These five squads primed for a big climb -- or a big fall http://www.nba.com/2010/news/featur...20/tightrope-teams/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt1
With Yao it's stating the obvious. The problem is in 24 he wont make a significant enough contribution needed to put us over the hump. We need other guys like KM and Budinger to stepup for the things we will miss from Yao. Bioth those guys will need to have significantly better seasons.
Interesting he bigged up the Mavs and Spurs and left out the Celtics. I would consider Celts more of a title contender than those two teams
where is the "big fall" for us? limited Yao Ming + current roster = fighting for a playoff spot current roster - Yao Ming = fighting for a playoff spot
He said with Yao we could fight for a top seed in the playoffs. Without Yao we would fight just to be in the playoffs.