Thread: NBA 2008-09 Season

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

I suppose if they chanted YOUR NAME followed by the phrase...."is a tool"...does that mean it's true?

In my case, yeah it's true.

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

1. NO
2. NO

Neither team would do it for either practical reason nor PR reason.

Re-read what I said about taking everything out of the equation except trying to win championships in the near future. The Heat would trade Wade for Lebron in an instant, the Cavs would never trade Lebron. Probably not even for Kobe.


Sandra

Originally Posted by SandraC

Wade is in the discussion, but is not EASILY one of the top three players in the world. It's partly because of his height.

There are a lot of others who are also part of that discussion. Wade is just one of them.

Again...can the Cavs win the championship right now? Yes.

Trade Lebron for Wade and can Wade lead the Cavs to the championship? No way.

Same goes for Kobe Bryant, so Wade is third at best...he's in the discussion for third, anyway.


Sandra

How good a player is has NOTHING to do with his height. Neither does the MVP. Ask Shaq, he should have CLEARLY won it a few years a go and they gave to someone more than a foot smaller in Steve Nash.

IF you were to trade Wade for Lebron straight up, Wade would get the nod because he HAS lead a team to the NBA championship. Don't think that for one minute that the Heat team that won the NBA championship was lead by Shaq....that was ALL Wade.

Originally Posted by SandraC

Re-read what I said about taking everything out of the equation except trying to win championships in the near future. The Heat would trade Wade for Lebron in an instant, the Cavs would never trade Lebron. Probably not even for Kobe.


Sandra

Again, IF you ask Miami, you would get the same answer as if you asked Cleveland or ask LA. ALL would say no.

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

Again, IF you ask Miami, you would get the same answer as if you asked Cleveland or ask LA. ALL would say no.

I don't think you're right here, I think they would be smart and do it in a second. Just my opinion.


Sandra

Originally Posted by SandraC

I don't think you're right here, I think they would be smart and do it in a second. Just my opinion.


Sandra

Yes...that IS your opinion....but you live in NEITHER of these cities...so the information you would get is national and somewhat generic. If you were to get local info, NONE of those cities would do the trade.

Originally Posted by salsadancer7

Yes...that IS your opinion....but you live in NEITHER of these cities...so the information you would get is national and somewhat generic. If you were to get local info, NONE of those cities would do the trade.

I already said I'm putting this trade in a vacuum and making it solely about which player has a better chance of leading either team to the championship. That has nothing to do with where you live, and it's not about cities. Cities don't trade players anyway, teams do.

I'm leaving Wade's injury history out of this too.

Just talking about who is the better player (which is where this started), Lebron would give the Heat a better chance at a championship than hey have now. Wade would not give the Cavs a better chance than they have with Lebron.


Sandra

Originally Posted by SandraC

Wade is in the discussion, but is not EASILY one of the top three players in the world. It's partly because of his height.

There are a lot of others who are also part of that discussion. Wade is just one of them.

Again...can the Cavs win the championship right now? Yes.

Trade Lebron for Wade and can Wade lead the Cavs to the championship? No way.

Same goes for Kobe Bryant, so Wade is third at best...he's in the discussion for third, anyway.


Sandra

I actually like Chris Paul as #3 "in the world".

I just drove by a parking lot with a basket on it, and all the kids there were working on their "Crab Dribble".