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come on scalabrine,ya gotta be kidding me with this stuff??...first of all,i totally agree with the assertion that cavs are HIGHLY unlikely to go all the way with this squad in the 1st year...too many question marks,1st year coach,unproven,untested main pieces,chemistry etc.etc......but seriously why do you think folks jumped on that 30-1 bet prior to lebron switching it up???..surely it was to be in a position to HEDGE(at watever point that may be)...not many sane folks wud have liked the chances of the cavs,even with newly acquired lebron,to take it out in his first year back.(remember miller,marion,love etc..were all just pie in the sky at the time of those long-shot wagers).so really the only purpose of taking such a bet was to hope the odds on them wud plummet and then see if the opportunity to hedge mite arise.no-one was thinking james was gonna take last years cavaliers as previously constituted and win a title.hedge chance was the goal and the only goal.
now,ya can do it in the manner that rangerz2478 suggested earlier,or you can do a little more risky and wait till conference final time where i think they have a very strong chance of advancing to.
i mean,come on look at the east.its improving but its still weak as hell,who do you place above the cavs in terms of pure talent??...only the bulls in my eyes and i think it wud be 50/50 for cleveland in a 7-game series....better if rose keeps breaking every time he hits the court.but by that stage of the season you would have a much better feel and gague on their chances of toppling chicago(if in fact they were both able to get there),and if they are hitting their stride could let it ride.
in a finals series i wud give them very little chance against ANYONE from the west and would hedge BIG in that instance.
the main point tho is youre jumping the gun waaaaaay too early,its november dude...everyone knew full well that this,like all other similar type grand experiments,would take time to come together and of course there will be big growing pains as all pieces try to find how they fit together and get comfortable.at least give it some time before shovelling dirt on them as serious contendors.(or at least to go very deep).
this team has enormous offensive upside and if they get on a roll can be dangerous as anybody,even with that lack of playoff pedigree.if they can become even sumwat proficient on the defensive end they will be tough.
as for love and kyrie,its hard to brand sumone a loser wen they played their whole career for an inept organisation with sub-standard talent.....all bets are off on that judgment till they get a chance in the white-hot cauldron of a meaningful playoff series...both may well surprise.
just too reactive in my view,waaaay too early to throw away them tickets if you sitting on 30-1.
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