דעת כתבי ה-NBA ברחבי העולם בקשר לטרנספר של שנאת לברון

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הדיון הוא על השאלה ששאלתי את הגולשים:

האם השנאה ללברון תועבר ממיאמי לקליבלנד?

 

Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: Yeah, it’s exactly the same. Except, y’know, completely different. From the moment of The Decision, what LeBron JamesDwyane Wade and Chris Bosh did was more irritating and weenie. Three in-their-prime franchise players were ganging up on the league, preferring the shortcut of buddy ball when they should have been butting heads as rivals. Wade already had a ring, so he seemed greedy. Bosh was gladly accepting a diminished role, so he seemed needy. And James dumped his “hometown” team and their shared quest like some family man wigging out for a Corvette and a blonde. Had James chased a super team this time to L.A. or New York, that might have felt more like 2010 redux. But it’s Cleveland — Cleveland — the puppy-in-a-cage-with-Sarah-McLachlan-music of pro sports cities. James is different, too, a winner who can mentor and boost Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving to their first postseason appearances. So no, I don’t feel about this the way I did about the Heat four years ago. Sounds to me like only cranky Miami partisans would.

This is the first of many magazine covers for the Miami Heat's Big 3!

Is the Cavs’ new Big 3 really any different than the Heat’s old one?

Fran Blinebury, NBA.com: Yes, I feel all tingly, like soda bubbles going up my nose. Let’s face it. LeBron James could join Pink Floyd and play on the Dark Side of the Moon and everything he does/doesn’t do will draw gross overreaction in the age of Twitter. Of course, a large part of what the 2010-11 Heat perceived as unfair demands on them was self-inflicted. “Not one, not two, not three…” Dwayne Wade had won a championship and been MVP of The Finals. Chris Bosh was already a five-time All-Star. Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving have never played a single playoff game. LeBron, it seems, has learned his lesson and is preaching patience. So should we. But we won’t.

Jeff Caplan, NBA.com: This is different. There was so much anger toward LeBron over the way he left Cleveland, plus added outrage over these three superstars having planned their South Beach union — Magic Johnson never would have signed on with Larry Bird, by gosh! — that these guys became villains. People wanted to see them lose and watched hoping beyond hope that they would.This time, there’s no hate. LeBron went home to make amends for goodness sake. There’s no collusion. Name one reporter who ever put the names LeBron James and Kevin Love together prior to LeBron announcing his decision to go back to Cleveland. Their union is in the name of fortunate timing. But to the original point, the level of contempt toward LeBron fueled that thing and slowly he was able to reverse that by winning. The new Cavs could become like the old Lakers or Bulls — universally cheered (except by fans in direct rival cities). The “sports hate” element can add some real spice, but there’s just none of it this time around.

Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com: Probably better. This doesn’t feel like the same circus as when LeBron went to Miami. There will be a white-hot spotlight and there will be issues along the way, but James is more mature now. He is home. Settled. When those issues come up, it won’t have that “the world is ending” feel.

John Schuhmann, NBA.comNo. Even though there was clearly a handshake deal on the Kevin Love trade before LeBron announced that he was “coming home,” this still feels like the “coming home” part was more important than constructing a super team right away. We’ll still evaluate these Cavs like any championship contender and point out their shortcomings when they’re not playing like the best team in the league, but the motivation behind their construction, at least from my perspective, feels different than that of the Heat in 2010. Bringing one championship to Cleveland would mean more for LeBron than bringing two or three more to Miami.

Sekou Smith, NBA.com: Same way. Like it or not LeBron, this is your life. Wherever you go the enormous expectations are sure to follow. I would argue that the 2010-11 Miami Heat were much better equipped to handle the rigors of the championship chase than a Cleveland Cavaliers team with two stars (Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving) who have never experienced the intense heat that is playoff pressure. I wasn’t convinced the Heat would measure up to the whole “not one, not two, not three” craziness.

Lang Whitaker, NBA.com’s All Ball blogLeBron did a pretty good job, right from the start, of tamping down expectations. He obviously learned from the “Not one, not two…” speech in Miami, which never went away. So in that Sports Illustrated article he set the tone by noting it would take some time, that it wouldn’t happen right away. It reminds me of when college football coaches talk to the media the week before the game, and no matter who they’re playing, whether it’s an SEC powerhouse like UGA or the Sisters of the Poor, the coach always praises the opponent in an over-the-top manner, just to give them an out in case they lose. It was a nice try by ‘Bron, but I ain’t buying it. The Cavs and the Bulls are the class of the East. So yeah, expectations should be high for Cleveland.

