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Originally Posted by Mutt
If Scottie Pippen had been drafted by Golden State he wouldn't be on the list of the NBA's 500 greatest players of all time.
my whole point here is that we've never seen multiple free agent superstars conspire together to go to one team. Bosh is borderline superstar, his stats and his role on the Olympic team put him in the 10-15th ranked player in the NBA. and it's lame, it's like in Little League sports where some douchebag parent/coach who takes it all too seriously stacks his team with the best kids.
I also think that if it happens it will backfire on them - these are three players who have been the number one scoring option on their teams, they all can't get the ball. Bosh will be cool with scoring 17 pts a game versus 23 but Wade and Lebron - they'll both want to score 30 a night and it won't happen.
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It is possible Pippen may not have become who is did if he had gone elsewhere. There are also people who say Jordan wouldn't have been who he was if he had been drafted by Portland. These are all things we will never know.
As you say, this really is the first time we have seen (at least openly) a group of free agents working together like this. What will determine if it works is how willing the guys are to put ego aside in exchange for championships. If it is about money they will stay where they are because their home teams can exceed the normal max. If it is about scoring and fame James might go to New York or somewhere like that. If they want rings and can set the ego aside, they can all end up on the same team and dominate. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.