KnicksGod wrote:DelaneyRudd wrote:KnicksGod wrote:
Listen, even if LeBron is already thinking about leaving the Cavs after his next contract (as this clown said), then it just confirms for me that he doesn't love being in C Land. Who already plans their departure if he loves being somewhere? No chance. "I love my wife and I'll agree to stay with her for three more years, then leave."
Ever heard of staying together for the kids?
In this case, those are his teammates or the fans I guess. I doubt they keep him there either. It will have to be because *LeBron* wants it and not others.
Again, my feeling is pretty clear:
LeBron is not enamored with C Land.
He's got itchy feet.
He loves New York.
He loves MSG.
He wants the Knicks to be a good team again.
He is not someone who thinks that highly of the Cavs' mediocre supporting cast. He likes playing with them, sure, and he likes them personally. But LeBron has a high, very high, basketball IQ. He knows that he's surrounded by average role players in Cleveland.
But if the Cavs win, he'll be forced to stay and a title will produce good feeling for him, the good feeling that being on the Cavs has not given him yet -- a true love for being there. He'd get some of that if they win, and he'd have a hard time explaining how he left a winner.
I think they have a good chance to win, ergo ....
But if not, all bets are off. LeBron would prefer a graceful exit from Cleveland IMHO. We'll see if it happens or other circumstances alter that result.
The other factor I'd mention is that LeBron knows that even if they win this year, their talent base is nothing special. I repeat: The Cavs are not winning a dynasty with a core of LeBron and Anderson 'No Offense' Varejao, Hickson, Jawad Williams ... and an aging Antawn Jamison. They'll have to get better for him to be able to win there consistently going forward. And getting someone to C Land won't be easy.
All things equal, I give the Knicks' immediate future prospects a distinct advantage over the Cavs right now, regardless of whether the Cavs win the title. Four major reasons:
1. Second max slot
2. Curry's expiring
3. Gallo, Wilson, Douglas, Walker >>> JJ, Jawad, Sideshow and ... and ... who else?
4. Attracting other free-agents to NY will be a lot easier than bringing them to Cleveland
first of all Varejao is a premier defender, he is 2nd in the +/- stat behind Lebron and ahead the likes of Howard and Kobe, Gallinari is a really soft player who even if he gets some points on offense he gives them up on defense anyway, Mo Williams would be the 2nd best player on the Knicks, he's had an allstar appearance, close to 44% from 3, and scores more points per game than the majority of the team in a much slower pace offense(which makes me wonder how Lee would do with someone like the Spurs).
if Lebron wants to play anywhere, it's with the Nets when they become the Brooklyn Nets, and by the way, the Knicks couldn't even surround enough talent around Patrick Ewing to win the championship in 15 years of time to do so, why would Lebron think the Knicks are capable of it now with a much worse roster?
Trivisonno works with WTAM 1100 which is the Cavs broadcast station, so he would have sources regardless of whether he's that reliable or not(and really, he's more for entertainment), and as for why it didn't show up on the Cavs board on realgm, is because realgm sucks in comparison to realcavsfans.com is the best cavs board on the internet, same with realgm rockets being not as active since Clutchfans is the best rockets board on the internet.
You guys should just get a bunch of talented players together(similar to how the Rockets are right now without Yao), and then try and wait for a superstar to emerge from the draft, or have a player(s) emerge who normally didn't get much playing time(like George Hill this year).
