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I hope Toronto gets the 1 seed so us and Boston are 2/3....feel like Boston will be the easiest of opponents for us in the 2nd round. They are young and not battle-tested.
Sure, maybe temporarily. But do you not think we’d be having the same issue with Kyrie this coming summer? Or the summer after that where he’d surely leave as a free agent?View: https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/965419198804459520
Video upsets me,
if we managed to get him back to training camp could of resolved the issue.
Absolutely devastating.
Sure, maybe temporarily. But do you not think we’d be having the same issue with Kyrie this coming summer? Or the summer after that where he’d surely leave as a free agent?
Even if LeBron and Kyrie are cool, Kyrie and the people around Kyrie want him to have his own team. Getting along or not getting along with LeBron isn’t why Kyrie was traded.
View: https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/965419198804459520
Video upsets me,
if we managed to get him back to training camp could of resolved the issue.
Absolutely devastating.
Agreed. Before the trades I was hating life without Kyrie. Now for the first time in a while we have energy out there. We are getting the 50/50 balls and fast break points. This is a very unique team we have now.I'm not too terribly sad about it....
That Cavs team came up pretty short in 2017, and LBJ isn't getting any younger. TT was already trending down, and I think the "Your turn/my turn" nature of our offense was wearing on some guys. For all his greatness on the offensive end, Kyrie's defensive weaknesses were a real problem given the lack of defensive prowess elsewhere on the team.
I personally like where we are now better, especially because it no longer feels like we're racing the clock trying to win before LBJ gets old. It just seems more entertaining/joyful to me as a fan having a future that looks better and still competing for a title at the same time.
I'm not too terribly sad about it....
That Cavs team came up pretty short in 2017, and LBJ isn't getting any younger. TT was already trending down, and I think the "Your turn/my turn" nature of our offense was wearing on some guys. For all his greatness on the offensive end, Kyrie's defensive weaknesses were a real problem given the lack of defensive prowess elsewhere on the team.
I personally like where we are now better, especially because it no longer feels like we're racing the clock trying to win before LBJ gets old. It just seems more entertaining/joyful to me as a fan having a future that looks better and still competing for a title at the same time.
Kyrie just isn't a #1 guy on a successful team. He's not that kind of player. One of the most gifted scorers in the NBA in a long time, no doubt, but he's not the whole package. He needs a #1 like LeBron so that way he can do his thing on the offensive end but have someone else to rely on to lead the team.
I stand by that. If you consider regular season wins successful then sure, but we'll see what happens in the playoffs. I don't expect them to make much noise.This just makes no sense.
They have a better record that us. He's playing with no real all-star, oh, a fake one in Horford. A guy that'd never be an all-star if it wasn't for their record. I hate this shit, where a guy makes it just because the team is playing well.
Beside the point.
They're playing .700 basketball, how is that NOT being successful as a number guy? Huh.... Because they're good enough to win a title? Because him as the best player on his team, can't beat a LeBron James team?
I remember many, many, hot takes on here that Kyrie could NEVER even lead a team to the playoffs. Now he clearly has, he could never be successful as a number one guy, and has, but saying he can't now makes no sense.
If you mean he could never win a title as the best player on the same team. Well, how many players do you think can in this league?
Guys like Harden, Westbrook, Paul, and Davis haven't even come close yet.
Guys like Steph, Durant, Leonard, and even LeBron, maybe the only guys I'd say that can right now for sure. Have done it will a lot of loaded teams.