Official NBA 06-07 Thread

[PauLwaLL]

This is a thread to discuss anything about the up coming NBA season.. From the looks of this years team.. I really think that its going to be the Spurts vs Heat.. Heat barley made any changes, if any.. Same goes with the Spurs.. To outstanding teams in my eyes.. Im pulling for the Bulls tho.. They got a promising future.. But I honestly dont want to wait.. I want them to go back to the Glory Days with MJ..

Another team everyone should keep there eye on are the Cavs.. I believe this will be Lebrons break-out year.. He finally his jump shot to almost be automatic, and the team around him are well balanced.. Lebrons also my choice for my early season MVP...

 

[The Enforcer]

I think I am going to have to go with Bulls vs Heat in the East and Dallas vs Spurs in the West. And I think that it will wind up being Heat vs Spurs, with the Heat taking it in 6. But yea I have to agree with you in regards to the Cavs. I would love to see The Cavs vs Heat in the East but I am not sure if they will be able to get that far. But my fingers are crossed

 

[PauLwaLL]

The thing is.. You cant count out the Pistons.. There always a good team.. Not a break out star on the team, but very balanced and very well coached.. Saunders is a great coach and very under rated imo..

Another promising team tho in the East along with the Bulls are the Magic.. Great young team.. They may make it in the lower part in the East.. Maybe 7 or 8.. But the Magic and the Bulls are definatly the two teams in the East with the most promising future ahead of them..

Moving on to the Cavs.. Theres no doubt in my mind that they can be the #2 seed in the East.. All they need to do is not choke after the All Star break like they have done the last two years.. Like I said before, this year will be Lebrons break out year.. And he imo could take this team to a Championship.

 

[The Enforcer]

Like I was saying I agree with you. And I honestly hope that you are right. I would love to see Lebron in the finals, I think that he is a phenominal player and he is deffinitly the future of the game. Alot of people that Kobe is the next Jordan, but I think that if it is going to be anyone it will be either Lebron or Wade. They are both great players that can take over a game when they need to.

 

[PauLwaLL]

Quite honestly, I believe this whole "Next Jordan" thing will never happen.. In my eyes, there will never be another Jordan.. Besides Lebron is more like Magic Johnson.. He has great court vision.. Can open anything up for his players.. Could play any posistion etc... If we were going to compare anyone to MJ.. Its probably is Kobe.. Other then Kobe maybe T-Mac, tho we cant see that since he's been injury prone since he left Orlando..

Since I brought up T-Mac, Im going to go ahead and say something about the Rockets.. They made ALOT of moves in the off season by picking up Bonzi Wells who could be a huge assett to them, if he plays like he did during the Kings vs Spurs series.. Im pretty sure he'll be the 6th man of the year, if he does play that way.. I'm getting ahead of myself now.. But what I'm trying to get at is if they stay healthy, they can also be a force in the West.. For instance look at there starting 5..

PG - Rafer Alston - Three point threat, along with a great passer.
SG - Not sure whos going to play this spot.. Its between Battier, Wells, or Sura (who I'm related too .. Very distantly tho).. Either person, would do a great job.. Bobby showed he can play last year, when he and Wesley carried the team.
SF - T-Mac.. We all know what he can do.. Just needs to keep healthy
PF - Juwan Howard - In my eyes, he's the weak link in the lineup due to his age.. But he can put up some quality numbers.
C - Yao Ming.. I think this guy can be good.. I really dont think he's shown anything yet, so he needs this year to be his time to shine.

