Kontradiction
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Interesting that you pulled comments from threads before the Heat were pulled together in their Championship winning form.
Why wouldn't I?
There's only three things I was wrong about.
You were wrong throughout the entire thread, and have often been wrong about the team since they've came together. The reason why you don't go all out on them anymore, I suspect, is because they've proven you wrong time and time again.
1. Bosh is better than I gave him credit for and showed that in the Finals.
2. Mario Chalmers is a fine player. Chalmers improvement coupled with Battier's signing pushed the Heat over the edge.
3. The Heat won the championship, but not in the form as discussed at that point in time.
You were wrong that there was nothing in that roster that was championship caliber. Mike Miller and Mario Chalmers, among others say hi. So does Joel Anthony's defense. You were wrong that LeBron was playing on a "considerably better side" with Cleveland than in Miami. In fact, that was hilariously wrong. You were wrong that they needed a massive roster overhaul before they won. As far back as this season, you were trying to tell me that the Heat's massive issues in the big man department would be too much to overcome. I argued that the Heat could pull through because they do a good job of getting to the rim as a TEAM. Looks like you were wrong there as well.
Once again, pull these phantom quotes Kontra.
I honestly have no clue what you're talking about here.
I'm going to bite even though you don't warrant a response. In it's most simplistic notion Bird made the players around him better because of the way he controlled a game with his mentality.
I can respect this. Up until this year, IMO, there was no question of who had the better mentality.
LeBron makes players around him better because he's one of the most physically gifted players to ever play in the NBA.
I think this is the most overrated point that anybody (specifically Celtics fans now that people are actually starting to come around to LeBron again) can make. LeBron plays the point, he plays SG, SF, PF, and even C sometimes. Every position in the game, he plays it and plays it well. He creates for his teammates either through driving to the hole, or through passing. Are you going to sit there and tell me that would often lead the team in assists because he's more athletic than the rest of the guys on the court? If you did, that wouldn't make sense. If we're talking play on the court, that's yet another point that makes LeBron an effective leader of men.
FFS it took him nearly 10 years to work out how to use his athleticism to develop a post game.
LeBron had a post game before this year, it just wasn't nearly as effective as it was until after he seeked help to make it better.
Further, it took Jordan nearly that long to fine tune his game and win a title. Was he not an effective leader of men?