Let's be honest - The Cavs are running away with the East next year

[2010splash]

LeBron took trash teams with Mo Williams as the #2 to 66 wins and the 2nd greatest home record in NBA history in 2009. Then took those same scrubs to 61 wins in 2010. Before that led even worse trash to the Finals.

Now he's got a star in Kyrie and a future star in Wiggins. I mean, can you imagine two freaks like LeBron and Wiggins hounding other teams' backcourt? It's going to be suffocating defense and easy fastbreak points all day long.

Cavs winning it all next year imo.

East:

1. Cavs
2. Bulls
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Pacers
6. Heat
7. Bobcats
8. Hawks

Heat are going to suck.

[TiagoSimoes]

cavs will NOT be an elite defensive team, of the players who will play more minutes they have like 2 or 3 good defenders, that is not enough.
Along with their lack of experience, i dont think it will be as easy as you think, but lets see.

and they are definetly not winning a title this season

[FatComputerNerd]

cavs will NOT be an elite defensive team, of the players who will play more minutes they have like 2 or 3 good defenders, that is not enough.
Along with their lack of experience, i dont think it will be as easy as you think, but lets see.

and they are definetly not winning a title this season

Lebron
Varejao
Thompson
Wiggins
Delly

-all elite defenders, or at worst good defenders.

Irving and Waiters will both continue to improve defensively, and we don't even know what our final roster will look like at this point. Bennett's mass should allow him to be a good defender too, assuming he keeps himself in shape.

We may not be the best defensive team in the NBA, but I don't see us as being weak.

[TiagoSimoes]

Lebron
Varejao
Thompson
Wiggins
Delly

if u keep thompson it means ur not getting love, which lowers ur chances even more. anyways, i dont think thompson is that good at D, dellavedova wont have that many minutes to make enough impact. Varejao is injury prone, wiggins will probably be good/great at D from the get go, and lebron cant cover everyone.

top 10/15 defense at best imo

[SilkkTheShocker]

Spurs are only team that could beat them. LeBron will do what he always does and wipe his ass with KD, Chicago, and Indiana

[ThePhantomCreep]

LeBron's new supporting cast couldn't make the playoffs. In the East.

Are you bandwagoners retarded?

[hangintheair]

I think they will gonna be adjusting for a while. They need build chemistry first, the only player left as Lebron's teammate is Varejao. They have a new coach and the players like Irving and Waiters need to have maturity in their game.

[red1]

no they aren't

[ralph_i_el]

LeBron's new supporting cast couldn't make the playoffs. In the East.

Are you bandwagoners retarded?

his old supporting cast on the cavs was the worst team in the league without him they were still a contender with him

[DMAVS41]

LOL...no

They won't make the finals next year unless they make a few moves.

[HurricaneKid]

Zero shooting. Some outright awful defenders. This is a team that lost its best or second best player in Deng off a 10 seed in the East before adding LeBron.

If this team makes it to the Finals it would be an amazing accomplishment. They have ZERO chance of beating SAS/LAC/OKC.

[chazzy]

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[RoundMoundOfReb]

Too young right now...wel see how they round out their roster though