 

[The Enforcer]

The Rockets could be a real threat but its like you said, "Can they stay healthy"? That whole team kind of reminds me of Grant Hill, Just when you think its his time again he gets hurt, thats how I have been feeling about the Rockets since T-Mac went there lol. When he first went there I was like that is the team to beat in the West for sure, and they did nothing. But in the east you have to watch the Knicks, Which is my home team lol. I mean have you watched them play this preseason? They are not playing that bad at all. Steve Francis is even playing well. I know not to put all my eggs in the basket but I am hopeful that they finally make the playoffs again. And they picked up Kelvin Cato I believe. He is a good assest to that team as well

 

[wcwfan]

Battier will end up playing power foward and Wells will Be the 2 guard when he gets over his legal trouble

 

[wcwfan]

I like the nets in te east due to the fact that kidd is still a top three if not the best point guard in the game, Vince Carter is in a contract year and that usaully means big numbers, Richard Jefferson continues to improve and I think will be an all star this year,and Kristic is and improving big man who I would have to say that after shaq, Howard and Bosh he's the next best big man. Add there improving bench wich includes Marcus William who was the still of the draft and my sleeper pick for rookie of the year, due to the fact that not only will he be kidds backup but you will also see them on the court together especially in crunch time giving him around 30 mins a game enough time to average 14pts 7ast and acouple of stills, and I dont think that any other rookie will do much better than that. But back on the subject Nachbar has look great in the preseason hitting from the outside Antoine Wright is athletic and can run and finish at the rim, Miki Moor gives them depth and energy at the backup center spot and when Eddie house comes back thats instant offense of the bench throw in Joosh boone when healthy and they have one of the best benches in the east. Also add the fact that Miami is old an have no bench at all, the piston want be as good on deffense as the used to be and that was there thing The bulls added wallace but they still need someone who can score in the post and Cleveland just dont have enough around james. Why not the Nets

In the west I like the Suns if Stoudamire can come close to 100%. Nash is still great Marion is the best all around player in the league Diaw talent is unlimitted and you just don't have any idea of all the things he can do Bells a deffensive stopper and kurt thomas is old school. James jones is there outside shooter and Banks is a good back up at point they have it all and if Stoudamire can be almost as good as he was the year before last then there unstopable

 

[PauLwaLL]

Tell me everyone saw the Bulls spank the HeAt.. I know its the first game of the year, but it was very impressive.. They proved that they are a force to be reckond with this year.. All we need is for them to stay healthy and they'll be good to go.. They may also need some better inside scoring, but from the 3 they shot 53.8%.. And Ben Gordan only had 6 points and went 1-9 from the field.. When this whole teams on.. Noone can stop them..

Lakers are hanging in there now as well..

Battier will end up playing power foward and Wells will Be the 2 guard when he gets over his legal trouble

No? And wheres T-Mac gonna go Center? This is there starters.. PG - Alston, SG - Bonzi, SF - T-Mac, Pf - Howard, C - Yao

 

[The Enforcer]

Yea I saw the Bulls give it to the Heat last night. I must admit that I was pretty shocked at how they just demolished them last night. But I guess its like I said in an earlier post on here that I think its going to be the Heat and the Bulls in the Eastern finals

 

[PauLwaLL]

Nah, I dont know about the HeAt.. They dont seem fresh anymore.. D Wade cant carry them all year.. On the plus side, the past 3 years Shaq starts off slow, and then slowly progress's to be the dominate force we know he is.. Suprising thing about that game was Gordan was horribly off.. If they cant beat the defending Champs like that with Gordon struggling.. I would love to see what they can do with the whole team being on.

As for the Bulls and HeAt.. I think Detroit is going to continue to be solid.. All they lost was Big Ben, but there kind of like the Patriots of the NBA.. They always find someone to fill in the gap..

The other game tonight (Lakers vs Suns).. Was also suprising.. Lakers pulled it off without Kobe.. Smush Parker is going to be one of the top PG's by the end of the year imo.. Odom is a great secondary player.. And how about Bynum? I think they found there substitute for Shaq.

