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Rockets #9 in new ESPN.com rankings

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by leroy, Jan 19, 2004.

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  1. leroy

    leroy Member
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    ESPN.com Power Rankings

    Up to #9 from 12. I guess it is how much you put into these rankings. The entire Midwest Div is in the top 12. That is pretty amazing.
     
    #1 leroy, Jan 19, 2004
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    9 (12) Rockets 23-16 For all the talk about what Yao can't do, wouldn't you want him on your team? Rhetorical question, because there's only one answer.
     
    #2 dreday, Jan 19, 2004
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    If I were one of the big 5 teams with aspirations of winning this year's championship, I'd take Yao over anyone else on the Rockets team to win right now.
     
    #3 Charvo, Jan 19, 2004
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    Funny that the Lakers are still in the Top 10. I know how great they would be with four future Hall of Famers on the team, but right now they're missing three of those guys, and I always saw these rankings kinda like the College Men's Basketball Top 25 (what have you done for me lately?)

    Lakers have been losing and will continue to do so until they get their boys back.
     
    #4 ROXTXIA, Jan 19, 2004
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    The funny thing, was last year, when the Lakers were under-.500 they kept them in the Top 10, and their excuse was "They're the world champions, you can't take them out". Well, they're NOT the world champions, so what's the excuse now? Who would I put ahead of the Lakers?

    Sacramento
    San Antonio
    Minnesota
    Houston
    Indiana
    Detroit
    Dallas
    New Jersey
    Milwaukee
    New Orleans

    They may not all have better overall records then the Lakers, but they're playing much better right now. And injuries isn't an excuse, because, if San Antonio or Indiana were banged up, and losing like the Lakers, they would be dropped in the ratings.
     
    #5 RocksMillenium, Jan 19, 2004
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    You can downgrade the Lakers now, but when they get healthy they are top 5.... And I am not a fan of theirs :eek:
     
    #6 ricerocket, Jan 19, 2004
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    The Nets above us? What a sparkling record they have.
     
    #7 KeepKenny, Jan 19, 2004
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    Yeah, that is ridiculous. If Rox were in their division, we would win the division title this year!
     
    #8 canoner2002, Jan 19, 2004
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    A good point. The answer is: Lakers have the one of the biggest audiences (if not the biggest) of all NBA teams. They're 'Mr. Popularity'. ESPN has always made its NBA reporting include a huge amount of popularity or lack thereof (Rockets, for example, aren't popular, and therefore don't receive from ESPN the credit they deserve. Never have.). As I've said in other threads, journalists' primariy obligations aren't toward truth or fairness.. it's toward selling product.

    -- droxford
     
    #9 droxford, Jan 19, 2004
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