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Oct 16 2017 11:18am
Lmaoooo nvr seen randy so focused before

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Oct 16 2017 11:19am
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do wut

I think the Cavs got better, for sure.

One of their biggest weaknesses before was depth, which they lacked and couldn't compete with the Warriors. Now they have very, very solid depth.

They essentially swapped Kyrie Irving for IT, Crowder, Wade & Rose.


Yeah, I think they'll be fine lol.


so they essentially swapped Kyrie Irving for Crowder? lmao... (at least to start the season)

leave it to a blind homer to defend other blind homers. god i;ve seen it all
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Oct 16 2017 11:22am
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so they essentially swapped Kyrie Irving for Crowder? lmao... (at least to start the season)

leave it to a blind homer to defend other blind homers. god i;ve seen it all


Did Wade & Rose die, or?

I get that they are past their prime, but you're acting like they still can't be effective...


Wade averaged 18/4/4 last season
Rose averaged 18/4/4 last season

Granted, they obviously won't do that in Cleveland with so many options but these guys can still ball in supporting roles. Let LeBron, IT and Love carry the majority of the scoring and Wade/Rose can do what they do.

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Oct 16 2017 11:27am
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Did Wade & Rose die, or?

I get that they are past their prime, but you're acting like they still can't be effective...


Wade averaged 18/4/4 last season
Rose averaged 18/4/4 last season

Granted, they obviously won't do that in Cleveland with so many options but these guys can still ball in supporting roles. Let LeBron, IT and Love carry the majority of the scoring and Wade/Rose can do what they do.


Wade, at 36 (by the time IT is healthy), will be close to death on the court

IT may not even be 100% until 2018...

Rose is a bum... he's not going to help...

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Rose’s three-point shooting hit a career-low last season (21.7 percent) and he hasn’t hit over 30 percent of his threes since the 2013-14 season. Rose’s value as an NBA player is in doubt as it is. His inefficiency on offense and defense placed him 51st among 82 point guards per ESPN’s Real Plus Minus, and since missing the entire season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in 2012-13, Rose hasn’t ranked in the top half of the league’s most efficient scorers, per Synergy Sports. In fact, he hasn’t been worth more than a replacement player per Basketball Reference’s VORP.

To make the fit in Cleveland even worse, Rose scored just 0.8 points per possession when used as a spot-up shooter last season, with an effective field goal percentage of 39.2 percent, placing him in the bottom 20 percent of the league. He scored just 1.07 points per possession on cuts to the basket, also ranking him in the bottom 20 percent. Rose was even worse on his catch-and-shoot opportunities: 9 for 42 overall and a woeful 4 for 19 on wide-open attempts.



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Oct 16 2017 11:40am
Quote (AmineA @ Oct 16 2017 01:27pm)
Wade, at 36 (by the time IT is healthy), will be close to death on the court

IT may not even be 100% until 2018...

Rose is a bum... he's not going to help...


why you gotta do my boy like that...


drose still a god in every bulls fans eyes
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Oct 16 2017 11:53am
Quote (AmineA @ Oct 16 2017 01:27pm)
Wade, at 36 (by the time IT is healthy), will be close to death on the court

IT may not even be 100% until 2018...

Rose is a bum... he's not going to help...


Replacing Kyrie with IT, one All-Star for another. Kyrie is better, but very slightly especially considering the incredible season IT had last season (which was better than Kyrie's by the way).

Rose is a much better option than Deron Williams as a backup point guard, a MUCH MUCH better option. Williams was absolutely useless, Rose still has some game left, Williams had NONE.

Plus you're adding Wade and Crowder, depth (even though Crowder is prob starting) that they didn't have last year. Wade doesn't even need to play much, he's "starting" but he won't get huge minutes every night, they'll make sure he's rested through the season so he's good to go for the playoffs.


So yes, assuming IT returns this season the Cavs are in better shape.

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Oct 16 2017 12:03pm
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Replacing Kyrie with IT, one All-Star for another. Kyrie is better, but very slightly especially considering the incredible season IT had last season (which was better than Kyrie's by the way).

Rose is a much better option than Deron Williams as a backup point guard, a MUCH MUCH better option. Williams was absolutely useless, Rose still has some game left, Williams had NONE.

Plus you're adding Wade and Crowder, depth (even though Crowder is prob starting) that they didn't have last year. Wade doesn't even need to play much, he's "starting" but he won't get huge minutes every night, they'll make sure he's rested through the season so he's good to go for the playoffs.


So yes, assuming IT returns this season the Cavs are in better shape.


lol

Cavs lost their 2nd best player and replaced him with an older, crippled version of that player, who's even worse at defense; and a bunch of washed up Vets + Crowder. If anything they're about the same but I don't know how you can say they are definitively better... they're not...

Crowder is also a bitch.
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Oct 16 2017 12:04pm
Quote (AmineA @ Oct 16 2017 11:03am)
lol

Cavs lost their 2nd best player and replaced him with an older, crippled version of that player, who's even worse at defense; and a bunch of washed up Vets + Crowder. If anything they're about the same but I don't know how you can say they are definitively better... they're not...

Crowder is also a bitch.


You have Al Horford but want to call Crowder a bitch.

You Patriots fans are getting worse by the day.
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Oct 16 2017 12:05pm
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You have Al Horford but want to call Crowder a bitch.

You Patriots fans are getting worse by the day.


aren't you a lakers fan?
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Oct 16 2017 12:06pm
Quote (AmineA @ Oct 16 2017 02:03pm)
lol

Cavs lost their 2nd best player and replaced him with an older, crippled version of that player, who's even worse at defense; and a bunch of washed up Vets + Crowder. If anything they're about the same but I don't know how you can say they are definitively better... they're not...

Crowder is also a bitch.


Oh god, here we go.

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