What's wrong with teaming up?

[DMV2]

What does it matter how your team is formed?
Stacked is stacked, and both the Heat and Thunder have significant advantages over their competition in terms of top heavy talent. The Thunder more so because their two stars are in their primes. Free Agency exists for a reason, and people really need to stop acting like using it to make a great team is "wrong"

It does matter because nobody drafts potential amateurs knowing 100% sure they'll be drafting an All-Star, a Superstar. Those draftees become one after development, after the fact. Some also become busts.

All LeBron, we already knew he's an MVP caliber player. With Wade, we already knew his one of the greatest playoff performers. We already knew what we're getting with these guys.

[gts]

Where did you steal this post from Smookz

Real g m....thread titled "Super Teams and the death of the NBA"

[Smook A.]

Real g m....thread titled "Super Teams and the death of the NBA"

[DMV2]

So what is your argument? Are you saying that if they knew how good Westbrook and Harden would be they wouldn't have drafted them because they don't want a stacked team?

Was it that hard to comprehend?

Did you read the Harden thread? Almost all responses were saying he had no chance of being a leading scorer on a playoff team.

OKC could have drafted busts for all we know. They're going all in fully not knowing what the outcome of their draftees will be.

Signing a LeBron James type player, you know you're signing a 2-time MVP, the best player in the league.

That's the difference!

[sbw19]

[COLOR=Teal]Current era stars don't look at competing the way old-school legends do. Some like beating a game on easy-mode and get the job done, some don't. Be that as it may. Not everyone is the same.

What REALLY bothers me is the current structure of the Playoff seeding. Do away with seeding by conference and instead seed by record. No more super-team dominating weak conferences in the post-season kinda ish.
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[JT123]

Its not a matter of who is "stacked" or not, its how it comes together, are you really going to knock the Thunder for drafting well??? You can't because they did it the right way, there was no guarantee that Westbrook and Harden were going to turn out the way they did, people were saying Westbrook was going to bust for gods sake.

Let me ask you this, if Durant, Griffin and Chris Paul teamed up in the free agency, would you like it?

I wouldn't like it, but only because Durant already has a top 5 player at his side. If Durant had spent the first 7 years of his career on a team like the Kings with no other star players then I would be fine with it. There is no guarantee that a team with Paul, KD, and Griffin would win a ring. Somebody's touches and numbers would fall off significantly, so they would still face a lot of challenges.

[Fudge]

Lol @ comparing OKC's roster to Miami's. They're nowhere close in terms of overall talent. Miami's by far the most stacked team since the 04 Lakers.

[Beastmode88]

Can't beat em join em.

[gts]

never going to happen... this would entail all 4 taking a 10 million dollar per year pay cut...

[Beastmode88]

never going to happen... this would entail all 4 taking a 10 million dollar per year pay cut...

They make enough money from sponsorships and miami is tax free. cHeat will 4peat.

[JT123]

Lol @ comparing OKC's roster to Miami's. They're nowhere close in terms of overall talent.

Agreed. Let's compare
Westbrook and Jackson >>>>>>>>>>>>> Chalmers and Cole
Wade > Sefolosha
Ibaka >>>>>> Bosh (Ibaka provides everything Bosh does on offense plus elite rim proetction)
Perkins > Battier/Lewis (Perkins is the best post defender in the league)
Lebron > Durant (These 2 are equal in talent, Lebron just has more heart)

Add in Caron "3 point shooting machine" Butler and OKC is the league's most stacked team since Jordan's Bulls!

[Fudge]

Agreed. Let's compare
Westbrook and Jackson >>>>>>>>>>>>> Chalmers and Cole
Wade > Sefolosha
Ibaka >>>>>> Bosh (Ibaka provides everything Bosh does on offense plus elite rim proetction)
Perkins > Battier/Lewis (Perkins is the best post defender in the league)
Lebron > Durant (These 2 are equal in talent, Lebron just has more heart)

Add in Caron "3 point shooting machine" Butler and OKC is the league's most stacked team since Jordan's Bulls!

Put your helmet back on, retardo.

[Black and White]

Agreed. Let's compare
Westbrook and Jackson >>>>>>>>>>>>> Chalmers and Cole
Wade > Sefolosha
Ibaka >>>>>> Bosh (Ibaka provides everything Bosh does on offense plus elite rim proetction)
Perkins > Battier/Lewis (Perkins is the best post defender in the league)
Lebron > Durant (These 2 are equal in talent, Lebron just has more heart)

Add in Caron "3 point shooting machine" Butler and OKC is the league's most stacked team since Jordan's Bulls!

As seen in game 3.

[Threethrows]

Are you suggesting that a team making smart draft choices and developing players using a system is comparable to 3 all-stars (2 being superstars) teaming up in their primes via free agency???

Yeah, Boston drafted Garnet and Allen at just the right time! Let me guess trading is ok but free agency is not?

[JT123]

As seen in game 3.

What was wrong with his game 3?
He didn't shoot a lot, but he didn't need to. The Heat as a team shot almost 52 percent. He knew he wasn't gonna outscore the Spurs by himself, and figured the best way to get the team to up the defensive intensity was to get them involved on offense. Hard to respect the intelligence of anyone who thinks last night's game would have been closer with him shot jacking the entire 2nd half.