Remember the Heat started 2010-11 9-8, then proceeded to go 49-16 over the remaining 65 games, and steamrolled their way to the finals and only lost because LBJ vanished in the series (17ppg).
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Very different circumstances though. Miami had an existing star-coach dynamic with Wade and Spo. Cleveland has a rookie head coach and too many young players who haven't learned to play as a team.Heir, Prince of Cambridge
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Cavs have a few very talented players. Talent can win a lot of games but sometimes talent alone can't take you from being good to being a contender. So yes they can't be written off.. but I don't see them as contender, at least not this year.
Personally I'd prefer not to have to play them in the playoffs (they will be getting a lot of friendly whistles even if the Raptors have home-court). I think the Raptors match up well against them but James is also quite phenomenal and can win games on his own.
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Axel wrote: View PostVery different circumstances though. Miami had an existing star-coach dynamic with Wade and Spo. Cleveland has a rookie head coach and too many young players who haven't learned to play as a team.
"LeBron can't play with D-Wade, they both need the ball in their hands"
"Bosh doesn't play defense"
"The Heat have no bench"
etc
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Just urging people to not write Cleveland off, so in the event that they do wipe the floor with us in the playoffs, nobody is shocked by it.
Despite our fan-base having suffered through a multitude of failures and disappointments, we tend to become extremely overconfident when our team is doing well. Most Raptors fans were SURE we were going to bounce Brooklyn and look at what happened.
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It's not that we're writing them off, it's that their problems seem to be deeper than the Heat's were after their slow start.
1. Their defensive problems seem harder to solve: they have much less talent on that end and have less athleticism and length to solve that problem.
2. Their bench is terrible.
3. Their chemistry seems way worse than the Heat's ever did. People say Wade and Lebron took time like Kyrie is equivalent to Wade. Kyrie is a shadow of peak Wade.
That said, everyone -- literally everyone -- thinks the Cavs are going to end up a 50+ win team with home court in the playoffs.@EdTubb - edwardtubb at gmail
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NaijaBoy17 wrote: View PostPeople had a whole bucket list of reasons why the Heat wouldn't work at this stage too.
"LeBron can't play with D-Wade, they both need the ball in their hands"
"Bosh doesn't play defense"
"The Heat have no bench"
etc
I think you are being completely over dramatic about how anyone is viewing the Cavs and this whole thread is fairly ridiculous (and really not Raptor related).Heir, Prince of Cambridge
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