<div class="quote_poster">Quoting kobimel:</div><div class="quote_post">I think this is much more of a set-back for RJ than the team in a whole. Just when he was having a career season, an ALL-STAR season, everything he worked so hard this season is over. It's really too bad for him, and while this is a bad thing for the team, it's a really, really bad thing for RJ. Let's just hope he'll be in good shape next season. IMO, the Nets can STILL make it, like dee said. The east is looking worse than ever now, other than Miami and Detroit, the east looks terrible. The top team in the Atlantic is barely .500, while Indiana is playing their worst in the past three seasons. Cleveland and Orlando look okay, but not really amazing, Toronto is dismantled, and Philly and Boston are looking ugly. The Nets can still get 8th or 7th seed, in my opinion, it will be:
1.Miami Heat
2.Detroit Pistons
3.New York Knicks
4.Orlando Magic
5.Cleveland Cavaliers
6.Indiana Pacers
After that, there are no real threats for the playoffs by any other team. So NJ can still make it, everybody is forgetting that even though we may not have 3 all-stars now, we still have 2. Carter and Kidd are still great, and Vince is looking comfortable here in Jersey right now. Buford can score 10+ in the starting lineup, but a big role falls on Collins, Krstic, and Scalabrine when he comes back to score more. We'll have to wait and see how well the Nets can get used to playing without RJ, but I think they can still do it.</div>
The Knicks at 3rd seed? Who are you kidding? No offense to Knicks fans but Magic, Cavs, Pacers and Wizards all have better chance of getting 3-6 seeds than Knicks. You mentioned Pacers playing their "worst" in three seasons but you have to count in the fact that they were missing Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson for 1/4 the season and Artest for the whole season. Raps are dismantled? Obviously you haven't followed the Raps even remotely close if you are going to spit out comments like that. They just finished 4-1 in their 5 game homestand. Granted, Rose and Marshall are unhappy about not starting but other than that, the Raps are not even close to get called "dismantling" it's more like "coming together".