 

[wcwfan]

No? And wheres T-Mac gonna go Center? This is there starters.. PG - Alston, SG - Bonzi, SF - T-Mac, Pf - Howard, C - Yao

T-Mac will play the three, wells the two,alston on point,battier at the four and yao at center trust me. It might not be that way at the start but when wells get in there and get in the flow thats how it will be. The reason why is that every one is trying this Suns style line ups the same reason you will see bruce bowan playing the four and richard jefferson playing the four, ron artest playing the four and even mike dunlevy jr playing at the four. not only does it matches up well with the sun put smaller quicker defenders give dirk more trouble like bowen,artest,and battier. And besides howard is getting old and can't give you big minutes anymore and he probaly will be hurt soon anyway.


As of last night I think the bulls will do that all year and i think that they will play the nets in the eastern conf. finals but i think whats gone hurt them is in the playoffs and things get tough and thim jumpers aren't going down then who's going to get those tough buckets inside. but impressive win last night and believe it or not the bulls are my favorite team and I thought that they were a year and a bad knicks season away(because they can have there draft pick if it is lower then there own) From the championship. but after last night i could be wrong.

as for the Lakers I am completely shocked that they played that well without Kobe I was impressed but can those same players keep it up when kobe get back?

 

[wcwfan]

The other game tonight (Lakers vs Suns).. Was also suprising.. Lakers pulled it off without Kobe.. Smush Parker is going to be one of the top PG's by the end of the year imo.. Odom is a great secondary player.. And how about Bynum? I think they found there substitute for Shaq.

The lakers are better then I thought but my question is do you think Odom will still be that aggressive when Kobe comes back? As for Parker slow down a bit. He couldnt make a free throw last night and you need your point guard to be a better free throw shooter then that and i dont think he shoots that good from the field either. He doesn't either avg. alot of ast..I respect your opinion but do you think he's better than Nash,paul ,bibby, B. Diddy,T. Parker, andre miller Kidd Billiups, Iverson,Ford, Hinrich,just to name a few. And thre young point guards thet I see rising past him like Ray Felton, D Williams, J Nelson, S. Livingston, Marcus Williams. I even think that by next year Farmar will have he's spot. Did you see him in the playoffs last year? I diddnt either.

 

[PauLwaLL]

T-Mac will play the three, wells the two,alston on point,battier at the four and yao at center trust me

Why would Battier play PF? They need some more size down there since Yao hasnt really proved anything.. There going to play Howard..

The reason why is that every one is trying this Suns style

Woudnt that give the team with the big guy down at the PF spot more of an advantage? Like you said, a lot of teams are trying to play the "Run 'N' Gun" style offence, but will it really take a team to the Finals? Honestly think about, once a team recognizes your style of play.. Your easy to beat.. Thats why LA beat Phoenix tonight.. They had there number last year in the Play-Offs, and remembered there style of play.. Thats why I think the Suns need to switch it up a bit and stop using Run and Gun.. Everyones noticing it.

And besides howard is getting old and can't give you big minutes anymore and he probaly will be hurt soon anyway.

He can still put up 12 pts a game and 8 boards.. Never judge a player by his age.. Take MJ for example.. Or Reggie, or even Malone.. All were solid during there last few years in the NBA.. Age doesnt mean anything imo.. Yes it'll cut down on there time, but while there out there and they produce.. Minutes dont mean anything as long as you have someone solid coming off the bench (Like the Rockets do)

As for Parker slow down a bit. He couldnt make a free throw last night and you need your point guard to be a better free throw shooter then that and i dont think he shoots that good from the field either. He doesn't either avg. alot of ast..I respect your opinion but do you think he's better than Nash,paul ,bibby, B. Diddy,T. Parker, andre miller Kidd Billiups, Iverson,Ford, Hinrich,just to name a few.

See a lot of those guys you named there are shooters.. Smush is basially a defensive specialist.. He can pass and I guarntee he averages over 8 dimes a game.. His shooting, yes its bad.. But a lot of PG's shooting is horrible.. Jason Farmar imo will prob be the starter by the end of the year.. But Smush will contribute..

