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those rankings actually look pretty good to me. swap portland with dallas and it's a decent list.
those rankings actually look pretty good to me. swap portland with dallas and it's a decent list.
i agree with the lakers above the spurs, but i think the only glaring mistake was portland behind dallas and denver. dallas has maybe added one impact player to their team and that all depends on where shawn marion is at this point. the marion of last season isn't going to do much to improve their team. denver lost dahntay jones and it appears they might not be resigning kleiza either, so i think that would have to drop them below portland as well.Essentially my thoughts, too, though I'd swap LA and San Antonio too, now that Odom seems to be returning to the fold. San Antonio didn't upgrade enough, even with health, to catch and surpass LA, in my opinion. Plus, LA has some "upside if healthy" too in the form of Bynum.
I think she's overrating Dallas. If they had signed Gortat, I'd be more impressed...as it is, Gooden basically replaces Brandon Bass and Shawn Marion is declining and not an ideal fit, as he'll take minutes away from Josh Howard which mitigates some of whatever value he brings. And with Kidd a strong decline candidate, I don't see the Mavericks improving much on last year's record.
Ya, when I was doing my rankings I had Warriors in 8th , then erased them for OKC. Just one of those too close to call spots, so I went with the team I would prefer to see.My rankings would be:
Lakers
Spurs
Trailblazers
Nuggets
Jazz
Hornets
Mavericks
Warriors/Suns
With McGrady probably essentially done as an impact player and Yao out for the season, I don't see Houston reaching the playoffs. Oklahoma City has a nice perimeter nucleus, but nothing up front.
That leaves the Suns and Warriors. The Suns have Nash, Stoudemire and Barbosa and little else. If Stoudemire is at peak form, the Suns could grab the 8 seed again. If he's not, then I like the Warriors young core of Ellis/Biedrins/Randolph/Curry to sneak into the playoffs.
Ya, when I was doing my rankings I had Warriors in 8th , then erased them for OKC. Just one of those too close to call spots, so I went with the team I would prefer to see.
My rankings would be:
Lakers
Spurs
Trailblazers
Nuggets
Jazz
Hornets
Mavericks
Warriors/Suns
With McGrady probably essentially done as an impact player and Yao out for the season, I don't see Houston reaching the playoffs. Oklahoma City has a nice perimeter nucleus, but nothing up front.
That leaves the Suns and Warriors. The Suns have Nash, Stoudemire and Barbosa and little else. If Stoudemire is at peak form, the Suns could grab the 8 seed again. If he's not, then I like the Warriors young core of Ellis/Biedrins/Randolph/Curry to sneak into the playoffs.
I'm going to wuss out, and do it by tiers.
1-2: LA and SA
3-5 Mavs, Nugs, Blazers. The difference between 3rd seed and 5th seed will be razor close.
6: Jazz
7-8: NO and Suns.
Possible surprise? NO, who could leap-frog the Jazz and even challenge for the 5th seed if things go right.
Looks right to me.
Should look right to anyone not drunk with kool-aid
i think people see a team returning all 6 of its players that averaged 20 minutes or more per game last year and add richard jefferson and antonio mcdyess to that.SA is getting older by the minute. I just don't understand how yous peoples can't see that...........despite adding the runaway husband.
SA is getting older by the minute. I just don't understand how yous peoples can't see that...........despite adding the runaway husband.
i think people see a team returning all 6 of its players that averaged 20 minutes or more per game last year and add richard jefferson and antonio mcdyess to that.
of course the spurs didn't have manu for the playoffs last year and duncan clearly wasn't at 100%.The Blazers virtually owned the Spurs last season and I think they'll pass them by this season. It's no wonder to me that a large number of Blazer fans would have rather seen them play the Spurs in the playoffs last season, as opposed to the Rockets.....HCA, or not.
of course the spurs didn't have manu for the playoffs last year and duncan clearly wasn't at 100%.
in terms of the regular season, you've got to assume that an offense of rest will help duncan and manu is going to come back. and with the roster additions, duncan and manu will likely be able to rest more during the season.
i think in terms of the regular season, the spurs are definitely right there with and very possibly a little bit ahead of the blazers. for the playoffs, that all depends on how the new guys mesh for both teams, the health of the spurs, and the development of the blazers so it's hard to say at this point who exactly will have the advantage.
Fair enough.
I just happen to believe that injuries will be a continuing theme with the Spurs. As I said above, they're aging by the minute these days.
It's all good, though.![]()