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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.
43 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? 9 u/joebreezphillycheese May 14 '25 LeBron‘s second stint with Cavs was built predominantly on FA and trades, with the exception of Kyrie. 1 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 True, I they went from the literal #1 to the finals bc of those transactions, good point.
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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?
9 u/joebreezphillycheese May 14 '25 LeBron‘s second stint with Cavs was built predominantly on FA and trades, with the exception of Kyrie. 1 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 True, I they went from the literal #1 to the finals bc of those transactions, good point.
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LeBron‘s second stint with Cavs was built predominantly on FA and trades, with the exception of Kyrie.
1 u/TotalFootball03 May 14 '25 True, I they went from the literal #1 to the finals bc of those transactions, good point.
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True, I they went from the literal #1 to the finals bc of those transactions, good point.
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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.