Please vote for the teams that you guys believe are the best teams. The leader of the division will be taken and put into the playoffs accordingly. The rest will be put with the rest of the league to determine the non-divison leader seeds in the playoffs. Please everyone participating in the GM Draft vote. This poll is not limited to the Southeast Division, everyone is free to vote here. Southeast Atlanta Hawks - ace C: Nene Hilario / Brook Lopez / Hilton Armstrong PF: Marvin Williams / Brian Cook SF: Tayshaun Prince / Michael Finley SG: Brandon Roy / Rasual Butler / Juan Dixon PG: Jerryd Bayless / Eric Snow Charlotte Bobcats - ghoti C: Greg Oden / Tony Battie PF: Anderson Varejao / Joe Smith / Ian Mahinmi SF: Peja Stojakovic / Al Thornton SG: Mike Dunleavy Jr. / Dorell Wright PG: Derrick Rose / Rafer Alston / Chris Quinn Miami Heat - Claud C: DeSagana Diop / Dan Gadzuric / Marcin Gortat PF: Al Jefferson / JJ Hickson SF: Travis Outlaw / Corey Brewer SG: JR Smith / Morris Peterson / George Hill PG: Jose Calderon / Russell Westbrook Orlando Magic - Dark Defender C: Joakim Noah / Steven Hunter / Oleksiy Pecherov PF: Josh Smith / Chuck Hayes SF: Andrei Kirilenko / Renaldo Balkman SG: Monta Ellis / Nick Young PG: Leandro Barbosa / Roko Leni Ukic / Jacque Vaughn Washington Wizards - JFizzleRaider C: Tim Duncan / Brian Skinner / DeAndre Jordan PF: Emeka Okafor / Brandan Wright SF: Francisco Garcia / Wally Szczerbiak SG: Ray Allen / Desmond Mason PG: TJ Ford / Chris Duhon / Luther Head
Ooops. I shoulda went with Wizards. Maybe. But I also liked the Bobcats' youth and depth, and feel that Duncan and Ray are gonna decline. Still, the Wizards have depth......idk
Every one of these teams seems to have a gaping hole somewhere. It boiled down to the Wizards or the Magic for me. Both are very nice teams, but I'd be scared of TJ Ford getting hurt, and Duhon is only a capable sub for him. The Magic are strong enough at the other 4 positions to not be hurt by Noah's limited offensive game. Though it's not bad to have a double double guy who's able to defend at the C spot.
Come on, Barbosa as a starting PG? Noah would get eaten alive by Duncan. And his backups PG's and C's are laughable I have Duhon and Head available to play if Ford did indeed get hurt. We'll get to see what Duhon can do in NEW York this year.
Ellis is plenty good a combo guard that they're not going to have trouble getting the ball across court or getting the ball to players in the offense. AK47 could almost play PG for them if need be, and also play some PF. Not every offensive scheme requires a traditional PG. Duncan and Allen of a couple years ago and your team is competitive with the championship Spurs teams. I calls them like I sees them.
You guys know Ellis is out for a good long while, right? Even with him in, I'm not sure they overtake the Wiz (as long as Duhon takes plenty of minutes from Ford).
Im going with the bobcats. They are good all around. Biggest weakness for me though is the sg spot. they seem more like sfs than sgs.
Well, Dunleavy has at least a season of experience at the SG spot, after playing alongside Granger, Murphy, and Foster throughout most of the season. So, he couldn't be all that terrible. He must be at least competent.
Im not saying his sg spot is necassarily bad, it just seems that both of them are more sfs in my eyes.
Rafer can't guard anyone, let's be honest here. I'd feel more comfortable with Dorell Wright guarding twos. Hell, I'd be more comfortable with Peja guarding twos. Maybe not.
Two players I like are Ukic and Pecherov. If they have good seasons, the Magic could be a surprise playoff team. If not, though, it will be a long season because of frontcourt depth and lack of a PG.
pegs, Skip is one of the best defensive PGs in the league. He is an excellent man defender and his team defense is Van Gundy style impeccable. The Rockets sucked on D when he got injured last year.
