LAKERSUSCBAM
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we'll ride the storm of this coming season and bet will be back with a contending team in '14 with or without superstars....Lakers don't stay pat for long as history has shown
Those are pretty good points, I hope he does not have loyalty to Miami, I just want him to realize his own legacy should come first.
Of all of them, I bet Wade will understand the most if he leaves but I kind of think he stays.
Would love to see him go to GS? They have the Big, they have the spacing...perfect fit. Cleveland I do not believe will keep enough talent to entice him, plus gilbert still lives there.
Lakers could build a sick team with him but Kobe will have to be out.
You think Kobe wants to play with LBJ?
Brooklyn could be a dark horse here, he loves NY and the Knicks have Melo. But more importantly the Nets will have some freedom in salary cap too.
We'll be back, via 2014 free agency, or via 2015 free agency. As for next year, if you're not going to win a chip anyways, why not get a good pick out of the deal? Them just finding a way into the playoffs doesn't cut it for me. Either we have a chance at a chip or we don't. I say let's get a good pick with this loaded draft and let's head to 2014.
As much as I hate to say it (he's my favorite current Laker), I think Pau is about to be shopped hard!!
I think he would!! Just like Lebron, Kobe isn't stupid and Lebron on the team with the cap space for additional parts, means the Lakers become contenders right away!!
Plus, Lebron loves to pass and Kobe loves to shoot!!
Sounds like a match made in basketball heaven to me!!
and if he does get shipped outta L.A. watch these sycophants come to HIS aid like they did Dwight's...
I disagree. I think when he was talking to Dwight about "learning to win championships" it was exactly about handing the reigns over to Dwight!!
Wishful thinking
Part of the fallout between Shaq and Kobe was that, when it was time for Shaq to start handing the reigns over to Kobe, he didn't want to. It's possible that Kobe wanted to do for Dwight, what Shaq refused to do for him!!
Yea, that wasn't in the wiki page...and Shaq was still prime. The Lakers had a better W/L record when Kobe was off the court.
Think about it, if Kobe is THAT arrogant, what would be better than Dwight winning a couple more championships and saying "I taught him how to do that"!! Or being able to say the he showed Lebron how to handle the "bright spotlight in L.A."!!
Wade and Bosh are not going anywhere.
But Lebron is out the door in 2014.
It would be silly for him to stay.
I agree with your premise that he might not go to the Lakers, but he is not going to stay with the HEAT.
The simple math of birth certificates and salary cap hell makes it extraordinarily unlikely.
Forget about Allen, Birdman, Haslem, Battier, and Miller all being 34 or older.
That is only half the problem.
Wade is 32 years old and looks done.
He has a gigantic player option for 20+ million in 2014 for two more years.
No other team is going to give a then 33 year old Wade 40+ million.
Unless Wade loses his mind, he will exercise that option tying up the cap until 2017.
Bosh is 29 and a decent 2nd tier star. But, he also has two years at 20 million player option in 2014. Once again, there is no team that would pay Bosh 20 million today......yet alone with him one year older. Bosh will exercise his option faster than Wade will.
So(unless Hell freezes over), Bosh and Wade will eat up the entire salary cap until 2017 by themselves.
LeBron is the only one of the 3 who can decline his option and still make 20 million elsewhere.
Lebron is not a stupid guy.
Nor does he have any loyalty to Miami to play through bad seasons of rebuilding.
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Birth Certificates are undefeated.
But, it still doesn't mean Lebron goes to the Lakers. It just means he likely leaves Miami.
Lebron will go where he can win more rings and build his legacy. Wade is getting old. Heck the Heat are now the old team in the East.
LBJ had no loyalty to his hometown, he certainly wont have it for Miami.
This guys has bigger dreams IMO. He needs to build it next in a major sports oriented city. LA, New York
If Lebron cares about his legacy he will stay in Miami. Bosh probably won't be back if he opt out. But you know how bad it will look for LBJ if he leaves Miami after either winning 3 straight titles or winning 2 of the last 3 titles? The only place he can leave Miami for without getting criticized is back to Cleveland.