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Rose to LeBron: I can take you or leave you
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![]() he's smart. period.
he knew that Lebron or Wade on Chicago just wouldnt work well for the overall style of the team... they are too ball dependent. when all is said and done and Noah is back healthy, they will come out of the east. just watch. |
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People said that Wade and Lebron could never coexist.... and yet they've merged into the most potent tandem in the league since Pippen and Jordan. Lebron would have made CHI's defense even BETTER than it already is and would have taken a ton of pressure off of Rose. When Rose is at home watching the NBA Finals on TV he may rethink his words. |
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Rose, Noah, Deng, acquiring Boozer... you put a Wade or Lebron on that team and the whole nucleus of the team (including Rose's value especially) goes out the window. In Miami, you put Wade and Lebron on a team filled with scrubs and its easy for those two to go off, because theres no one else on that team required to do anything but run up and down the court and watch. Chicago's team is perfect, everyone knows their role and everyone contributes. Rose was bang on about his desire to get JJ on that team because he would have fit in gloriously. |
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![]() Hard for me to analyze this one.
First, what I like the most out of this is precisely the "take it or leave it" sort of attitude, where Rose says that if LeBron really wants to go to Chicago, he won't make the team jump through a bunch of hoops to get him. There is some sensibility in that position. Still, a lot of it reads like a guy who would rather not let the ball out of his hands. I love a guy with confidence, but LeBron is the best player in the league; don't let your pride get in the way of acquiring an asset like that. You can say that Rose knew they wouldn't gel well, but I don't think anyone could know that in advance. I really thought that Wade and LeBron would do terribly together but you see lately how they've been able to find a balance. During the off-season, I really thought that Chicago was the best place for one of LeBron, DWade, or Joe Johnson, and I was surprised when none of them went there. So on the one hand, I love the confidence of Rose (and I think he does have MVP in his future) but I also think it's hard to deny that LeBron could've been beneficial. |
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![]() Considering the makeup of the team, he might be right. Joe Johnson would have been a nice fit. I really haven't like Deng's defense since he came back from injury. It's not hard to see Lebron being a huge upgrade on that side of the ball, but I can see where the timing isn't just right for a guy like Rose, and where much of the team is with their careers. They deserve a chance to raise the level of their games at this point.
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Lebron has had minimal problems "molding his game" to fit what MIA's doing... and he's been a key for them defensively. Ignoring the potential benefit of having the best player in the league on your team is silly IMO. |
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![]() Maybe Rose saw the media fiasco Bron not only created but milked, and didn't want his team to have to deal with that sort of thing in the lockerroom. Maybe he saw the dude that quit in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals and didn't want to go into battle with him.
Chances are it all adds up and Rose would have rather beaten him in the playoffs than played with him on the same team. Can't say I blame him. |
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![]() I'm not claiming that Rose is better than Bron, but I bet he thinks he's on the same level. He kind of has this quiet, yet unparalleled bravado to him, and I admire that. Bull-headed perhaps, or Stalin-esque will power!
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