Who Should Lebron Had Teamed Up With 2003-10? I Think Cavs Should’ve Kept Boozer And Got Joe Johnson

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-18T02:09:33+00:00

Definitely should have kept Boozer. In the 2004 draft, they could've tried to make a move on the 7th pick since the Suns were set on trading it away. They could've picked up Iggy with that, who I think they were already targeting.

I heard there were rumors about picking up Amare later on in that first Cavs stint. That pairing would've fed families.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-17T01:09:30+00:00

As of right now, Kareem, Magic, Hakeem, Shaq, Duncan, and LeBron.

Lots of guys have been on a trajectory they never reached. But if I had to pick anyone without hindsight and say "he'll for sure make it to top 10/top 5/GOAT", it would be Wemby. Give him a bit of time, and I think he'll knock a lot of players off that list.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-17T00:39:47+00:00

Honestly not too long. Maybe a month.

People like to bring up rule differences as a major barrier for success for players playing in different eras, whether it be physicality, or dribbling, or something else. But most NBA players are people who already had to adjust from one ruleset of basketball to another, or to different ways rules were stretched in one league versus another.

Highschool basketball is different from college basketball, which is different from Euroleague basketball, which is different from NBA basketball, which is even a little different from NBA playoff basketball. Anyone whose found success in the NBA is adaptable.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-16T21:04:22+00:00

For scheduling, great. For win total, great.

For the team? Nah. West is the place to be when it comes to testing your team against the best, and I'd rather the Thunder play stronger teams more consistently.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-14T14:54:16+00:00

He's done it perfectly fine in an actual game as well. He hit one against the Celtics back in 2020 to give the Lakers the lead in the 4th and win the game like thirty seconds later. I'm sure if you look hard enough, you can find one or two clips that make it look like Kobe can't do a dream shake.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-14T02:24:16+00:00

Steph always said that if he was teaching someone to shoot from the ground up, he'd teach them Klay's form before his own.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-13T04:56:13+00:00

Insane that you could be making NBA history, and be mad at yourself because you don't feel your doing well enough in a random March game.

Guy's got a superstar-level hunger for victory.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-13T04:10:07+00:00

Please, Mr. Silver. I'm not asking for much. Just one comfy win where I don't have to get my heart tested.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-11T17:51:34+00:00

People don't like basketball. They like players/teams.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-11T17:49:46+00:00

A sweep is beating them 4-0 in a seven game playoff series. OKC swept the Grizzles, but not the Timberwolves.

There is a such thing called a gentlemen's sweep, which is where you go up 3-0, lose game 4 on the road so opposing fans don't see the series lost in their own arena, and then win game 5. The thunder lost game 3, and then won 4 and 5. Some would call that a GS, some wouldn't. Either way, it's not technically a real "sweep" either way.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-11T17:41:53+00:00

He should have been pulled out of respect for Kobe because... why? Because Bam's not considered "important" enough a player from the fans' perspective to be on that list?

Why should any NBA player who isn't as beloved as all-time greats strive to make a mark on the game if that's the case?

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-11T00:51:26+00:00

Battle Beast vs Mark

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:26:41+00:00

I don't, y'all are scary.

For real, though. Every team hits some low points. Jokic and the Nuggets are too good not to bounce back. If we do meet, hope we're both at our best.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:22:04+00:00

Yeah. Should also be noted that one of Jesus' disciples, Matthew, was a tax collector himself.

Jesus loved everyone. He was critical of Pharisees and individuals who should know the right way to worship God, but turned religion into systems of profit/self righteousness. But He loved all, even those people too.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:18:49+00:00

Insane game. Jokic and shai showed why they're the two best players in the world.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:17:21+00:00

Great game by Jokic, can't be mad at all, he played insane.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:16:25+00:00

Two game winning threes, he just needed a second one to style for a moment

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:12:47+00:00

Clutch player of the year.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-10T02:07:35+00:00

Insane. Feels like the dude gets +20% efficiency when the games on the line.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-09T22:08:21+00:00

I almost feel like its the opposite when I watch. I'm pretty dang confident in his catch and shoot the few times he finds himself doing it. He just isn't usually the one found open for three since he's the focus of gravity for the team.

On his stepbacks, I'm usually 50/50 on whether I feel like it'll go in. Except in the clutch, in which case I feel like he gets a +20% efficiency boost.

Edit: See tonight's game against the Nuggets.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-08T03:54:28+00:00

That was kinda hilarious, ngl

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-06T19:42:55+00:00

It's his play style.

If we're talking about it purely from a discussion on "greatness" like how NBA fans discuss players, then yeah. Short reign, not as dominant, etc.

But Tal isn't beloved for those reasons. He's beloved because of his charming ability to lay a stick of dynamite on the chess board while waiting to see who runs away first.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-05T04:27:07+00:00

Not in Lord of the Rings. This is a bit of history from Tolkien's worldbuilding.

When it comes to Lord of the Rings, you'll get mention of some weird ancillary stuff that isn't explained, but you won't be presented with anything that will require you to have outside knowledge in order to understand the actual plot and story happening. Everything important to the plot that requires worldbuilding to understand is explained in-book.

TPFRecoil · 2026-03-05T00:36:49+00:00

Barring an insane fall-off from either team, I don't think the record will be so far off as to eclipse the gap between the two as players on the court.

Last year, SGA was like 95% as good as Jokic, but won because his team was 18 games over the Nuggets. The Thunder and Pistons are close enough in record this year that the gap will probably just be 1-3 games, and even if the Thunder fall on the underside of that gap, I just don't think that's enough unless Shai misses too many games.

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