“oh my god we’re going to the finals” J Rich after Joe Johnson was traded to the Heat 🤣 #nba
I remember my rookie year I’m sitting on the bus with Justice we we we in we’re in New York Joe Johnson walks on the bus and like if anyone knows me like you know like I Joe Johnson was like my guy when I was young I’m sitting I’m sitting here looking at Justice like do he know he on our bus like he he in the wrong place I’m not going to tell him and he’s like yeah bro I don’t know like what do we do I’m like I ain’t saying nothing so I just sat there and I look on my phone it said Joe Johnson traded to Miami Heat or he he might have signed with us I was like oh oh my God we’re going to the finals [Music]
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Iso Joe! 501 represent!
To be fair, we had a lot of fire power: D Wade, Deng, CB, JJ, Gerald Green, Dragon. We underachieved that year
If joe Johnson would of stayed with that phx squad they could of got past the lakers
Lineup that season was:
Dragic
Wade
Deng
Bosh
Whiteside
Richardson
Gerald Green
Winslow
McRoberts
Stoudemire
It was a good team. But Bosh went out with blood clots and Whiteside also got hurt in the second round. Valanciunas also got hurt at the same time as Whiteside, and Valanciunas was actually playing better than Whiteside.
But Biyombo ended up proving a lot more capable as a backup Center than Amare.
Amare and the team started getting eaten on the boards and interior by Biyombo and then Spo had to go really small and team was eliminated in 7 games of the second round.
If Bosh and Whiteside didn’t go out, even if Valanciunas also doesn’t go out, I’m confident Miami would have advanced to the ECF. Would’ve been very fun to see a Wade vs LeBron playoff series that we never got, even if Wade wasn’t in his prime anymore.