What if LeBron never went to Miami

[trojanfan12]

#crackerbarrellguy

Love the Cracker Barrel. When I lived on Anna Maria Island and after I moved, when I would go back to visit, I used to take my kids to Waffle House for breakfast sometimes and Cracker Barrel about once a week.

 

[broncosmitty]

I think BrobBron would still be ringless.

Hit the lotto twice. Once with James, once with Kyrie. James Couldnt do it alone in Cleveland the first time, don't think he would've the second time either.

 

[HurricaneDij39]

Too funny. 1 fool burning a jersey.
The Heat have basically paid tribute to Wade since Friday.
Non stop videos on jumbo screen outside arena, etc.
Heat store selling out of Wade stuff cause fans want it.
Full page ads

Riley saying he loves Wade.
Wade saying he loves Riley, and wished he had more time before making an emotional decision.

#tryagain

Kind of like just this last February when Wade proclaimed that he never wanted any part of free agency?

This is equivalent to a situation where an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend goes easy and attempts to avoid humiliating the person he/she had just broke up with...

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Kind of like just this last February when Wade proclaimed that he never wanted any part of free agency?

This is equivalent to a situation where an ex-boyfriend or girlfriend goes easy and attempts to avoid humiliating the person he/she had just broke up with...

There is no doubt that Wade was upset last (prob didn't help him having James in his ear for that week).
There is also no doubt that now he has had time to digest everything and put it into perspective.
Wade will enter the HOF as a Heat player, will continue live in Miami, and will one day have a statue in front of the arena.

Riley made him a fair offer, offering him every available dollar the Heat had and that in value was 15M MORE then Wade had hoped for a year ago.

Pretty sure that if he could decide today, that he would have made a different decision.

 

[tducey]

Some interesting scenarios there. I actually had him going to Chicago in 2010. I wonder what would have happened had he gone there.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Some interesting scenarios there. I actually had him going to Chicago in 2010. I wonder what would have happened had he gone there.

Bulls would have been in 4 straight Finals and prob have 2 more championships.

 

[LogicMan]

Turn Up there is no way Riley wanted him back. He under bid and only raised his bid once Wade had an even better offer. In some ways it's the right decision but why didn't he trade Wade last year. Did Wade have a no trade deal?

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Turn Up there is no way Riley wanted him back. He under bid and only raised his bid once Wade had an even better offer. In some ways it's the right decision but why didn't he trade Wade last year. Did Wade have a no trade deal?

Of course he wasn't in any future plan.
That's why they were hoping for another 1 year deal.

You can't trade Wade.
Now Wade chose to leave.

 

[Flauge]

Half your fan base won't even know he is gone until late in the 1st quarter of next year when they show up

What happened to the attendance in Cleveland after LeBron left? Now look at Miami?

You guys are the fakest sports town in America. You have a first place baseball team.. and no one shows up there. Fans left game 6 early.. so what? Fans leave every city early when it looks like their team is going to lose. Next time you're at a Browns game look around in the 4th quarter... you'll see it. Miami looked like they were going to lose. No team ever came back down 5 under 30 seconds and not having the ball in the NBA playoffs before that.

 

[Flauge]

Cleveland attendance after LeBron left. If you look at your home attendance percentage which is a direct measurement of Cleveland fans... Your shit fanbase ranked 27th out of 30. PATHETIC.


2011-2012 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN

Now let's look at Miami....

2014-2015 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN

The Miami fan base home attendance percentage was tied for 4th in the NBA with Clippers.


You guys are a bunch of bandwagon riding losers. The numbers bare that out.

 

[Clayton]

Probably would've gone ringless and had some crazy scenario where he ends up on the Lakers with Howard and Love.

edit - Howard or Love and Kobe.

 

[LogicMan]

The team who's attendance is really down is the Yankees. It is claimed it is the jetwr effect

 

[shopson67]

Cleveland attendance after LeBron left. If you look at your home attendance percentage which is a direct measurement of Cleveland fans... Your shit fanbase ranked 27th out of 30. PATHETIC.


2011-2012 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN

Now let's look at Miami....

2014-2015 NBA Attendance - National Basketball Association - ESPN

The Miami fan base home attendance percentage was tied for 4th in the NBA with Clippers.


You guys are a bunch of bandwagon riding losers. The numbers bare that out.

Coming from a fan of a Florida team? Wow.

 

[Flauge]

Coming from a fan of a Florida team? Wow.

What does where I come from have to do with the actual NBA attendance stats? Yall can claim Miami Heat fans are bandwagoners, but the attendance number doesn't back it up. This is the reality of the situation. Miami Heat fans support the Heat when they are bad, Cavs fans don't. That's just the way it is.

 

[Shanemansj13]

I think BrobBron would still be ringless.

Hit the lotto twice. Once with James, once with Kyrie. James Couldnt do it alone in Cleveland the first time, don't think he would've the second time either.

Nobody can do it alone---Fact. Shit, KD cant even do it with a great team around him lol

 

[trojanfan12]

How many rings Lebron had if he never went to Miami would depend on where he went.

For example:

If he stays in Cleveland, he has zero.

If he went to the Lakers, he and Kobe just celebrated their 6th straight title.

 

[broncosmitty]

Nobody can do it alone---Fact. Shit, KD cant even do it with a great team around him lol

Yeah.

Pretty much ery Championship team has had and will have Atleast two HOFers on it. Aside from my 04 Stones.

But that was partly cuz Kobe is a little bitch anyway.

 

[trojanfan12]

Pretty much ery Championship team has had and will have Atleast two HOFers on it. Aside from my 04 Stones.

Well Jagger and Richards are obviously first ballot HOF'ers. But I think Charlie Watts and Ron Wood have a strong case as well. So the '04 Stones actually had 4 HOF'ers.

 

[shopson67]

What does where I come from have to do with the actual NBA attendance stats? Yall can claim Miami Heat fans are bandwagoners, but the attendance number doesn't back it up. This is the reality of the situation. Miami Heat fans support the Heat when they are bad, Cavs fans don't. That's just the way it is.

Heat attendance was mediocre in 2009 and 2010 when the team was struggling. Pretty poor 2004 and earlier as well.

Florida fans in general don't show up unless the team is winning. I remember Heat teams back in the Mourning era even having playoff games with empty seats. Atlanta has a similar history.

 

[gordontrue]

Miami was one of 9 teams with 100% attendance this season. That is pretty awesome.

I'll be surprised if that remains for next season.


Every sports team has an attendance that correlates strongly to team success. That's not an indictment on a fan-base... that's just consumers being savvy.