LOL SUPER TRIO

Indeed, I'm curious as to whether these 3 egos will be able to mesh playing together in a long-term situation. Everyone cites the All-Star Game and Olympics as their potential chemistry, but those are completely different scenarios. I do believe that they're probably the three biggest egos in the NBA right now (except AI and Shaq, maybe).

Poor NY, signing Amare... what's he going to do without a Hall of Fame PG setting him up and spacing out the floor for him? Probably a whole lot of nothing. I heard some rumors about a trade for Gilbert Arenas, but who knows.

Dallas can finally get rid of one of the most overpayed centers of all time in Erick Dampier. They resigned Brendan Haywood and have some pieces and cap space to make a significant move or two. The local buzz is about getting Ray Allen...

Lakers are still my favorite to win it all - They've added a solid PG in Steve Blake and PJ, the best coach in NBA history, is back on the bench. Showdown with Miami would be epic, but the Lakers did beat a stacked Celtics team with Kobe playing (relatively poorly) through multiple injuries, and no one really consistently stepping up.

phenris wrote:Indeed, I'm curious as to whether these 3 egos will be able to mesh playing together in a long-term situation. Everyone cites the All-Star Game and Olympics as their potential chemistry, but those are completely different scenarios. I do believe that they're probably the three biggest egos in the NBA right now (except AI and Shaq, maybe).

Poor NY, signing Amare... what's he going to do without a Hall of Fame PG setting him up and spacing out the floor for him? Probably a whole lot of nothing. I heard some rumors about a trade for Gilbert Arenas, but who knows.

Dallas can finally get rid of one of the most overpayed centers of all time in Erick Dampier. They resigned Brendan Haywood and have some pieces and cap space to make a significant move or two. The local buzz is about getting Ray Allen...

Lakers are still my favorite to win it all - They've added a solid PG in Steve Blake and PJ, the best coach in NBA history, is back on the bench. Showdown with Miami would be epic, but the Lakers did beat a stacked Celtics team with Kobe playing (relatively poorly) through multiple injuries, and no one really consistently stepping up.

I think they'll play well together. I think Bosh will be a consistent 15-20pts/10-15 rebound guy while Wade or LBJ carry the load throughout the season. They'll trade 30 pt games etc. LBJ's ego is massive, Wade and Bosh not as much. Their egos are liable to get bigger with all the hoopla surrounding them now though.

Amare = retard. IMO he took a chance going to NY where he thought he could persuade LBJ to join him, or at least another big name. Why else would he leave an already very good Suns team? NY will be one of the worst teams in the league again.

I still have hopes for a Kobe vs LBJ (now the trio) Finals but I'm not going to get my hopes up like I have in the past.

celtics lakers again, lakers in 5.

called it now.

also, i like chicago now

GoDz wrote:also, i like chicago now

Celtics got older, isn't Ray Ray going to a different team? Can't remember. I like Chicago too. I like Miami but not gonna get too excited till they fill the roster with some good role players.

celtics resigned ray allen for 2 years already. I think u're understating how good chris bosh is. He carried the raptors for 7 years. His post game and short range game is pretty hard to defend against and he'll get business taken care of in the paint. However, Now that the heat have fuck all money left for a center which they should be spending on (no poitn getting a point gaurd cause wade and lbj can just handle the rock) they're pretty fucked cause theres no quality center left or in their price range. The lakers front court will still destroy them. Their bench is is pretty empty for now too. Even if they build 10-15 point leads everynight they're just gonna watch it slip away while they are resting.

dark_tangent wrote:celtics resigned ray allen for 2 years already. I think u're understating how good chris bosh is. He carried the raptors for 7 years. His post game and short range game is pretty hard to defend against and he'll get business taken care of in the paint. However, Now that the heat have fuck all money left for a center which they should be spending on (no poitn getting a point gaurd cause wade and lbj can just handle the rock) they're pretty fucked cause theres no quality center left or in their price range. The lakers front court will still destroy them. Their bench is is pretty empty for now too. Even if they build 10-15 point leads everynight they're just gonna watch it slip away while they are resting.

Ya forgot they resigned RayRay. He carried the Raptors? To where? LOL.

There's two problems with judging players with good numbers:

1. Players on bad teams might have inflated numbers due to, well, bad team (POSSIBLY guys like Bosh and David Lee)
2. Players on good teams might have inflated numbers due to being around a good team (Turkoglu maybe? Richard Jefferson fits here and Amare probably fits here, I guess we'll find out soon)

Bosh's numbers may drop drastically, but they probably won't. I think Carlos Boozer's numbers will stay around the same 'cuz he'll be getting the rock from Derrick Rose instead of Steve Nash, both of whom are top 10-15 PGs in the league. Amare's will probably drop since NY doesn't have to good PG to speak of (if they do I've never heard of him, nor has it shown in the last decade).

I agree with Godz about Miami's lack of necessity of a good PG - LeBron and DWade should be able to cover that position. But Bosh isn't a natural center by any stretch of the imagination.

Heat may get big Z sup