Post by tristramshandy on May 30, 2018 22:51:06 GMT
May 30, 2018 19:47:41 GMT @screamingtreefrogs said:
This was yesterday:
WHAT TEAM WILL LEBRON JAMES PLAY FOR IN THE 2018-19 NBA SEASON?
Odds as of May 29 at BetOnline
Philadelphia 76ers +150
Cleveland Cavaliers +175
Houston Rockets +250
Los Angeles Lakers +550
Golden State Warriors +1600
Los Angeles Clippers +2500
So:
Philadelphia 76ers 3/2
Cleveland Cavaliers 7/4
Houston Rockets 5/2
Los Angeles Lakers 11/2
Golden State Warriors 16/1
Los Angeles Clippers 25/1
No odds given for taking the year off or retiring.
It makes the most sense.
He's getting older. Needs some pressure alleviated.
Want pressure alleviated? You don't have to handle the rock as much - and you leave that in the hands of Simmons.
Stays in the East and completes a dominant core. Players flock (stay - i.e. Redick, Ily, Beli) to play with LeBron, Simmons, Embiid to win a championship(s).
Granted - Boston is getting Kyrie and Hayward back next year.
You put LeBron on the Sixers next year - who beats them?
Would LeBron go to L.A. to play in Magics, Kareems, Kobes, Shaqs, etc 'shadow' so to speak? It just screams 'fake'.
Now if he goes to the Clips to be in L.A.? Now that's a story. Houston? So he joins another elite team with Harden and Paul just like he formed one with Bosh and Wade? Yet again - he looks 'weak' and like a 'punk'.
Secure your legacy as the greatest of All-Time?
Take a couple of young guns like Simmons and Embiid under your wing and to the promise land for 3-4 years.
You're solidified as the greatest and there's no discussion about it.
There's four of them on the Warriors - - joining two anymore isn't going to look weak, especially after this year. Paul was on the banana boat, Texas has no state income tax, you get to face the dragon directly . . .