win with Bosh as a max guy, but the surrounding players would have to be better than the cast of LBJ or DH/Durant/Wade/CP3. If they're equal then LBJ or whoever's team will win 8 times out of 10.

As far as Bosh being the best FA since Mac, I won't deny that. However that wasn't in the topic of your post, in fact you said in your OP that you aren't trying to make a "Bosh" thread but to correct misconceptions which you can see people have in general. Why you're suddenly spouting about Bosh being the best FA or if I'm in favor of tanking, I have no idea.

Again I'm not talking about your post in relation to Bosh, because you said you weren't trying to talk about Bosh in particular. Your misconception was that "You should never overpay for a player". Its not a misconception its the truth, you really should never overpay for a player! Even if its just one player, that one player can hamstring your team depending on the amount you signed him to. For example we signed just two guys, Yao and Mac, and look where it got us.

Just because Bosh is a star doesn't mean you give up the core of the team for him just like that. You have to weigh it carefully on several factors including Bosh's cost, his health and what he'll cost to trade for. As for your claim that underpaid players don't win championships I definitely disagree.

Duncan, Shaq, Kobe and even Dream were definitely underpaid when they won the championship. The max doesn't justify Duncan or Kobe or Shaq or Dream's performance during the playoffs, they definitely deserve more than that considering the load they carried.

 

Man people are really loving this Bosh flavored Koolaid.


Did most of you guys forget, dude ended this season injured recovering from having his face broken in?

 

I'm not a huge fan of acquiring Bosh for this Rockets' team. Last year, the Rockets were 8th in offense and 22nd in defense. They need to get better defensively if they want to compete with the NBA elite.

Out of the top 15 defensive teams for '09-'10 14 made the playoffs. The two exceptions were Phoenix and Denver. Phoenix, of course, being the leagues best offensive team.

Scola gives us a good power forward already. The upgrade just isn't that much. Bosh despite his athleticism is non-existent in block %. He's 10th in DReb% but Scola is 17th.

Unfortunately, I think this Rockets' team is pretty far away from the top. The only move that I could see making a huge difference would be something like D. Wade to the Rockets. He's good on both ends of the floor and a physical takeover player in an area where it's desperately needed - the backcourt.

 

How does a guy taking an inadvertant elbow to the face, in any way, have any bearing on his play here?

 

This is sports, and entertainment; not investing your 401K. It's about passion and excitement, exhilarating victory and crushing defeat. You diversify and hedge in real life because maintaining a level of average is good. But sports is where you go ALL IN.

I think even a bond trader realizes that.