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"The Decision" a year later......behind the scenes

  • jordo212000
    The heat were the favorite to win the championship after knocking off a dismantled Boston team.

    Okay....and I had said that just because the Cavs had the best record two years in a row didn't mean that they were the best team in the NBA those two seasons.

    I'm not really seeing the connection there....
    The best regular season record means absolutely nothing. The two teams who have been the most consistent at making the finals recently (Lakers and Celtics) are the two teams who put the least stock in the regular season. Both teams routinely sit players or sandbag for stretches of the regular season
  • killer_ewok
    jordo212000;826527 wrote:The best regular season record means absolutely nothing. The two teams who have been the most consistent at making the finals recently (Lakers and Celtics) are the two teams who put the least stock in the regular season. Both teams routinely sit players or sandbag for stretches of the regular season

    I understand that and agree....
  • jordo212000
    The best regular season record means absolutely nothing. The two teams who have been the most consistent at making the finals recently (Lakers and Celtics) are the two teams who put the least stock in the regular season. Both teams routinely sit players or sandbag for stretches of the regular season
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    I understand that and agree....
    Yeah I'm posting on my phone. I meant to quote the previous post. Looks like we're on the same page
  • BR1986FB
    Ya don't say...

    http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201107/lebron-james-mind-boggling-free-fall-continues
  • like_that

    It's only Cleveland fans. /Sarcasm
  • Y-Town Steelhound
    jordo212000;826527 wrote:The best regular season record means absolutely nothing. The two teams who have been the most consistent at making the finals recently (Lakers and Celtics) are the two teams who put the least stock in the regular season. Both teams routinely sit players or sandbag for stretches of the regular season

    It doesn't mean "nothing" other than it's not necessarily an indicator of who's going to win the championship. To say that a team is not a viable contender for a championship after having hte best record over an 82 game sample is both ignorant and asinine. I'm not saying that whoever has the best record is necessarily the best team in a given year (as we've seen) but you have to be a damn good team to have the best record...plain and simple.
  • Crimson streak
    If lebron stays with Cleveland the last year they easily would have been in the finals. And possibly won it. But shit happens, fuck lebron
  • killer_ewok
    Crimson streak;830408 wrote:If lebron stays with Cleveland the last year they easily would have been in the finals. And possibly won it. But shit happens, fuck lebron

    I'm not sure that they would've won it had they got there. Dallas looked damn good in the postseason.
  • Y-Town Steelhound
    Crimson streak;830408 wrote:If lebron stays with Cleveland the last year they easily would have been in the finals. And possibly won it. But shit happens, fuck lebron

    This is a tough one to predict because we don't know what the Cavs' roster would've looked like at that time. I would say it's reasonable to assume they would've at least made the finals assuming Boston still makes the Perkins trade. Whether or not they would've beaten Dallas though is a great question.
  • jordo212000
    Cavs would have probably made the Conference Finals, but it is really hard to say from there. Lebron playing for the Cavs would certainly have jumbled the NBA playoff picture. To me, the matchups would have ultimately decided whether the Cavs made it to the Finals.
  • Commander of Awesome
    turdo212000;826527 wrote:The best regular season record means absolutely nothing. The two teams who have been the most consistent at making the finals recently (Lakers and Celtics) are the two teams who put the least stock in the regular season. Both teams routinely sit players or sandbag for stretches of the regular season

    Not true, the Lakers/Celtics are consistently a top 4 playoff seed. Nice fail trolldo.
  • like_that
    Commander of Awesome;830742 wrote:Not true, the Lakers/Celtics are consistently a top 4 playoff seed. Nice fail trolldo.

    lol at trolldo speaking out of his ass again. All 3 of those titles that were won by the Lakers/Celtics were done when they were the #1 seed.
  • BR1986FB
    Y-Town Steelhound;830428 wrote:This is a tough one to predict because we don't know what the Cavs' roster would've looked like at that time.

    This. I have a feeling that they would've continued to try to bring in those magic "pieces" to get Lebron over the hump but who really knows what would've happened. Cavs had a few key injuries (Varejao for one) this year. Is it assumed this doesn't happen? Too many variables for me to predict anything.

    After he quit in Boston, in hindsight, we should've known he was out the door.