Sam Amico Dials-In Blazers @ #9

[mook]

I can only see a couple of teams who got worse, PHX and Utah, Houston. The rest either improved themselves, have players coming back from injury who did not play much last year, or sat still (Denver). In my book, that meets the definition of most.

It won't make any headlines, but Duncan, Ginobili, Nash, Baron Davis, Billups, Nowitzki, and even Bryant all got a year closer to concluding their careers as premier NBA players. Many of those guys will show some decline this year.

Older veteran teams like San Antonio have to bring in fresh blood every year just to keep from sliding as their stars begin to fade.

Every year I read a lot of banter about how the majority of teams had significant upgrades. Clearly this is not true, or the NBA would be a vastly more competitive game than it was in the 1990's, and nobody really thinks that.

The hot new acquisition gets the headlines. Tim Duncan scheduling an offseason visit to a knee specialist doesn't.