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exhawg said:
Maybe OKC or San Antonio the way he rolls.
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Don't see this happening given the character of these two organizations.
exhawg said:
I don't see him doing it, but this would be the time to come back to Cleveland because he could make it look like he took the Cavs from #1 pick in the draft to champions in a year. That would take heart, which we all know he doesn't have.
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Don't see this happening either. LeBron isn't going to a rebuilding team at this point in his career. Cleveland has some nice pieces but is still a few years away.
 
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Bucky32 said:
Don't see this happening either. LeBron isn't going to a rebuilding team at this point in his career. Cleveland has some nice pieces but is still a few years away.
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That may be true, but if staying in Miami is an option, going to Cleveland has to be as well. An argument can be made that LBJ with Cleveland's roster (especially once you add whomever they choose at #1 overall this year) is a better team than LBJ with Miami's roster.
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
That may be true, but if staying in Miami is an option, going to Cleveland has to be as well. An argument can be made that LBJ with Cleveland's roster (especially once you had whomever they choose at #1 overall this year) is a better team than LBJ with Miami's roster.
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Depends on what both teams do this offseason.

My guess for Miami is they somehow try to convince Wade to leave, pay Bosh and use the rest of their cap space on young role players that fit. LeBron and Spoelstra stay together.

Again, Cleveland has plenty of young talent, they just need consistency and experience to turn the corner. LeBron might look at that roster and consider it but they still lack any sort of identity. They have other problems too - no coach, chemistry issues, an owner who publicly berated him, and not much depth. It could happen, but right now I think Miami/another big market is more attractive.
 
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Bucky32 said:
Depends on what both teams do this offseason.

My guess for Miami is they somehow try to convince Wade to leave, pay Bosh and use the rest of their cap space on young role players that fit. LeBron and Spoelstra stay together.
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As has been said several times before, Miami can't send Wade elsewhere. They're hamstrung with him, which significantly limits virtually anything they can do in the way of getting better (which, of course, includes what you say here).

Again, Cleveland has plenty of young talent, they just need consistency and experience to turn the corner. LeBron might look at that roster and consider it but they still lack any sort of identity. They have other problems too - no coach, chemistry issues, an owner who publicly berated him, and not much depth. It could happen, but right now I think Miami/another big market is more attractive.
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What is it about Miami's roster that you think is so attractive? Wade isn't (and hasn't been for years) the really good Dwyane Wade that helped win a title in '06. Bosh can be good when he decides to show up, but he's still a 6'11" guy who doesn't want to have anything to do with the paint. Other than that, you've got old players (Allen, Battier, Haslem, Lewis, Jones) and other players who have hit their ceiling already and that ceiling just isn't that high (Birdman, Chalmers, Cole).

There really is nothing exciting about the Heat roster, outside of LBJ.

Contrast that with Cleveland. As you say, it's a lot of young talent, but there's much more going on there, with a young perennial all-star in Irving, some young talent in Waiters and Thompson, and an unknown in Bennett. And that's not even mentioning Deng and the #1 overall pick that they'll make in the next two weeks.
 
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buckeyesin07 said:
There really is nothing exciting about the Heat roster, outside of LBJ.

Contrast that with Cleveland. As you say, it's a lot of young talent, but there's much more going on there, with a young perennial all-star in Irving, some young talent in Waiters and Thompson, and an unknown in Bennett. And that's not even mentioning Deng and the #1 overall pick that they'll make in the next two weeks.
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I'm with you on this. I think you could add Lebron to over half of the rosters in the NBA, and any of those teams immediately become top title contenders. The Heat's non-Lebron roster is pathetic.
 
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