Wade in OKC would have been a potential Nets like spacing, turn taking, nightmare. And that team would have had to spend all year figuring out how to keep the ball moving since none of those guys have ever played that way. LeBron and Bosh worked in Miami because LeBron loves to pass and Bosh willingly drifted outside.
OKC and Wade are better off without each other. Wade is likely way more willing to become the sixth man scorer Dion Waiters was supposed to be for the Cavs than any other team.
Him and Rose playing with Love while LeBron sits some might actually liven up all three. Even a gimpy Rose and Wade are still way more eager to drive and let Love drift, Irving was just as apt to pull up rather than drive. Considering how well that worked for Love using Rubio who was even less of a threat from anywhere.
I really like the Cavs seemingly accidentally backing into depth. And doing it at the start of the season, not near the end of the year like years prior when they added Smith/Mozgov, Frye, Williamses/"Bogut", etc. down the stretch runs. Because they'll be able to do that too again.
Jackal wrote:Did the strike of a few years ago actually work? These dudes are all teaming up..but it is in smaller market teams as opposed to NY, LA or Chicago.
Well, those teams haven't exactly been run competently or been in a position to bring in the assets. The Knicks did assemble Melo/DPOY Chandler/$100M man Amare together and win 50 games only to wind up with Phil turning half the roster into the 2011 Bulls but five years later and trying to force the triangle on it. Chicago's never really been a FA destination. Ever. Just a team others use for leverage.
The Clippers did it but had to draft two of their three. (Something the Cavs arguably also did.)
Brooklyn fucked their own franchise up and promoted Boston (and Philly) in the process.
Houston's a huge and growing market. So is the Bay Area. Toronto has done much better at keeping their players.