Around the League: Week 14 1/23-1/29

[ShelC]

LeBron's such a diva bitch. They have a stacked team. He's complaining just to complain. They're top heavy? What a big problem to have. And way to slight your teammates...Iman, Channing, Tristan, Korver now. I'm pretty sure I could run point with those guys and have success.

[Superbone]

He's the king. He wants the world. You don't question the king. You bow down to him.

[TOO]

His team is top heavy, the big 3 have to do all the the scoring and facilitating. They do need another G to lead the 2nd unit. So say what you want about James, but he's not wrong.

[ShelC]

He's wrong.

[TOO]

He's wrong.

Nah uh.

[Cap]

He's the king. He wants the world. You don't question the king. You bow down to him.

He just lacks a filter. Everybody wants to know what he thinks, so he says what he thinks.

[In2ition]

Yeah, I don't quite understand what he is saying. My understanding is that Kyrie, LeBron and even Love are all playmakers. At least Kyrie and LeBron are two of the best in the world. Not sure what he's asking for.

[TOO]

Someone to lead the 2nd unit is my presumption. Who runs that team when Kyrie and LeBron are sitting? Love is nice, but he relies on those 2 guys to get him good looks.

[Mori Chu]

If Lebron actually thinks that, he's stupid. They have a deep and talented team with plenty of decent role players. My guess is he is just looking for motivation and excuses. If he really does think the team is top-heavy, he can ask himself why that might be. Maybe it's because they signed their top 3 stars to huge contracts? If he had let them keep Wiggins, he'd be on a rookie contract and they'd have plenty of cap space for other players.

[MightyMoog]

He just wants a backup pg, they lost Delly and they need someone to spell Irving a few minutes a night. It's an arms race between them and GS.

[JCSunsfan]

He just wants a backup pg, they lost Delly and they need someone to spell Irving a few minutes a night. It's an arms race between them and GS.

They need Brandon Knight! They just don't have anything of real value to give for him.

[wpmiller42]

He just wants a backup pg, they lost Delly and they need someone to spell Irving a few minutes a night. It's an arms race between them and GS.

They need Brandon Knight! They just don't have anything of real value to give for him.

I'd call them up and see what they might be bullied into. Maybe they make a move just to make a move for LeBron?

[Cap]

He just wants a backup pg, they lost Delly and they need someone to spell Irving a few minutes a night. It's an arms race between them and GS.

They need Brandon Knight! They just don't have anything of real value to give for him.

They'd rather have Bledsoe. I'll take a first-rounder every other year for the next decade.

[UglyTruth]

Nobody else finds the hyprocricy of LeBron doing this? He made sure all his Rich Paul advised teammates got overpaid like crazy and he didn't take a paycut and is the league's highest paid player while Kyrie and Love are on a max as well.

Does LeBron realize that they have no cap room to get anything decent BECAUSE of him?

[carey]

They'd rather have Bledsoe. I'll take a first-rounder every other year for the next decade.

Would you consider a Bledsoe & Chandler for Love & Shumpert swap? I don't know that I would but I think the Suns consider it. A straight swap of Knight for Shumpert works. If they wanted to do Bledsoe for Shumpert I would ask for 3 unprotected 1st rounders. One of them would be way in the future like '22 or '23. I don't see LeBron or Love playing that long.

[Ring_Wanted]

Besides backup PG (and perhaps another big body with Anderson done) LeBron has no reason to complain. His roster is stacked, maybe moreso than his Miami teams.

Alongside the big three they have some of the best role players in the game. Korver, Frye and Thompson are terrific at what they do. They also have found a defensive specialist in Liggins, and surprisingly Richard Jefferson is still contributing.

Shump and JR are not bad either now that they are under control, but the problem is that they make $23M combined.

Anyway, that's a 10 deep roster, including two allstars and the monster of this generation.

He is just insecure watching Durant, Curry & co.

[Aztec Sunsfan]

Of course the Suns would consider it, Bledsoe and Chandler is a bargain for Love, but I believe the Cavs would ask for a much better package for him (for them, it's trading one of your Big 3 pieces for a backup PG and a back up center). Cleveland would take our phone call only if we sent them Bledsoe, two of our kids, and if they are willing to play hard ball, probably a 1st rounder.

And all of this before considering that we have a roster either too old to complement Kevin, or too young to really step up into contending while he is still on his prime, specially with Bledsoe in the leaving package.

[Ring_Wanted]

Kevin Love is not for us (and if I were the Cavs I wouldn't make him available). There was a time for the Suns but it's not now. At this point we need to look for the future, not the present. This 8th seed talk is making me very uncomfortable, although the better play by the team has been nice to watch.

I'd facilitate, of course.

Btw, Tucker absolutely has to yield a late 1stR.

[Ring_Wanted]

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/spor ... tback.html
76rs are preparing Ben Simmons to make his debut. Late February or early March.

Can't wait.

Sorry if Carey'd ahhah

[carey]

Good for them. I thought the plan was to sit them for the year. I bet now that they are playing real basketball they rethought things.