It's highly unlikely but Stephen A giving us the free ad on ESPN is pretty dope. He knows guys in the league too.

CP3 is the quintessential point guard. You not only get his ability to make others around him better, you get his understanding of the game of basketball as well. If there was one guy you'd want as a player to help Gentry figure out the AD/DC puzzle, it's Paul.

Not only that, I just can't see the same officiating bullshite with Cousins if Paul is on the team. He would affect us in so many ways. We instantly become a top 3 marketable team in the league with him behind GSW and CLE. I'm not saying better than the rest. I'm talking about a team that the NBA is INVESTED in succeeding.

I mean just the pure thought of Paul on this team is downright scary. It should be everyone's pipe dream. Consider we're going to have to stagger AD/DC minutes now. What does adding Paul to the mix do for that? Cousins is a guy that can carry a second unit unlike Jordan. These situations are not the same at all. And as much as people want to crow about having deep rosters to compete, who's gonna be in the finals? Cleveland and GSW. Who's the two teams in the league that have a legit big 3? Cleveland and GSW. What's the EC 1 seeds biggest problem? Not having the star power to match up and relying on a 5' 10" superstar or the on/off Horford/Bradley duo.

This is friggin dumb even discussing imo. You get a shot at Chris fricking Paul and actually open the title window in this city, you take it. I don't care if it's room+8 guys option. Paul/Davis/Cousins is not Paul/Griffin/Jordan and it's not close.

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Posted by Fun Bunch

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Posted on 5/13/17 at 11:16 am to ShamelessPel

Agreed man. If you can find a way to do it you absolutely do. No question.

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Posted by corndeaux

Member since Sep 2009

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Posted on 5/13/17 at 11:30 am to ShamelessPel

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You get a shot at Chris fricking Paul and actually open the title window in this city, you take it.

Well duh. I don't think it opens a title window, but they would be very good. if Paul is interested, of course you explore that fully

the point is he likely is not, so arguing about 55+ wins and a 2 seed is a waste of time to me.

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Cleveland and GSW. Who's the two teams in the league that have a legit big 3? Cleveland and GSW.

disagree on Cleveland's roster and on GS, though to a lesser extent than the last 2 years.

what sets them apart from the Clippers (and whatever the Pels have tried to do around Davis) is that they understand what gaps to fill around their premier talent and have done a good job identifying those guys (via draft, scrap heap, ring chasers, et al)

the Pels have two dominant talents. not exactly natural fits, but close enough. they need to worry more about those two meshing, what areas need shoring up, and then how to identify/develop players to fill those gaps more than "MUST HAVE BIG 3"

if Davis/Cousins is as good as we all hope, they shouldn't need to sell out for a 3rd all NBA level player to become a good team. they should be able to use their skills and system to make lesser guys look better.

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