Right now, I place Chicago on top with Indiana second and Cleveland probably third. Cleveland has no offensive big man at all and Varajao is undersized defensively. He can give you a few good minutes here and there but would get exposed in a series. I've said this before but I don't like teaming ball dominant wing men with ball dominant point guards. Jordan won six without one. Bryant won five. Bird won three. James has two. Wade won one. All of these guys work best when they run the offense. Irving is not an off the ball player and neither is James. Both of them are most effective with the ball. With players like them, Cleveland needs shooters around them to space the floor and neither Waiters or Wiggins fits that bill.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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