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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2225924, member: 1026"] Interesting discussion on this on the Lowe post yesterday. They (Zach Lowe, Howard Beck) brought up the point that in the modern era it started with the Celtics, mostly Danny Ainge creating the super-team via the Ray Allen trade that facilitated Garnett ok-ing a move he'd previously refused and creating a super team obstacle that thwarted LeBron. LeBron trumped that move on his own as a player - pretty impressive and admirable if you view it from afar. Its like an employee led buyout. And somehow when its a GM or owner or the weird rules of NBA salary structures creating teams we don't fault the players (even though for the Celtics example Garnett's signoff was truly key) when in reality we should be rooting for the athletes as much as the uniforms and certainly moreso than owners. For me there's just too much jealousy behind the schadenfreude. I think Niels nailed it though and saying we should hate Durant 10% more b/c the team he went to was better highlights the absurdity of the viewpoint. I want Chris Paul to go to the Spurs or for Melo & some others to join Clippers to create other super-teams. KLove for PGeorge probably won't happen (why would Pacers do it) but it would get the finals teams a lot closer. Or I'm 100% ok with LeBron moving to LA in 18-19 and creating a banana boat super team with CP3, Melo & Wade IF its the Clippers b/c I hate the Laker uni ;) [/QUOTE]