The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him!

LeBron doesn't have a drink in hand, but just thinking about the scene makes him drunk as a dog!

Just as excited is Howard.

He can finally leave that damned cage in Orlando!

And he has a teammate like LeBron.

As someone who was once his "subordinate", Howard believes LeBron will obediently pass him the ball.

The passing ability of this '03 No.1 Pick is quite good.

Howard can already imagine the scene where he's established in the paint, and LeBron passes him the ball in time.

That definitely can't be compared to worthless Little Nelson!

Wait and see, whether it's Stan Van Gundy or the Magic team's management, I will prove what heights my strong post-up skills can bring to the team!

I, Howard, am not someone who only has presence on the defensive end, absolutely not!

And as the two of them "mutually pursue" and are excited about having each other, the news of Kevin Garnett returning to the Timberwolves makes them even more excited about the new season, they are absolutely convinced, the new season will be the season where they prove themselves!

The outside media has been constantly expressing their opinions while the Timberwolves are making big moves.

First about the news of LeBron James leaving.

When this news broke out, the whole of Miami was a chorus of cheers.

This softie is finally gone!

The Heat Team finally doesn't need this coward as the core anymore!

For Heat Team fans:

Losing isn't scary!

What's scary is being loose and timid, and then losing!

Such defeats are the hardest to accept!

So, upon hearing the news of LeBron James being traded, there wasn't a Miami person who didn't applaud.

Many journalists in the Miami media posted LeBron's past words: "I want to bring not one, not two... but 8 championships to this city", to mock him.

Of course, it's not just Miami's media that posted these statements, other media personnel also immediately dug out these bold words LeBron spoke when he first joined the Heat Team.

Looking at these words two years later, and seeing the Heat Team being stopped at the semi-finals for two consecutive seasons, and getting embarrassingly swept 0-4 in the second year, really makes one laugh.

Barkley's statement is very direct: "Looking at it now, the formation of the Heat Team's Peak Three Giants is something unprecedented in NBA history, but equally, they are also the biggest joke in NBA history!"

Initially, there were very few instances of banding together in NBA history.

The Lakers' "show time" was formed by first getting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and then drafting "Magic" Johnson, completely negating the notion of banding together.

The same goes for the later Bulls, which were formed by drafting Michael Jordan, Pippen, and "Cobra" Granger.

If one insists, the later "Bulls Iron Triangle" counts as "banding together", though Rodman was 36 when he joined, and at such an age, it can't be considered "peak banding together".

Barkley's later joining of the Rockets was similar, three guys almost retired came together for "one last dance".

To truly speak of banding together, not counting the "what if" scenario in 00 with the Magic Team, it really starts from the summer of 07:

The Lakers got Yao Ming, and then Paul Gasol; meanwhile, the Celtics got Ray Allen and then Kevin Garnett.

Among them, the Lakers went to the finals 4 times, winning one championship; the Boston Celtics went to the finals once, not winning the championship...

Their results were better than the Heat Team "Three Giants" who banded together three years ago.

The result of stopping at the semi-finals for two consecutive years appears especially embarrassing before these "banding together" teams.

Shaquille O'Neal said: "If anyone still thinks LeBron can be compared with Su Wan as a superstar, then I strongly disagree. Leave Su Wan alone! LeBron has no reason to fake him, even if the Cavaliers gave up Su Wan for LeBron, that's the Cavaliers being foolish, it doesn't mean LeBron can continuously compare himself with Su Wan!"

"In my view, LeBron is now just an ordinary All-Star!"

"He attracts attention just like Vince Carter, who was the All-Star Ticket King, an NBA superstar back then!"

"I mean no disrespect to Vince, in my mind, he is one of the finest small forwards in NBA history..."

"But time has made him just an ordinary main player now!"

"Same goes for LeBron, let's remove his former 'Chosen One' title, he is currently just an ordinary All-Star level player!"

"You can see this from his trade value!"

"The Heat Team exchanged him for 08 rookie Kevin Love. In Kevin's entire career, he hadn't been to the playoffs, only reached the All-Star once and was 'Second Team All-NBA' once. He possesses star-level capabilities, at least that's apparent from the stats!"

"But he is just an All-Star level player!"

"And this is LeBron's current market, in the NBA free trade market, he was only traded for an All-Star, because he is just an All-Star!"