Here's what he had to say: "Here's where we are as of July 23, in the same format I gave SportsCenter, since you're all well aware that we will not bust out a complete edition of the ESPN.com NBA Power Rankings again until October, to get you nice and thirsty for it: West 1. San Antonio 2. Minnesota 3. Sacramento 4. Denver 5. Houston The addition of Brent Barry makes San Antonio No. 1 in the West. Bonus explanation: The Spurs addressed a major need by swapping Hedo Turkoglu for the dead-eye shooting of Brent Barry. The Wolves and Kings still hold our esteem because logic says they'll be healthier next season than they were last season, although Sacramento will certainly miss the locker-room presence of Vlade Divac. I loved Denver's offseason because the acquisition of Kenyon Martin and re-signing of Marcus Camby means Kiki Vandeweghe has flanked Carmelo Anthony with great defenders. I like what Houston did as well because Tracy McGrady will be as motivated as Shaq in Miami to mesh with Yao Ming and hush his detractors … and because Juwan Howard is due for a bounce-back season as the Rockets' third-best player..." Yoy can read this Article at: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&id=1845274
Dude, here's a tip. Anytime you see an article that begins with "as of -," and the date is 3 days before you decided to post it, don't post it. Because we probably saw it three days ago.