 

Simon Legg, NBA AustraliaNot quite, because they don’t have Dwyane Wade. Don’t get me wrong, this Cavs team looks potent and they can certainly win it all this season but I don’t think they’re going to be as good defensively as the Heat were in their strongest years. History tells us that you need to be a top-10 team defensively to make it to the Finals. For the Cavs to challenge the top 10, they need Varejao there when it matters most. If he goes down, who’s their backup center that offers rim protection? The easy argument here is to say that the Heat didn’t have a rim-protecting center either and that is true, but can Kevin Love sacrifice some of his offense in order to play steady defense like Chris Bosh did? It remains to be seen. Also, what LeBron James will we see? He tailed off defensively last season because he had to carry the scoring load without Wade at his best. LeBron won’t have to do as much offensively now he has Kyrie Irving and Love alongside him. If this means that LeBron goes back to his DPOTY type form then this team will be devastating.

Davide Chinellato, NBA Italia: When LeBron took his talents to South Beach, Miami instantly became the favorite for the ring. When he decided to come home, he didn’t turn Cleveland into the favorite. The Cavs are for sure the best in the East with their own Big Three, but I don’t think they’re a lock for the ring as those 2010 Heat were. Even if LeBron-Love-Irving make a scary trio. Maybe it’s the Heat experience talking: 4 straight Finals, 2 rings. Lon-term, though, I think the Cavs’ Big Three can do better.

Stefanos Triantafyllos, NBA Greece: It’s not quite the same. But, to be honest neither is LeBron. Wade and Bosh were more experienced than Love and Irving. They had proven that they can lead their teams to a winning basketball type of play. Love and Irving don’t have playoff experience, although they don’t lack talent or potential. They have the All-Star quality and if we take into consideration the fact that LeBron of 2014 is better than the LeBron of 2010, I am pretty sure that the Cavaliers will be the favorite team to win East.

Marc-Oliver Robbers, NBA Deutschland: It’s more complicated. On the one hand you can say that LeBron has learned from his mistakes, from The Decision and so on. As fans, you revel in the homecoming story. But on the other hand it would be a better feel-good story, if he would have tried it with the young core, with Wiggins and Bennett. Just build up the team from the button as he wrote in his SI lette

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לפוסט הזה יש 12 תגובות

    1. לפי מה אתה קובע את זה?
      לברון כיום יותר מנוסה ויודע מה צריך כדי לזכות באליפות, לראיה הצוות שהוא אוסף סביבו וחוסר האמירה שלו של אליפות השנה.

  1. יש משהו שמעניין אותי מאוד לגבי לברון. הרי גם אוהביו הגדולים ביותר מודים שלברון יש יתרון פיסי אדיר על כל הסמול פורווד שיש בליגה והוא הרי למעשה חזק גם ממרבית הפאורים. עכשיו הבנתי שהוא רזה ב10 קילו. שאלתי האם זה לא אמור לפגוע ביתרון שיש ללברון על כל השאר, זאת אומרת שעכשיו כל סמול במי מדים רגילים יוכל לשמור עליו

  2. סיטי מפסידה באתיחאד לפאקינג סטוק!!!!! איזה נצחון ענק למארק יוז!!

    ומי מבקיע?? מאמא ביראם דיוף, שחקן שלנו לשעבר!!! איזה גול גדול.

    עוד רבע שעה מתחיל חתיכת משחק- אברטון בגודיסון פארק מאחרת את צ'לסי.

    מוריניו מול לוקאקו ודייגו קוסטה בהרכב.
    משחק משחק.

  3. הכל תלוי בהגנה של קליבלנד. אם בלאט יצליח לייצב קבוצת הגנה בלי פציעות, הם יהיו טובים מאוד. ועדיין לא פייבוריטים – קבוצה חדשה צריכה נס כדי לקחת אליפות. מי שלא תגיע מהמערב תהיה פייבוריטית.

  4. לך תדע יניב אולי כמו ג׳ורדן הוא מתכוון להביא משהו חדש למשחק
    שלו…
    אולי זה להפחית מסה על מנת לא להיפצע על זה מנחם יכול לענות.

  5. השורה התחתונה היא שהחזרה הביתה של לברון לא תגרום לאותה השנאה כמו במיאמי. אם קליבלנד תצליח, יאהבו את לברון.

    1. 1+ נראה הכי הגיוני.
      לנתן לשחק 2 לא יודע,הקליעה שלו לא מספיק יציבה בשביל לשחק 2,כמו כן גם אם הוא יעבור לשחק 2 עדיין היריבים מנגד יוכלו לשים עליו 3 ולהקשות עליו.
      האמת שזה הולך להיות מעניין מאוד המעקב מה לברון יעשה בלי היתרון הפיסי שלו

  6. ללברון עדיין יהיה יתרון אתלטי. הפחתת משקל היא צעד מאריך קריירה, ג'ורדן, ריי אלן ואחרים גם כן התמחו בזה. מבחינת המשחק שלו לברון לא ניצל מספיק את יתרון הכוח בכל מה שקשור למהלכי פוסט, אלא רק בכניסה לסל.

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