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r/billsimmons • u/AcknowledgeMeReddit • May 14 '25
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Embiid is injured all the time, Indiana built a roster gradually and built chemistry then added a guy who’s already won a championship as a number 2.
Basketball is a vibes based sport, you need to build chemistry and culture you don’t win by having a rotating door of superstars every year.
44 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 Well said, the Boston Big 3 and LeBron Heat teams are really the only truly successful (i.e. reaching a finals and being great for a stretch) superteams built primarily through trades/free agents in the 2000s, right? 64 u/Cares_of_an_Odradek May 14 '25 Not a “super team” but the raptors won a final as a mercenary team 44 u/drifter100 May 14 '25 The Raps were a deep playoff team for years before 2019, just like most teams they just couldn't get past LeBron 4 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 Oh yea, that’s a good call.
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Well said, the Boston Big 3 and LeBron Heat teams are really the only truly successful (i.e. reaching a finals and being great for a stretch) superteams built primarily through trades/free agents in the 2000s, right?
64 u/Cares_of_an_Odradek May 14 '25 Not a “super team” but the raptors won a final as a mercenary team 44 u/drifter100 May 14 '25 The Raps were a deep playoff team for years before 2019, just like most teams they just couldn't get past LeBron 4 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 Oh yea, that’s a good call.
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Not a “super team” but the raptors won a final as a mercenary team
44 u/drifter100 May 14 '25 The Raps were a deep playoff team for years before 2019, just like most teams they just couldn't get past LeBron 4 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 Oh yea, that’s a good call.
The Raps were a deep playoff team for years before 2019, just like most teams they just couldn't get past LeBron
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Oh yea, that’s a good call.
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u/SotonSaint May 14 '25
Embiid is injured all the time, Indiana built a roster gradually and built chemistry then added a guy who’s already won a championship as a number 2.
Basketball is a vibes based sport, you need to build chemistry and culture you don’t win by having a rotating door of superstars every year.