Which Of Lebron's Big 3 is Better? Miami's Or Cleveland's ?

Miami Big 3 

Cleveland Big 3 

I know what you’re saying how could you even make this argument? Miami made it to the Finals all four years they were together, won back-to-back championships and just dominated the league. It’s going be hard to say because the new Big 3 haven’t been together long enough to say, plus it’s early in the season.  Both Big 3’s have their similarities and their differences. They both have amazing talent. Obviously. Both have struggled early on, both struggled to find chemistry early on and they both had trouble establishing a pecking order in terms of scoring. They both have there glaring differences. For one Lebron is playing with youngster Kyrie Irving, who has never even experienced the playoffs yet, instead of playing with wiley veteran Dwayne Wade, who won 3 rings, 2 with Lebron. Another difference is the play styles of Kevin Love and Chris Bosh.  Bosh the more versatile and mobile defender.  But what Love lacks in defense he makes up for with his offense, Love is still a very good rebounder. Love was top 5 in rebounds in 2013.  The last difference is that Miami’s bench was much deeper than Cleveland’s, and that Miami’ s coach Eric Spoelstra has more NBA coaching experience than Cleveland’s David Blatt.

In my opinion, I think Lebron should’ve stayed in Miami for another year or two. Because I feel that the Heat are stronger than the Cavs big 3. But we won’t know, only time will tell how good the Cavs will be. If it’s anything like the first year in Miami it will take time for their chemistry to grow and trust each other. I feel in 1 year the Cavs will be in The NBA Finals.  I feel they should make at least The Eastern Conference Finals this year

Do The Toronto Raptors Have The Best Fans In The NBA?

The NBA has some pretty great fans. But The Toronto Raptors might have the best fans in the whole game.  The Raptors were created in 1995, along with The Vancouver Grizzlies. Which of course was the birth of professional basketball in Canada, the fan bases weren’t exactly huge yet because the teams were rather unknown. Over the years though as basketball has grown in Canada the popularity of The Raptors has picked up. The Grizzlies were later moved to Memphis, and became The Memphis Grizzlies.

The Raptors are now the only professional basketball team in Canada. Being the only team in Canada meant that more people were bound to watch, but that didn’t exactly happen right away. But as the team started to draft better players and trade for more well known players, the team started to do better and put more people in the stands. But during The 1999 NBA draft The Raptors had traded for future star Vince Carter, who had been drafted by The Golden State Warriors.  Carter ended up being The 1999 Rookie Of The Year. Vince Carter would revolutionize Canadian basketball forever. Carter would be Toronto’s first star; Carter was an 8 time All- Star, Rookie Of The Year and Slam Dunk Champion in 2000. Carter put Toronto on the map, by easily winning the 2000 Dunk Contest with his spectacular and athletic dunks.  At the end of the 2000 season Carter had lost his running mate and half cousin Tracy Mcgrady to Free Agency. Mcgrady was a rising star. Carter was all by himself now; in the following year The Raptors had made The Eastern Conference Semis. The Raptors had forced game 7. In the dying moments of the game Carter had a chance to send The Raptors to The Conference Finals, but missed the shot. In the following years Carter dealt with injuries and The Raptors slowly started to plummet.  In 2004 Carter became frustrated with the way upper management was handling the team. Carter was later traded to The New Jersey Nets on December 18.

Ever since Carter’s trade the fan base in Toronto has been loyal, but have not had anything to cheer about, until 2013.  The Raptors had started off looking like it would be another season where they wouldn’t make the playoffs.  But The Raptors made a trade with Sacramento to bring key bench players to Toronto.  The Raptors also brought in Star Rapper Drake to be Global Ambassador for the team.  The Raptors turned their season around, ending the season in third place. Eventually losing in 7 games to the Brooklyn Nets.  During the playoffs the team embraced the motto “We The North”. Raptors fans are some of the most loyal fans in the NBA.  On Saturday The Raptors played the stacked Cleveland Cavaliers. 150 people drove in a bus from Toronto all the way to Cleveland to watch the whole game. Fans haven’t been this excited about the team since the days of Vince Carter.  It gives The city of Toronto hope all over again #WeTheNorth  

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