D-Wade To Cleveland - CLE Now Strong Enough To At Least Challenge Golden State?
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Houston & OKC making the West very interesting. Meanwhile Cleveland looks to cruise to yet another East title.
What do you think of the Cleveland, Boston, Oklahoma and Houston off-season acquisitions?
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How will GSW look when the reach the finals, probably more battered than Cleveland. (GASP) do one of these newly retooled West teams overtake GSW? Highly unlikely but GSW's road TO the finals just got a little bumpier.
I put the west like this:
1. GSW
2A. HOU
2B. OKC
3. Spurs
4. Portland
I put the East like this:
1. CLE
2.
3.
4. Boston
5.
6A. Toronto
6B. DC
6C. Charlotte
I think losing Kyrie is a big loss, w/o him IMO CLE would have not won their championship.
I wouldn't be surprised the CLE chemistry is way off. Three 1/2 players (Rose, Wade, Thomas) should not equal or exceed one healthy, excellent player. LBJ may be good enough to carry them all, but he may start breaking down, too.
Don't count out TOR or WAS in the east.
OKC, Houston, and Spurs were always tough and look even scarier now. Don't forget about Portland with young Lilliard and CJ up there.
Still, it's all about my muthafuckin Warriors!
there is a team in the western conference that i think just might finish with a better record than the spurs and portland-don't sleep on the t-wolves.
The Cavs still don't have an answer for Kevin Durant or an answer for Steph Curry. They still don't have an elite defender and LeBron is no longer an elite defender. Thompson's probably their next best defender after LeBron, but can't guard the perimeter effectively against the Warriors backcourt and KD. I'm not sure that Wade and Thomas together are any better (worse probably) than Kyrie Irving and JR Smith together overall. Sure the bench is better, but you only really go 7 deep in the Finals. The best bench player is probably JR Smith and then Crowder. Rose probably starts until Thomas gets healthy unless they start Smith and run LeBron as point forward.
If the Warriors stay healthy, they still beat the Cavs in a short series unless the Thunder upset them. The Cavs are still easily the best team in the East though. Boston improved somewhat with Irving or Gordon Hayward, but lost two starters in Bradley and Crowder.
On a side note the stripper population in Clev seems fired up about him coming to town....