Bladeneo said:
Garnett has mentioned on more than a few occasions that he felt he should have left the Twolves earlier than he did, and he agreed with Lebron's decision to go. But I see the point you're making. The Cavaliers have some good players, but it certainly says something when A) You can't manage to secure a decent free agent signing, even with the best player in the league on your team and B) Players like Jamison who started last year are now on the bench. Cleveland's two best supporting players, Mo and Varajeo (who I love), both shrunk into nothing in the playoffs and I really don't think Lebron had it in him to carry them yet again. On paper the Cavaliers had enough but those deep and talented role players simply came up short when it mattered, Shaq was signed for a series that never came and Hickson wasn't trusted to help Lebron. The Cavs were still leaps and bounds better than when LeBron arrived, obviously, don't get me wrong. I mean, the team he took to the finals consisted of Sasha Pavlovic, Daniel Gibson, a young and still too raw Varajeo and an oft-injured Big Z. That team wouldn't get to 20 wins without him really. |
They couldn't sign a free agent BECAUSE of Lebron and his contract which suggested he might leave.
Had he signed a regular contract, they would of eaisly signed free agents. The fact that he signed a shortened contract. (intentionally because of this situation by the way. It's not like he planned this AFTER they lost last year. The rumors that Lebron, Wade and Bosh were going to do this have been around for YEARS it's just, nobody believed them because no superstar in his prime has ever said "Screw it, i'll take less money to make myself a second bannanna. )
Well that and the fact that they kept Mo Brown around (because Lebron wanted them to.)
Mo Brown was horrible. He's play someone 20-30 minutes, they'd have a big game, then sit them down for like 5 minutes the next game.
