Basketball Thread!

[Vector Prime]

Can't believe the Heat lost to Cleveland yesterday despite LBJ's triple double.

At least they beat the Wizards today.

[blackie]

not surprised one bit

still shows you cant buy your way into success :P

[Vector Prime]

not surprised one bit

still shows you cant buy your way into success :P

Hater!

[blackie]

nope
not a hater
i lol at the amount of money they wasted on lbj and cb

[Vector Prime]

nope
not a hater
i lol at the amount of money they wasted on lbj and cb

LBJ's worth max dollars... Bosh? I don't think so.

They should have kept what they spent on Bosh and invested in other supporting players to complement Wade and LBJ instead.

Bosh is a 'soft' player and only stood out cause he was the lone 'star' in Toronto.

I don't think Stoudemire and Joe Johnson are worth that much either - they're pretty much one dimensional players and aren't 'franchise' players that you can build a team around.

[blackie]

miami didnt need to spend big bucks on someone like lbj when they won their last championship....
just sayin

[Vector Prime]

miami didnt need to spend big bucks on someone like lbj when they won their last championship....
just sayin

They did have Shaq remember? He wasn't cheap either... but I guess it's kinda different since they traded for him, but still, it's money.

[jazzcomp]

Can't believe the Heat lost to Cleveland yesterday despite LBJ's triple double.

At least they beat the Wizards today.

Haha Nba team always has a chance to win no matter how weak the team is.

They beat Wizards without Wall.

McGee's blocks were great though.

[jazzcomp]

Shaq signed a contract extension in 2005 after he arrived in Miami (and before they won the championship) for a 5-year-extension with the Heat for $100 million.
LBJ took a $15 million pay cut and his contract is 6 years for $110 million... do the maths, LBJ's was obtained cheaper than Shaq and is worth every cent and then more.

agreed
however
he wasnt worth anything like lbj, and decent players actually wanted to play at the team to win a championship, like boston was for the past few years.

Shaq was different then. Just having won with the lakers
Joe Johnson isn't worth that much but it's Atlanta's fault.

LBJ had the #1 team (W-L) in cleveland and just couldn't get over the hump.

[Vector Prime]

LBJ had the #1 team (W-L) in cleveland and just couldn't get over the hump.

LBJ should win another MVP based purely on the fact that Cleveland's gone from championship contenders to the worst team in the league - if that doesn't show that he's the leagues Most Valuable Player, I don't know what does.