Who has the most pressure to win this year?

An Unbiased Fan · Post #1 » by **An Unbiased Fan** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:24 pm

As we head near the playoffs, which player has the most pressure to win this year? Kobe, Lebron, Melo, Duncan, Dwight, Big 3, other?

Bomb_First · Post #2 » by **Bomb_First** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:27 pm

Lebron easily. Kobe, Duncan, Shaq are all really fighting for their 5th ring but they don't have nearly as much pressure on them as Bron. Melo kind of always slips under the cracks. He lost in the 1st round like 5 straight times but no one ever made a big deal about it. Orlando is always under the radar, so Dwight doesn't have that much pressure on him imo. Wade is fine.

OzzyAZ · Post #3 » by **OzzyAZ** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:28 pm

Raptors. Many predicted that they would sweep the finals.

glowsticks · Post #4 » by **glowsticks** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:29 pm

Lebron for sure. I guess you could make an argument for Mark Cuban.

Bomb_First · Post #5 » by **Bomb_First** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:31 pm

mindframe wrote:Lebron for sure. I guess you could make an argument for Mark Cuban.

Unless he can find a time machine, there isn't much more he can do. The Mavs are a nice team but a lot of their key guys are passed their primes

imonaboat · Post #6 » by **imonaboat** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:35 pm

The City of Cle.

JordansBulls · Post #7 » by **JordansBulls** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:46 pm

An Unbiased Fan wrote:As we head near the playoffs, which player has the most pressure to win this year? Kobe, Lebron, Melo, Duncan, Dwight, Big 3, other?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/stor ... -NBAChamps

Lakers - 19 votes
Cavs - 18 votes
Spurs - 8 votes
Celtics - 5 votes
Orlando - 3 votes

BubbaTee · Post #8 » by **BubbaTee** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:47 pm

Bomb_First wrote:
mindframe wrote:Lebron for sure. I guess you could make an argument for Mark Cuban.

Unless he can find a time machine, there isn't much more he can do. The Mavs are a nice team but a lot of their key guys are passed their primes

If I were a Mavs fan I'd be hard-pressed to be all that mad at Cuban anyways, considering what things were like before he got there. I mean, we're talking about a franchise that Jimmy Jackson almost sat out an entire year in order not to play for. That's about one step up from Danny Ferry picking Europe over the Clippers.

Wade2k6 · Post #9 » by **Wade2k6** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:50 pm

LeBron easily. You should expect the best player in the league to win at least 1 ring with a team winning 65+ games in the regular season for 2 straight years.

Bomb_First · Post #10 » by **Bomb_First** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:52 pm

JordansBulls wrote:
An Unbiased Fan wrote:As we head near the playoffs, which player has the most pressure to win this year? Kobe, Lebron, Melo, Duncan, Dwight, Big 3, other?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/stor ... -NBAChamps

Lakers - 19 votes
Cavs - 18 votes
Spurs - 8 votes
Celtics - 5 votes
Orlando - 3 votes

Shocked the Lakers got that many votes. Its not like their last title was a fluke. They made it the year before that also.

Bomb_First · Post #11 » by **Bomb_First** » Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:55 pm

BubbaTee wrote:
Bomb_First wrote:
mindframe wrote:Lebron for sure. I guess you could make an argument for Mark Cuban.

Unless he can find a time machine, there isn't much more he can do. The Mavs are a nice team but a lot of their key guys are passed their primes

If I were a Mavs fan I'd be hard-pressed to be all that mad at Cuban anyways, considering what things were like before he got there. I mean, we're talking about a franchise that Jimmy Jackson almost sat out an entire year in order not to play for. That's about one step up from Danny Ferry picking Europe over the Clippers.

He gets a lot of hate, but the man is willing to do just about anything to make the Mavs a contender. I thought they should have started rebuilding after the 08 playoffs, but he isn't about to forfeit the Dirk Era. A shame they ever traded Kidd. Prime Kidd and a Dirk would of been a nice team.

That Nicka · Post #12 » by **That Nicka** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:23 am

Cavs imo

Chosen01 · Post #13 » by **Chosen01** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:38 am

Cavs. /Thread

2. Mark Cubans Dallas

Benedict_Boozer · Post #14 » by **Benedict_Boozer** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 12:43 am

I would say Lebron.

Unless he pairs up with another star player in the future, this might be the best shot he gets supporting cast wise.

If Shaq comes back in decent shape, I would say it's put up or shut up time for Lebron.

Basileus777 · Post #15 » by **Basileus777** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 1:00 am

It's definitely LeBron. He has the supporting cast to win a title, if the Cavs don't at least win the Eastern Conference, LeBron deserves to get heat for it.

Ito · Post #16 » by **Ito** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:51 am

Why are we naming players? Teams win championships. Its the Lakers, Cavs and the Magic.. In that order.

But if we have to name players, then it's Lebron.

HouMac · Post #17 » by **HouMac** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:34 am

LeBron/Cleveland by far. Every superstar reaches a stage in his career where a championship is ALL that matters. LeBron's reached his. Cleveland will again have home court the entire postseason. Enormous pressure on LeBron to get it done this season.

After LeBron the 2 players/teams with the most pressure are Orlando and Denver. Both teams' season will be deemed a super failure without a championship.

Rendezvous · Post #18 » by **Rendezvous** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:08 am

Cleveland. everyone knows that.

Jimmy76 · Post #19 » by **Jimmy76** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:14 am

no more excuses for Bron

he's gotta win it this year

Ito · Post #20 » by **Ito** » Sat Mar 27, 2010 4:31 am

Why isn't it the Lakers tho? They won last year, and they just added even more talent... So did Cleveland I know, but everyone expected the Lakers to repeat and they do too