Excellent point Karma!
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The Cavaliers' are close; don't doubt that for a moment. LeBron is a huge piece/reason for that goal, but he cannot do anything by himself.
I agree that if LeBron was hurt, we'd be a worse team, but we would NOT be "garbage!!!"
LeBron is such a polarizing player, that when he is on ANY team, the focus automatically shifts to him. Need proof?
Okay, let's use last summer for an example. LeBron played with KOBE, KIDD, CHANDLER, REDD, ANTHONY,etc,etc,etc.
Despite ALL of those ALL-STARS, who was the player that everyone talked about????????????????????????
LeBron!!!
Had we not known the names of the other players, we'd have been saying the exact same thing about team-USA, that we are saying about the Cavaliers! LeBron just makes EVERYONE look small, when they are compared to him.
We are contenders NOW!!!
Don't doubt that.
Can we get better? Yes!
But, we are good-enough to win it right now!