lakersin4 wrote:Nope that title easily goes to the Bulls.. Even with a healthy Rose I'm not sure they're better than the Wizards, & I highly doubt Rose will be healthy.. Yet it seems nearly everyone considers them at worst the #2 team in the east. My main complaint with the Cleveland hype is noone seems to mention that Love & Kyrie will most likely miss around 30 games each while their starting C will be lucky to play in 30 games.. But even then you still have Lebron, who has shown that he's enough to get the 1 seed in the East solo last time he was in Cleveland.
the problem with your theory is:
Love had one freak injury that cost him almost a season in 2013 but other than that he has only missed a big number of games in his second year 2010 where he played in 60 games then 2012 the 55 Games he played in are not bad because it was the lockout season and there where only 66 Games to play in..
so you have two years.. both where non related non chronical freak injuries to a young player
the other 3 years he played 81,73 and 77 Games wich is pretty normal
Irvings first year he played 51 Games..again out of 66 because 2012 was the lockout
the past two years he played in 59 and 71 Games... and both years it where minor injuries.. nothing that lingers... and he was held out each time by the TEAM way longer than needed because they werent making the playoffs anyway
2013 he was cleared to play 10 games before the season ended.. he was shut down by the Team for tanking reasons^^... so 2012 thats 69 Games he could have played in if the Games ment something
2014 he was held out 5 Games... thats 76 Games he could have played in if the Games ment something
like Love... nothing chronical
Varejao is the only injury concern i can agree on.. he is pretty fragile.. and his minutes have to be limited to propably 25 a game.. but as long as theres no reliable backup Center he propably needs to play 30+ wich is bad
