"The Cavaliers' trade deadline moves make LeBron James more likely to leave Cleveland in free agency" — PFT Commenter

Take Slip·Feb 9, 2018

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The Cavaliers' trade deadline moves make LeBron James more likely to leave Cleveland in free agency

The way that [LeBron James] structured these trades actually made it seem like he's, in my opinion, more likely to go. I don't think that he's going to stick around Cleveland. I think that's pretty obvious.

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LeBron James signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in July 2018, just months after this prediction.

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Big Cat

The Cavaliers became a much better team by getting younger and more athletic at the trade deadline

LeBron actually made his team better... He got younger, more athletic. They stopped doing the whole, like, let's just get these veterans on the league minimum to come and all my friends will come and hang out and we'll try to beat the Warriors. Not going to work. So they got younger, better.

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The Cavs made a deep playoff run to the NBA Finals following these trades, suggesting the moves did indeed improve the team's competitiveness in the East, though they didn't win the title.

Loss

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PFT Commenter

LeBron James forced the Dwyane Wade trade because he is obsessed with 'eating ass'

LeBron James is obsessed with getting his butthole eaten, and that's why he got Dwayne Wade out. [LeBron] wanted to get Dwayne Wade the fuck out of Cleveland because he knows Dwayne Wade's an alpha because he gets his butthole eaten and LeBron doesn't.

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The take is a satirical conspiracy theory that cannot be factually proven or disproven in a serious sense, but it is literally incorrect regarding NBA trade motivations.

Push

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Ryen Russillo

The Boston Celtics have regressed defensively compared to their early-season dominance

I think the Celtics have actually regressed a little bit defensively. Some of that is that it was just a shock that they were clearing away the number one defensive team in the league because I didn't really expect that, especially with the overhaul of young players.

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The Celtics finished the season as the #1 defensive rating team, but they did have a mid-season dip in efficiency as Russillo noted.