 

[wcwfan]

Why would Battier play PF? They need some more size down there since Yao hasnt really proved anything.. There going to play Howard..

I like debating with you its fun , you seem to know your stuff butt Yao not proving him self? Last year after the allstarr break when he came back from his first injury he was avg 25 and 12 before he broke his foot, he then played in the world championships were he was the tourny leading scorer,ad that with the fact that the next best center in the west is Chris Kaman, yao is all the size you need. And as for the suns they were in the western conference finals playing Marion at power forward and they lost to a mavs team who has a bit of a differnt kind of poward foward. Regular power fowards cant play with Marion nor Dirk and those were the two best teams in the west so you have to match up with them because they both are differnt power foward bout they were both in top 10 in rebound and they both avg over 20pts thats what evryone wants at the 4. and it doesn't matter who starts anyway cause when the game is on the line Howard will be on the bench and battier will be on the floor,due to the fact that he can shoot from the outside when open and he can defind multiple positions,and its all about dirk you think howards gone check him?

Woudnt that give the team with the big guy down at the PF spot more of an advantage? Like you said, a lot of teams are trying to play the "Run 'N' Gun" style offence, but will it really take a team to the Finals? Honestly think about, once a team recognizes your style of play.. Your easy to beat.. Thats why LA beat Phoenix tonight.. They had there number last year in the Play-Offs, and remembered there style of play.. Thats why I think the Suns need to switch it up a bit and stop using Run and Gun.. Everyones noticing it.

That was one game and the suns have been playing like this the last 2 years and won 60 games twice and western confernce finals twice so that means theres alot of teams who havn't figure them out yet and they are not that easy to beat.

He can still put up 12 pts a game and 8 boards.. Never judge a player by his age.. Take MJ for example.. Or Reggie, or even Malone.. All were solid during there last few years in the NBA.. Age doesnt mean anything imo.. Yes it'll cut down on there time, but while there out there and they produce.. Minutes dont mean anything as long as you have someone solid coming off the bench (Like the Rockets do)

Howard doesnt even compare to any of those players give me someone closer to his ability

See a lot of those guys you named there are shooters.. Smush is basially a defensive specialist.. He can pass and I guarntee he averages over 8 dimes a game.. His shooting, yes its bad.. But a lot of PG's shooting is horrible.. Jason Farmar imo will prob be the starter by the end of the year.. But Smush will contribute..

All them guys i named are shooters and avg more ast. then parker who career avg is 2.9 and the triangl offense don't allow point guards to shine as much. you sad by the end of the year he would be one of the top pgs but how long is the top of your list cause i think all those guys are better and you even said farmar will have his spot by the end of the year, so what will that make Farmar The TOP PG?

Your turn!!

 

[PauLwaLL]

Last year after the allstarr break when he came back from his first injury he was avg 25 and 12 before he broke his foot

Exactly what I ment by not proving himself.. Seriously.. Has he had 1 full season in the NBA since hes been drafted? Nope.. Further more, we havnt actually seen what he can actually do..

ad that with the fact that the next best center in the west is Chris Kaman

LOL!! Chris Kaman? The guy cant even pay attention to something for more then 2 minutes (add).. I think you have forgotten Marcus Camby, Mehmet Ocur, Amare (if he ever gets healthy), Raef Lafrentz, Jamal Magloire... And you have PF that play center like Boozer, Randolph, Brad Miller just to name a few.. Those are all either just as good if not better players in the Center posistion.. But there really isnt any dominating Centers in the leage anymore..

and its all about dirk you think howards gone check him?

No, I dont believe anyone can play single man coverage on Dirk.. Hes way to dominating anymore.. The guy is just a weapon.. Nothing more I can say about Dirk, except for he can do anything.. It'll be tough for anyone to guard him.. You put a big guy on him.. He'll run circles around him.. You put a smaller guy on him, and he'll just dominate the post.. Dirk like I said is the dominate player in the West right now.. But if memory serves me right.. I believe they played The Rockets the one game, and they held him to 7 points? And I think like 2-13 shooting.. That was Juwan who shut him down..

