What if these two replaced Lebron in Miami? |
Lebron James has been a walking controversy since the day he said he was "taking his talents to South Beach." Every single play he's made, word he's said and thing he's done has been under serious scrutiny by every NBA analyst, fan or coach. LBJ is the most talented player of our generation, that is undoubted. However, talent doesn't always transcend into greatness. There needs to be another piece to the greatness puzzle that includes some intangible things such as attitude and composure. So far in Lebron's eight and a half year career Lebron has shown us some attitude, but very little composure. To simplify what I wrote; the only thing stopping Lebron James is Lebron James. So there is no guarantee that this man will ever turn it around in the fourth quarter and win 5 championships.
With that being said I have a monumental trade proposals that would go down as the most significant trade in the history of the NBA, probably even in the history of sports.
The Heat Would Trade Lebron James To The Nets For Deron Williams and Brook Lopez.
I'll get to my disclaimers later, but this trade would significantly improve the Heat in multiple ways:
1. Bonafide Point Guard Running The Offense
Deron Williams is the second best all-around point guard in the game today. He's second in passing to Chris Paul, second in scoring to Derrick Rose and probably neck-in-neck in second place to Rajon Rondo. As we noticed last year, the Heat folded in the fourth quarter due to the lack of a point guard more than Lebron's inability to hit the side of a barn come the last five minutes. With Deron Williams, the Heat now have a extremely formidable floor general that will be able to distribute the ball between Wade and Bosh effectively. His great driving ability would open up serious holes if the defense wants to try and overwhelm Wade on the perimeter.
2. Every Player On the Court Can More Effectively Play Their Position
The Heat would have a bonafide Center, Power Forward, Small Forward, Shooting Guard and Point Guard. Every single player on the court could play their position they way they want to. Brook Lopez would be the big man down low grabbing rebounds and blocking shots. Bosh could float in and out of the post and not so much worry about serious post defense. Mike Miller could simply be the three point shooter. Dwyane Wade would only have to score and Deron Williams could run the offense. There would be no worrying about whose going to run the point ,whose going to grab boards or whose going to score in the late game like there is in Miami.
3. Much More Cap Flexibility
Deron Williams is most likely going to get max money, but Brook Lopez on the other hand won't. With these two you create more depth that could be moved around much more easily than the rigidity of the Big three they have today.
4. There Is a Team, Not a Big Three
The Big Three can work, that has been proven. But this puts pressure on all three of them to play well every night. If they made this trade their depth would grow and they wouldn't be so reliant on just the three of them playing out of their heads, but simply that everyone play within the system and do what they have to do. Last year in the NBA Finals the Mavericks depth was the key reason to why the Heat couldn't win. Wade and Bosh both had great NBA Finals, but since Lebron James was absolutely non-existent in the fourth quarter, all cylinders couldn't click, and therefore sent them home without rings.
Disclaimers:
I understand that the Heat would never trade Lebron, even if he happen to get himself into a sticky legal situation like Kobe did. They probably wouldn't do it more because of their weak fan-base who only can name 3 NBA players: Lebron, Wade and Kobe than because of the risk involved. I also recognize the iffy cap situation here, but in two years the NBA cap is supposed to rise somewhere between 5-10 million, which could certainly make this trade work.
Again, I realize this is about as unrealistic as Mission Impossible 4 was, but if the Heat did pull of this trade I would have the utmost respect for them. I might just be thinking with the winning part of my brain, instead of the all-encompassing one, but wouldn't it be nuts to see this trade go down?
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