Assuming that the Cavaliers do not have "Thanos James" in 2018, what is the level of the Cavaliers lineup?

Some fans like to call James in 2018 "Thanos James". They believe that James played the first in history in the playoffs. If it weren't for the fact that his teammates were too weak, the Cavaliers might have won the most valuable championship in history.

But is this really the case?

Many people who insist on the above statement may not know which teammates the Cavaliers have except James. Assuming that the 2018 Knight did not have Thanos, what level would that be?

Kevin Love: the former core of the NBA inside line, with a single game of 31 points and 31 rebounds, and he can also be selected into the second team of the All-Squad 2 times in the Western Conference.

Isaiah Thomas: The season before joining the Cavaliers was still the second team of the All-Star team, an All-Star player.

Dwayne Wade: Although it is no longer the peak, before joining the Cavaliers, he still had a comprehensive performance of 18.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Drek Rose: Although the former MVP is no longer the peak, before joining the Cavaliers, he averaged 18 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.

In addition, there are role players Jack Lauder, JR Smith, Jeff Green, Tristan Thompson, Shampooter, Korver, Calderon, Channing Fry, etc. The lineup of

does not look bad no matter how you look at it.

One is the second team star of the All-Star of the All-Star who is still in his peak state, two veterans with outstanding performance, and a group of good role players. This lineup is a good one when James was in the past.

Let’s take a look at the opponents the Cavaliers encountered in the playoffs in 2018. What is the lineup like?

Pacers, core Oladipo, three teams of the season, and then they are gone, and the rest are role players or young players.

In other words, even if there is no James in the 2018 Cavaliers lineup, they are better than the Pacers. Then why did one James only fight the Pacers until the tiebreak battle, and win 4-3, and there were controversial penalties during the period. The reason is clear, but some people pretend not to know.

There was a team in which we carried water together. In just one hour, we could fill all the large tanks. Later, a newcomer came to the team. He scooped all the water everyone picked from the big tank into his own bucket, and then scooped it from his own bucket into the big tank. So it took the team an hour and a half to fill the big tank. It was counted that it was all loaded by this newcomer, and the other teammates were "waste".

Look at the Raptors' lineup, the core Lowry, DeRozan, the old All-Star, may be similar to Wade Ross, and no matter how better it is, it will definitely not be as good as Love and Thomas Jr. Similarly, without James, the Cavaliers' lineup will not be worse than the Raptors.

As for the Celtics, core Irving and Hayward were both injured, leaving only the old All-Star Horford and a group of first-year second-year third-year rookies. The potential is definitely above the Knights (not counting as James), but the combat power is really not as good as the Knights (no Thanos version).

In other words, in 2018, even if the Cavaliers did not have James, at least it would be a big problem to enter the Eastern Conference Finals. Such a lineup was finally said to be useless, just to promote someone.

This is a bit like the team carrying water.