That was one game and the suns have been playing like this the last 2 years and won 60 games twice and western confernce finals twice so that means theres alot of teams who havn't figure them out yet and they are not that easy to beat.

What a team neads to do is run a 2 - 3 and there easy to stop.. Leave a man covering every piece of the court.. Like I said, the Run N Gun offence is easy to stop.. I know this because on my BBall Team, we ran the Run N Gun offence and we got beat in the Divisional Final because a team that we played figured us out.. And Coach always said.. "Watch out for the 2-3, that defence will always stop us".. And he told us to quit doing it, but we continued and ended up getting blown out..

But now Im getting of the subject.. But The Suns little man line up, is definatly going to get figured out soon.. They cant just continue to do it 3 years straight and not think the other teams dont know what there doing, when I can see what there doing.. Once they lose like 3 or 4 straight, they'll see it isnt working, and will make a switch.

All them guys i named are shooters and avg more ast. then parker who career avg is 2.9

He only has played 1 full season as a starter.. I dont even think he was in the NBA in 04? I think he came from the Euro Leage? Not sure tho.

you even said farmar will have his spot by the end of the year, so what will that make Farmar The TOP PG?

I ment to say hes there future point guard.. I think I was thinken to hard and messed up what I was trying to say.. Farmar does have talent.. But Smush is just a defencive specialist.. Farmar's D quality but Smush has him in that.. Farmar in the NCAA proved he was a solid PG.. But every NBA fans knows that the Lakers wait before they start playing the rookies.. For example.. Andrew Bynum.. Played like 45 minutes the entire year, until the Play Offs rolled around.. And now, hes there starter.. Kobe didnt play until his second year as well.. Well he played year one.. But Eddie Jones started over him..

What im trying to say is Smush really isnt an offencive threat.. But sometimes hes on.. But you cant say he doesnt play amazing D.. Thats why the Lakers should of picked up a quality PG.. There were a couple on the market this yea and they didnt do anything at all.. Im not sure if any team did anything as a matter of fact.. There were a few deals, but I cant really think of one that was eye popping.

 

[showtyme27]

i think i like the spurs in the west and the cavs in the east although that's a bias statement considering the cavs have my favorite player right now and the spurs are my favorite team.my top five in the east are 1.heat: even though they had a big lost last night come playoff time they will be at the top of there game remember last season they had a horrible record againist the top teams in the nba. 2.the cavs: lebron keeps getting better and better he will keep the cavs near the top really thought he deserved the mvp last season hope he gets a shot at it this year. 3. the bulls: i know it was only the first game of the season but they looked great once little ben gets his shot back they should be near the top of the east. 4. the nets: there big three is one of the best i can see them in the finals this year i think they have been close but this year they will try to take it all. 5. pistons: i wouldn't count them out just yet the only major loss they had was ben i still think they will have a good year but i don't see the championship in there future.my top five in the west is 1.spurs:to me the best team in the nba i thought they would win last season and i think they will win this season i also hope to see the tim duncan of old on the court. 2.mavs: what can i say i counted these guys out all last year and they proved me wrong but i don't see them taking out the spurs this year. 3.rockets: i just like this team i hope they come back from a disappointing year and if t-mac and yao can stay healthy i see them becoming a major player in the west maybe this is the year t-mac and yao get past the first roand of the playoffs. 4. clippers: for some reason i have liked this team for a long time back when they had odom and miles alway thought they was a good team that couldn't get it done gled to see that they are a contender now they showed me last year that they are ready to take a serious run at the championship. 5. nuggets: carmelo will take his team to the playoffs again he has soild teammates and they play good together i would hate to see them fall out of the playoffs this year.my sleeper in the east is orlando if they can play like they did at the end of last season i could see them getting the 7 or 8 seed in the east.my sleeper in the west the hornets i thought they deserved to go to the playoffs last year but i think they will get that playoff spot this year paul is an incredible player way better then i thought he would be.well that my thoughts on this season, one last thing i would love to see a playoff series between the cavs and heat wade and lebron would light it up.

