Legends99

My turn and yes I am a Cavs Hater. However, I stand by my view of your team.

Don't understand how this will effect the team.  He's going to be playing as hard as ever.  He's a competitor and he won't stop playing because he has to make a decision at the end of the year.  That  just doesn't make sense based on what he's done the last few years.  The rest of the team won't really be effected, although it may put a little bit more pressure on them, which is probably a good thing with how loose they were at the end of the year.  I just can't imagine how it will effect the team at allYou do not understand?  Allow me to explain.  Every City this man goes to that is a possible destination he is going to be asked the questions so are his teammates.  This effects the team.  The fact that teams whose superstars are in a contract year, I believe the stat is 75 percent of the time fail to achieve the level of standard attests to that.  The pressure you speak of is a HUGE DEAL.  This is why Williams and West missed a shot well within there range. Some guys can and some can not.

- I just have to laugh at this.  Orlando lost Hedo and signed Bass, Carter and Barnes.  Those three are very equivalent to Shaq, Moon and Parker and the Cavs didn't lose anyone major of note.  All starters are back.  I'd say the Cavs offseason was just as good, if not better than the Magic.  Who knows about Powe, so I won't include him although he could only be beneficial for the team.  As for the Celtics, all they did was add Sheldon Williams and 'Sheed.  I wouldn't really say they're surrounding their stars with "stars" as 'Sheed is kind of over the hill and Shelden Williams shouldn't even count.  Shaq is just as big, if not bigger of an acquisition as 'Sheed, whether you think he's good or not, considering he averaged more PPG and RPG than 'Sheed did last year (12/7.4 against 17.8/8.4).  I don't understand how you can say with a straight face that the Cavs had the worst offseason of the three.
After this statement I should have deleted your post for absurdness. You forgot Vince Carter, not way past his prime like Shaq.  The fact the Celtics already have three stars not just one. Mo is not a star, I could care less about ridiculous Allstar selections. Shaq scored 17 based on the offense.  The man is not the same player. My friend is a season ticket holder for the Suns there is a reason the fans were not sad to see him leave.    Sheed is coming off the Bench not starting like Shaq and his numbers will be better on a team he is properly motivated to play on. Sheed is a complimentary player not a guy being counted on to be Lebron's running mate.  Sheldon will be lucky to see the floor and you forgot Daniels who is in Boston right now working out. Daniels is a 14 point a game player for THE BENCH.  These are bench players not starters. They already have their stars and budding star.
Sigh.  He was THIRD TEAM ALL NBA LAST YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I don't understand what people don't understand about that.  HE WAS THE THIRD BEST CENTER IN THE NBA LAST SEASON!!!  Maybe people will finally understand that if it's in caps.  He's on a team that has a chance to win, and he'll use that as motivation to surpass Kobe again.  He also averaged 17.8/8.4 per game, which isn't a "aging slow footed Goliath"'s numbers by any account.
Third best???  I can name you 5 better without even thinking.  All NBA is based on stats and voted on like people vote in senators.  He is slow footed which is why the Suns could not run a half Court offense around him.  That is why they ditched him.  Oh wait in your dillusions you think it is Nash or Grant Hill's fault or anyone else that played very well in a half court set.  The man got his points in Garbage time against terrible centers 90 percent of the time.  When he goes against Howard or Gulp Perkins Head to Head when both are on the floor the man statisticaly gets killed. (Please look up head to head stats going against each other not team averages against.

I'll give you that on both counts.  However, you can't expect a team to do everything in an off season when there's a salary cap
Why not?? Had Lebron signed they would have had a better shot at Sheed, Ariza, Charlie V or Artest.  These guys would have signed for less, but the man burned his team. If he could leave who wants to sign there?

People forget that the Cavs had the best record in the league last year, MILES ahead of the Magic.  When KG went down, the Cavs had pretty much the same record (within 2 games I think in one direction or the other) of the Celtics.  If Williams or West hits their shot at the end of game 1, the Cavs are in the NBA finals.  They were literally inches away from being considering the far and away East favorite and potentially making a better series out of the finals than the Magic did because they matched up better against the Lakers (although I doubt they would have won).  The Cavs SWEPT THE FIRST TWO ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS!!!  I can't believe that the 3rd best team in the East could have done that, especially considering it took the Magic 6 against the terrible 76ers and the Celtics 7 very close games against the Bulls missing their 2nd best player (not even their best by most people's account).

Also, saying with no Garnett the Celtics won 62 is kind of funny considering they had him for the majority of the season.
 They were only 7 games better then the Magic.  Williams and West will never hit that shot because they are not those types of players.  They did not match up better.  Gasol would have ate them alive and who off the bench was guarding a red hot Oden?? Never mind Delonte or Lebron attempting to cover a man that could not be contained in Kobe.  Neither team stood a chance, but at least Orlando might steal a ffew by raking in the 3 ball.  Look at there matchups.  The Hawks had no answer for Lebron and play terrible perimeter D causing open shots for Mo and Delonte.  Teams stumble sometimes.  Look at the 08 Champion Celtics they struggled against the Hawks and Cavs then Handled Detroit and LA.  The Celtics were burnt out last year by the time they played the Bulls.  They overplayed Pierce and Allen without Garnett for 27 games which is about 35 percent of an NBA season.  If you think Garnett is not the Celtics best player, you knowledge is very slight or those Red and Yellow tinted Glasses have obscured your vision. To win 62 without your BEST player was foolish and an accomplishment.