The Coward's Way: A Complete History Of The Decision That Ruined The NBA

[QUOTE] [INDENT] Chris Paul revealed he was almost traded to Miami to team up with LeBron and D-Wade, but the trade didn't happen because D-Wade didn't want to give up #3

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more help!

[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You;14888089]more help![/QUOTE]

That's insane considering the whole league freaked out and the owners veto'ed Chris Paul's trade to LA to play with a past prime Kobe.

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[i]allegedly[/i]

The funniest thing about it is that Lebron joined a stacked super team and promised "not seven..."....









And then proceeded to drop the most epic choke job in the history of the entire sport. :roll:


Weep it out, Bronie fluffers.

:lebroncry:

[QUOTE=mr4speed;14888076]And for me the worst thing I saw was the sound bite where Lebron said "not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6..." as a deliberate admission that this was expected to be a dynasty to yield enough rings so that Lebron could surpass Jordan's ring count. Then another sound bite after the great win against the Warriors "That one right there made me the greatest of all time" was just cringeworthy. I am not a Lebron hater but Lebron brings all this hostility upon himself with these quotes. Praise coming from other players will carry more weight than praising yourself. Just my opinion.[/QUOTE]
The ironic part is that LeBron wants to be liked but his actions and words garner the exact opposite. I don't think I've ever seen a GOAT tier player of a sport so disliked like he is. Every great has their detractors but with LeBron, either you love him or you hate him. He tried embracing the villain part during the first season with the Heat but you could tell he wasn't comfortable in that role. Personally I don't hate James, I rooted for him and the Cavs when they were down 1-3 to the GSW in '16 but with the way he carries himself on and off the court, he makes it too easy to dislike him, haha.

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“I never said it’s gonna be easy”

[I]cuts to a clip of him saying it’s gonna be easy[/I]

:roll:

[QUOTE=warriorfan;14888128][video=youtube;2_LUnTQHV4c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_LUnTQHV4c[/video]

“I never said it’s gonna be easy”

[I]cuts to a clip of him saying it’s gonna be easy[/I]

:roll:[/QUOTE]

Career compilation for this guy is going to be ugly as hell after he retires :roll:

Why do people only blame LeBron and not Wade? After all, it was his idea if the first place.

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[QUOTE=tpols;14888098]That's insane considering the whole league freaked out and the owners veto'ed Chris Paul's trade to LA to play with a past prime Kobe.[/QUOTE]

they didn't have an owner so that was a unique situation

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This part of it was maximum cringe, if you wanted to go to Miami (which by the way I called that way before many people here or in the media were talking about, most people here thought he was going to re-up with Cleveland) ... fine.

But don't do that.

The "not 5 ... not 6 ... not 7" bit was really stupid especially when you actually delivered no where close to that.

[QUOTE=warriorfan;14888128][video=youtube;2_LUnTQHV4c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_LUnTQHV4c[/video]

“I never said it’s gonna be easy”

[I]cuts to a clip of him saying it’s gonna be easy[/I]

:roll:[/QUOTE]
:oldlol:

[QUOTE=Soundwave;14888181]This part of it was maximum cringe, if you wanted to go to Miami (which by the way I called that way before many people here or in the media were talking about, most people here thought he was going to re-up with Cleveland) ... fine.

But don't do that.

The "not 5 ... not 6 ... not 7" bit was really stupid especially when you actually delivered no where close to that.[/QUOTE]

I just realized Bron is like the Trump of basketball. He just says whatever the fucc comes to his mind. No PR agent would've OK'd any of that shit.

I mean I still think Boston was catalyst for super team era. Still main point I disagree with op is thinking team hopping is over. Even with new cap eules(2nd apron) we’re in a league where you need multiple stars and if you only have one star, that star is leaving soon. Ik it’s kind of a loose definition of star but pacers didn’t even see one playoff run with their roster before trading for one in siakam and they’ve never traditionally gone star hunting. Weren’t wasting any of Haliburtons prime. Once in awhile you get a Luka 2022 run but you really need multiple stars to compete rn

[QUOTE=NBAGOAT;14887927]Joker already said luka can join him if he becomes unhappy in Dallas :lol. If Murray falls off and he’s had injury issues then Denver’s front office will go star hunting[/QUOTE]

Joker already won though, that comment about Luka seems more like wanting to play with a good friend( which they seem to be) moreso than deck stacking. Though that's obviously a potentially dominant pairing but I wonder how well they actually mesh oncourt. Luka is extremely ball-dominant so how does that mesh with Jokic's skillset and traits?