 

[wcwfan]

Exactly what I ment by not proving himself.. Seriously.. Has he had 1 full season in the NBA since hes been drafted? Nope.. Further more, we havnt actually seen what he can actually do..

His career avg is around 17 and 8 I'll take that from my starting center these days.

LOL!! Chris Kaman? The guy cant even pay attention to something for more then 2 minutes (add).. I think you have forgotten Marcus Camby, Mehmet Ocur, Amare (if he ever gets healthy), Raef Lafrentz, Jamal Magloire... And you have PF that play center like Boozer, Randolph, Brad Miller just to name a few.. Those are all either just as good if not better players in the Center posistion.. But there really isnt any dominating Centers in the leage anymore..

Camby is only gone play 40 games if that much,Magloire has to be out joel prizbilla Amare, ok I forgot he played center he's a no brainer but i would take Kaman over Okur. Thats just me. Did you see him get 25pts and like 22rbs last year thats what I want

No, I dont believe anyone can play single man coverage on Dirk.. Hes way to dominating anymore.. The guy is just a weapon.. Nothing more I can say about Dirk, except for he can do anything.. It'll be tough for anyone to guard him.. You put a big guy on him.. He'll run circles around him.. You put a smaller guy on him, and he'll just dominate the post.. Dirk like I said is the dominate player in the West right now.. But if memory serves me right.. I believe they played The Rockets the one game, and they held him to 7 points? And I think like 2-13 shooting.. That was Juwan who shut him down..

I cant recall that game were howard shut down dirk, I'll take your word for it but I'm gone guess that it was just an of game for dirk. You really think howard can stop dirk?

What a team neads to do is run a 2 - 3 and there easy to stop.. Leave a man covering every piece of the court.. Like I said, the Run N Gun offence is easy to stop.. I know this because on my BBall Team, we ran the Run N Gun offence and we got beat in the Divisional Final because a team that we played figured us out.. And Coach always said.. "Watch out for the 2-3, that defence will always stop us".. And he told us to quit doing it, but we continued and ended up getting blown out..

NBA players don't even know how to play a zone, we seen that in the world championships


But now Im getting of the subject.. But The Suns little man line up, is definatly going to get figured out soon.. They cant just continue to do it 3 years straight and not think the other teams dont know what there doing, when I can see what there doing.. Once they lose like 3 or 4 straight, they'll see it isnt working, and will make a switch.

He only has played 1 full season as a starter.. I dont even think he was in the NBA in 04? I think he came from the Euro Leage? Not sure tho.

He has a ring with the spurs from sitting on the end of there bench




I ment to say hes there future point guard.. I think I was thinken to hard and messed up what I was trying to say.. Farmar does have talent.. But Smush is just a defencive specialist.. Farmar's D quality but Smush has him in that.. Farmar in the NCAA proved he was a solid PG.. But every NBA fans knows that the Lakers wait before they start playing the rookies.. For example.. Andrew Bynum.. Played like 45 minutes the entire year, until the Play Offs rolled around.. And now, hes there starter.. Kobe didnt play until his second year as well.. Well he played year one.. But Eddie Jones started over him..

What im trying to say is Smush really isnt an offencive threat.. But sometimes hes on.. But you cant say he doesnt play amazing D.. Thats why the Lakers should of picked up a quality PG.. There were a couple on the market this yea and they didnt do anything at all.. Im not sure if any team did anything as a matter of fact.. There were a few deals, but I cant really think of one that was eye popping.

