Nightwing wrote:my point is we have gone through sh*t hole and i would love us to win from there. i don't want the self entitled diva bailing us out (that's not even a sure thing if we can win given GSW right now) and if the lebron james experiment won't work? what now? he will dismantle us from top to bottom (look at cleveland now). the way i see it, he will not care about wearing the purple and gold or the honor of wearing it, he will just come here because he sees an opportunity with our young guys, because he's a legacy whore. he can't even stay in his "hometown" who we thought he cared so much.
people act like lebron james is our last hope. lebron is exiting his prime and you guys still want to risk it. i don't get it.
Sorry man, but I couldn't disagree with you more. Self entitled diva? With the defense he plays? I find it funny what an "oh snap!" moment it was when we all discovered Kyrie took the most shots in Cle. Certainly unbecoming of a Diva such as Lebron to not shout and make that fact known, right? But there we were.....totally unaware. If he's a 'self entitled diva'.....I shudder to think of what you'd call a guy like Melo. Or Westbrook. Or Harden. Or even PG. <---How many titles are we looking at there?
And nobody is acting like Lebron is the last hope. I don't even know what your talking about with that one. Paul George wants to come here (Apparently). There's little whispers about Westbrook (talk about RUINING our youth, and ball movement...give me a f** break!) and we're hearing rumors about Lebron. You got any other A-list players you know about? Lebron next year will be better than either of those 2 will ever be. AND....he's a much more willing passer. Much much much much much much more willing passer.
Who cares what his other motives are? You think he's gonna come half-arse it? For a guy who apparently cares so much about his legacy (btw....wouldn't all of you, if you were him?? Answer that honestly....wouldn't you be just a LITTLE interested in your legacy?) would come to LA and just mail it in? To think that guy's gonna come and just pick up his paycheck is to completely ignore the personality type that all these athletes are.
Age....prob your best (and only) argument....but the dude's 32. He'll be 33 when he comes (if he does). As long as he's still a top-10 player in the league.....I ask you again: Where's the list of better options?
And lastly...I take exception to your "we've gone through sh** hole" comment. Last I checked, we ended the season 3rd worst in the league. We done? Signing Ball just ended all that eh? Like Ingram did the year before....or maybe it was Russell? This team ain't through nothin. Your gonna turn your back on the best (maybe 2nd best now) player in the league.....cause we're past all that now?
You don't want Lebron cause you don't like him? Fair enough. That's your right. But this "self entitled diva" stuff is just rubbish. Go hit up a Dwight Howard, or Melo site please.
The guy will INSTANTLY throw us into the 2nd round of the playoffs at WORST.....giving our young core (who btw would all be like 24-25 when his contract expired with us) incredibly valuable playoff experience. He'd play defense.....demand nothing but top notch effort and skill (such a crime these days) from his teammates, and give Lonzo a run for his $$ on assist leader. You tell me how that's a 'failed experiment' if that's all we ever got out of it?
Jeez man.....you talk like we're last years champs, just lining up one potential A-lister after the next.
