Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 428082)

I like this article: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...simmons/100708

I think he's wrong about how successful they will be. He talks about the lack of quality role players they will have and how that will make them a sub-50 win team who won't win a championship. That's crazy. Almost everyone in the NBA can hit an open 15 footer. And the other two guys on the floor with these three All Stars will be shooting nothing but open jumpers and pulling down a bunch of rebounds since their guy will be doubling someone else every single minute of the game. They don't really need a point guard because during the first three quarters, the point guard will only be bringing the ball up the floor and during the final 5 minutes of any close game, he won't touch the ball at all. Sure there will be times when someone is injured or a couple of them need a breather during which the Heat will look like a CBA team, but you can't match up with them when all three are on the floor. Impossible.

If they all end up on the same team, it will be pretty fun to watch, but I don't think it will be good for basketball. Wade and Lebron need to be on different teams and they should be battling each other for rings and talking trash and building rivalries.

My Boston buddy had it right. Would Jordan do something like this? No fucking way. He'd intentionally not sign with the Heat and would drop 50 points on Wade's and Bosh's heads in Miami every time he came into town. Lebron and Wade will be morphed into LeDwayne or LeWade and Bosh will be shoved to the side in people's memories. They may love to play together, but I think this is a mistake. Lebron should be looking for balance. Instead, the Heat will have a team with two Jordan wannabes. Take it from the Yankees. You can't win a championship when you have 4 clean up hitters hitting in a row.

And yes, I am disappointed.

TM

eta: If Lebron signs with the Heat, you know what this is like? It's like when you're playing pickup and for some weird reason a monster team forms to get next. The two best scorers, best rebounder and two other big guys who can play. They want to run the court for as long as possible, sure. But inevitably the best guys says, "This is silly, I'll go on the other squad and you pick up Hank to make it more fair." And then that guy tries his best to destroy the monster team and everyone on his team kills themselves to make it happen. But every once in awhile, you get that group of jackasses on a monster team that only cares about staying on the court. Do they earn respect because they run the court? Nah. Not really. They just end up annoying people.

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 428085)

Wait a minute. None of what I said is legal advice. BnB knows I'm not admitted in Florida. To be fair, no one knows I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 428087)

At this point I'll take anything ANYTHING that might prevent a Laker threepeat. Build me a team out of tinkertoys and bionic parts if necessary, but I can't take the hype of a fucking threepeat here. Maybe the entire East could merge into a single superteam or something?? But make it quick.

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 428088)

OK, so you're practicing in a jurisdiction where you're not admitted. Have the multi-state rules been adopted in Florida or is this another matter where you need to notify your carrier?

Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 428091)

So the Current Rage, at least on LA's Westside, has been the Rise of the Food Truck. The Food Truck sets up shop on a given street during lunch hours (or late night) and serves up anything from tacos to burgers to whatever. (If I understand correctly, ncs and Mr. Man probably have one parked on their street every day.) People learn of the upcoming schedule of the trucks, naturally, by Twitter.

Some of the Food Trucks have pretty excellent stuff, some trend toward the mediocre or the stupid. The Summer Slurpee Truck is, I think, one of the stupid.

Uh, carry on.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 428086)

i dunno. LA has 1 superstar and some great role players. they just beat 3 (maybe 4) "superstars" with really solid backups. I mean, they'll win 50, especially the first year, but the championship is another thing.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 428086)

good point. Jordan didn't ditch when things got tough. and moving to a team that is stacking the deck says he ain't the new Michael, at all. in a way, it almost says LeBron ain't even equal to DWade.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 428086)

EDIT- the wildest thing i learned in that article is that Darko signed for $5 million a year. NWTF? Minnesota thinks something of his talent has been left on the table? Poor poor Laimbeer

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 428086)

EDIT- the wildest thing i learned in that article is that Darko signed for $5 million a year. NWTF? Minnesota thinks something of his talent has been left on the table? Poor poor Laimbeer

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop (Post 428090)

"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."

Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 428091)

So the Current Rage, at least on LA's Westside, has been the Rise of the Food Truck. The Food Truck sets up shop on a given street during lunch hours (or late night) and serves up anything from tacos to burgers to whatever. (If I understand correctly, ncs and Mr. Man probably have one parked on their street every day.) People learn of the upcoming schedule of the trucks, naturally, by Twitter.

Some of the Food Trucks have pretty excellent stuff, some trend toward the mediocre or the stupid. The Summer Slurpee Truck is, I think, one of the stupid.

Uh, carry on.

Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 428091)

So the Current Rage, at least on LA's Westside, has been the Rise of the Food Truck. The Food Truck sets up shop on a given street during lunch hours (or late night) and serves up anything from tacos to burgers to whatever. (If I understand correctly, ncs and Mr. Man probably have one parked on their street every day.) People learn of the upcoming schedule of the trucks, naturally, by Twitter.

Some of the Food Trucks have pretty excellent stuff, some trend toward the mediocre or the stupid. The Summer Slurpee Truck is, I think, one of the stupid.

Uh, carry on.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 428089)

the problem hasn't been the East. the East has too many competitive strong teams that beat shit out of each other to see who plays the Lakers, while the Lakers are watching Steve Nash run around pretty.

Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 428091)

So the Current Rage, at least on LA's Westside, has been the Rise of the Food Truck. The Food Truck sets up shop on a given street during lunch hours (or late night) and serves up anything from tacos to burgers to whatever. (If I understand correctly, ncs and Mr. Man probably have one parked on their street every day.) People learn of the upcoming schedule of the trucks, naturally, by Twitter.

Some of the Food Trucks have pretty excellent stuff, some trend toward the mediocre or the stupid. The Summer Slurpee Truck is, I think, one of the stupid.

Uh, carry on.

Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 428091)

So the Current Rage, at least on LA's Westside, has been the Rise of the Food Truck. The Food Truck sets up shop on a given street during lunch hours (or late night) and serves up anything from tacos to burgers to whatever. (If I understand correctly, ncs and Mr. Man probably have one parked on their street every day.) People learn of the upcoming schedule of the trucks, naturally, by Twitter.

Some of the Food Trucks have pretty excellent stuff, some trend toward the mediocre or the stupid. The Summer Slurpee Truck is, I think, one of the stupid.

Uh, carry on.

Originally Posted by John Phoenix (Post 428096)

Curbside Cupcake, a food truck that notifies people of its stops on Twitter, is doing quite well in DC.