I give you the D but one of the top point guards you have to admit is a bit of a stretch, you need to have a more complete game the get to that point.

 

[vwrestler171]

I think that the Utah Jazz, could really make a push in the West if Boozer and Kirilenko can stay healthy. They have beat the Suns, Rockets, and the lowly GS Warriors, they will face a real test tonight when they face Detroit. The way that Boozer is playing, with 20 pts and 15 rebs over 3 games is great, now if he can keep up that way of play, the Jazz will be tough to beat

 

[whitesoxxx1]

bulls season ticket holder, and quite frankly, the bulls will have a good season. with the acquisition of ben wallace, and kaptain kirk as PG, they have a good shot at the title. also, ben gordon is a great clutch shooter, and is a great scorer all around. look for the bulls when it comes nba championship time

 

[PauLwaLL]

The thing about the Bulls is they dont have that one star player that every team neads.. They do have a lot of future stars, but there all to young.. Detroit did that with Chauncy who imo is the most under rated player in the game.. Bulls should of picked up Garnett when they had the chance..

The Warriors are looking good this year as well.. Same goes for the Hornets, Knicks, and Celtics.. All solid teams, you cant sleap on.

 

[wcwfan]

The bulls are a year away from championship, the warriors wont be there in the end but i like there young players the future is bright. The knicks dont play enough D and pierce dont get enough help. The hornets are awesome though chris paul is steve nash but younger and faster David West Would be an all star in the east. The Bulls vs the Hornets NBA Finals 2008.

 

[wotdoiput]

Its good to see the Warriors performing well... epsecially without J Rich being his normal self... when he gets back to fitness they could be a danger... but you never know with the Warriors.. I hope they make the playoffs this year....

Hornets have a good young team and Peja showed why they picked him up 2day... good to see Chandler playing ok... will probably never be a scoring threat and will never be as good as Brand IMO but he can Board...

Celtics looking good? Solid team?? Have Bill Russell and Larry Bird been cloned and I havent heard about it?? All they have is Pierce who is an absolute star.... all Wally can do is shoot and he does that inconsitenly... Gomes is a hard worker nothing more.. Telfair... well i reckon he is crappola.. but maybe he will come good further into the seasn... Delonte West should be starting Point Guard...... Jefferson is a disappointment.. Perkins isnt much.. I tink the season will be bleak in Boston..

As for New York.. well they seem to be doing better than last year (unfortunately) but i still think they are a joke..... as wcwfan said they cant stop anyone... Frye is struggling.. there back court is to small... Curry cant rebound.. chemistry is still a problem.... but I extremely dislike the Knicks so its all good....

 

[carson08]

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Gomes is a hard worker nothing more.. ...... Jefferson is a disappointment..

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Gomes is more than just a hard worker. He obviously isn't the most talented player in the league, but you don't get his numbers just by working hard. And Jefferson hasn't really been a disapointment. When they drafted him his expectations were he'd average 18-10 in his prime. He's not in his prime yet and he's averging 11 and 7. He's 21 years old so don't say he's a disapointment just yet.

As for the season standings, I'm predicting:

EC:
1.Cleveland
2.Miami
3.New Jersey
4.Chicago
5.Detroit
6.Indiana
7.Orlando
8.Philadelphia
9.Washington
10.Boston
11.Toronto
12.Milwaukee
13.Charlotte
14.New York
15.Atlanta

WC:
1.Dallas
2.San Antonio
3.Utah
4.Phoenix
5.Houston
6.LA Clippers
7.LA Lakers
8.Denver
9Minnesota
10.Sacramento
11.New Orleans
12.Golden State
13.Seattle
14.Memphis
15.Portland

 

[TCOF]

Well I think we should start this goin.

The Suns and Mavs are doin crazy so far. Too bad they won't be able to meet in the Finals, but if they meet in the WCF that would be some great bball.

My Lakers are doin pretty good despite only having Bynum as their only big man.