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KingSpeed said:
As for the Lakers, they will fall apart as the season goes on. They played 11 of their first 15 games at the Staples Center. Now that they're leaving their nest, they're falling apart.
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Losing two games on shots that rimmed out is hardly "falling apart."
 
JFizzleRaider said:
The Nuggest weakness is their bench, we definitely have them beat there. But there starting lineup is better than ours. LMA will get thrown around by the physical Kenyon Martin, Billups will make Blake his bitch.
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Like Nash made Blake his bitch? Blake had 22 & 10 vs the former MVP.
 
I want no part of the Lakers this year! Our team is not ready for that kind of exposure and I think Roy would agree. Make the playoffs and be solid. That's all our guys need to do this year.

The Rockets, Mavs and Spurs all look like they are hanging on by their fingernails and a long year could be very hard on them. The Lakers are the team and everyone else is playing for a distant second this year. Lakers/Celtics write it down, going to happen!!!

The west as I see it.... Lakers........ Hornets,Jazz,Nuggs,Suns,Spurs, Blazers. I think we could beat the Hornets in a playoff and maybe the Jazz if we had home court. Not confident we could take out the Suns or Spurs in a long series yet, and Nuggs are not a good matchup for us. The Lakers will mop the floor with us now. However all of this could change in a hurry if Oden comes out of his shell faster than most of us think. Oden could make Roy and LA's life sooooooo easy that we could be very dangerous in the playoffs. Not good enough to challenge LA but maybe to get into the second round. That would be good enough for this year in my eyes!
 
We are not chasing the #1 seed this season, get real. I will be surprised if we finish above the #3 spot in the West. We should be focused on winning the NW Division, which at the worst would mean #3. Utah had a tough start without their main man Dwill... we will be neck and neck all season. If we can get Home Court in the first round, we may make a bit of noise in the postseason.

The odds of us catching the Lakers are almost nil. And honestly, I hate to say it but we are not as good as the Lakers yet.

I do love your optimism, Eric.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
Maybe because Nash is a horrible defender and has never been known for his defense. This is common sense.
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Also, it looks like Nash has lost half a step, esp. in terms of lateral movement this year.

I have seen Steve Nash play good D at the end of games in situations where execution is important; I think his lack of D is just because of the run-n-gun style.
 
Yardape said:
The Rockets, Mavs and Spurs all look like they are hanging on by their fingernails and a long year could be very hard on them.
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The Rockets are 18-9. How are they hanging on by their fingernails? And the Spurs have played pretty well since Manu and Tony came back and they know how to turn it on down the stretch.
 
RayDavies said:
We are not chasing the #1 seed this season, get real. I will be surprised if we finish above the #3 spot in the West.
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Unfortunately, that is not true. Winning the division only guarantees you a top 4 seed and it doesn't even guarantee home court advantage.
 
You can tell when the interviewed B Roy on PTI that he knows just making the playoffs will be a mission. Then it comes down to who we get matched up with. I like us against Hornets, Rockets, Mavs and Jazz. Spurs and Lakers have to much experience and the Nuggs are a bad matchup.
 
How are the Nuggs a bad matchup? Let's see them play each other before coming to such a conclusion.
 
Tmac gets hurt.... probable!!!! Their season is over.... Yao is soft and I think Oden might make a name for himself against him. I like our bench over theirs and the Rockets always fizzle out.

The Spurs are a great team but their age is starting to show. I'm not sure the fire is still there for Tim. Just my opinion.

Dallas always wilts.

Now would that be enough? NOOOOOOO!!!!

Now throw in ROY and superstar status and the calls he's now getting and he's just starting!!! Oden is a month away from being a force and RUDY and LA make us super dangerous. We'll be a major threat to the middle of the pack playoff teams.
 
KingSpeed said:
Unfortunately, that is not true. Winning the division only guarantees you a top 4 seed and it doesn't even guarantee home court advantage.
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Oops, you are right. Good point, however that doesn't change the fact that we are not currently in the running for the #1 seed, and are unlikely to be by any statistical measurement, when you objectively look at us versus the Lake show.

We do need HC advantage in our first round series, though. That should be the Blazer's focus.
 
KingSpeed said:
Like Nash made Blake his bitch? Blake had 22 & 10 vs the former MVP.
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Except that Billups is younger, stronger, and a much better defender. Not to mention that Billups is just plain playing better than Nash.

Enthusiasm is great, but don't deny opposing players their due. Right now, Billup's value is closer to Roy's than it is to Blake. They both belong on the all-star team ahead of Nash.
 
oldmangrouch said:
Except that Billups is younger, stronger, and a much better defender. Not to mention that Billups is just plain playing better than Nash.

Enthusiasm is great, but don't deny opposing players their due. Right now, Billup's value is closer to Roy's than it is to Blake. They both belong on the all-star team ahead of Nash.
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Thank you. Couldn't have said it better myself. repped.
 
Yardape said:
You can tell when the interviewed B Roy on PTI that he knows just making the playoffs will be a mission.
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Really? I just saw it as him keeping with the known team goal is for the season. I couldn't derive anything else from the interview regarding his views on where the team would end up.

15=16
 
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