rockets will be the team of the future.... T-Mac will end up being our next Dikembe Mutombo! He will be cheering on our future superstar Aaron Brooks!
Wow Toronto gets no love from you guys.... - Probably the best PG combo in the league. - Bargnani is going to better than Nowitzki offensively, and maybe one of the best to play this game (on the offensive side). He has unlimited potential. Yes I said it, and you heard it here first!!!!! He has such a quick smooth shot….amazing. - Bosh is 23 years old. Is having some injury issues but he’s gonna be good, not as good as Bargs though. He’s kinda reached his ceiling; don’t expect him to take a big leap forward. Defense needs some work. Easily average 20pts 10rbs. - Supporting cast: one of the deepest in the league with the best 3 pt shooter in the league. Chicago’s talent is a little overrated. Hinrich is good, but just not as good as people make him out to be, he’ll remain a solid PG but that’s about it…... Ben Wallace is old. Tyrus Thomas will have to learn to shoot to really become dangerous, not an easy task. Gordon is a pure scorere, that's about it.....The only real future allstar I see on their team is Deng.
Portland: Roy and Aldridge are already pretty good players. And even if Oden doesn't live up to the hype, his presence on the boards and defensive end will do wonders for this team.
Watch Bargnani against Boston tommorrow and then tell me that you don't see the sky being the limit for this kid!!!!! Saying he's gonna be ONE of the best to play this game might be a stretch, but he has the potential to reach that level.... personally I really think he'll get there... Larry Bird esque.
Wow, Bargnani is gonna be good, I'd say an future all star, but you comparing him to Bird? He's gonna be a better offensive player than Bosh, but a worse defensive player. I'd say he'll be on par with Bosh in a year or two.
it's gotta be blazers. aldridge's got serious game, roy is awesome, when oden comes back they r gonna be pretty decent.
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i went with toronto. the two most important pieces to ANY championship caliber team are big man who can dominate and great point guard. toronto has both with chris bosh and tj ford. portland is not far away, and chicago has luol deng....who i think is a star.
Also, I'd be curious to see what Portland's cap situation is like considering that the contracts of Raef, D. Miles & SF3 will come off the books eventually (I'm no cap expert by any means. so I really have no idea). You have to figure that when those contracts expire, they'll have the cap room to both re-sign these lottery picks and perhaps make a run at whatever free agent is available at the time.
I'm a little biased, of course, but I'm going with the Raptors too. Not only is there Bosh and Ford, there's Bargnani and Calderon - which make a 1-2 punch a 2-4 punch (so to speak). A tandem of Bosh and Bargnani would be good, but would be limited if matched with poor guard play. Ford and Calderon are both starting caliber PGs who have a more 'playmaker' mindset, and both were in the top 10 last year in terms of assists per minute as well as assist:turnover. They score enough to keep teams honest and don't turn the ball over. Put them with the tandem of Bosh and Bargnani who can genuinely score from anywhere and it's lethal. Surround them with Championship quality role players like Kapono, Delfino and Nesterovic - along with other 'winners' like Parker, Garbajosa and Dixon - and you have yourself one lethal team. They all know their roles and play together very well.
bargnani has such a sweet stroke, silky smooth, he makes draining threes look effortless. With his size and touch, I would say he can be a little worse than Dirk. Bargs has a better three point shot but Dirk plays better D and rebounds better, plus I haven't seen Bargs work and create shots for himself yet, all of those threes were pick and pop, Dirk can actually take you off the dribble and back you down on the high post and down low a bit.
i voted for raptors. But a team that was overlook was the hawks. They got the 2 joes, 2 kids which already 1 have made it to the all-star. And they got plenty of kids at the squad who looks very very good.
