Kenny Smith's checklist for a title contender

Rafer is a great point guard, he is for sure good enough to take us to the finals, he has everything you need in a point guard, and he is also defensive minded. Last year CAVs team that went to the finals...do you even remember their pg name?? You do not need a superstar pg to get to the finals, Rafer is a great pg and he can take us far.

 

Kenny is a tool, not as big a fool as Charles, but still a fool, and he knows it.

The best moment from TNT is when Kenny tries to prove his point. He usually states his statement alright, then he goes back & forth with the same few sentences, at the end he couldn't even recall what he was going to say, just repeat his statement, add "That's why ...".

Funny stuff

 

Heres my list for a championship team!


Flopper: Scola - check
Defense specialist- Battier - check
Scorer/closer - Tmac - check
inside presence - Landry/deke- check
Good point guard - Rafer (hopefully it will continue) check
Deep bench - Novak, bobby jackson, etc - check
Chemistry - check!
misc - check!

Hmm I think thats why the Roxs are looking for Dale Davis. A big body inside that can rebound would be great.

 

1. Style of play: Check

2. A quality point guard and an inside presence: Check, Rafer/Bjax and Deke/Landry/Scola

3. A superstar: Check, Tmac when he is focused

4. A beast: Check, Landry and Harris

5. A great bench: Check, Landry, Harris, Brooks, BJax, Novak, Hayes

6. Adversity: Check, No Yao

7. A magic moment: Check, Winning Streak

8. Chemistry: Check

 

the guy who wrote that article talking up the mavs is named k.ding

...maybe the article is just him joking? in that case its actually pretty funny

 

The guy looses all credit by even mentioning Dampier and Tyrone Lue.

 

The Rockets fit all of his criteria except for maybe inside presence. We have a defensive inside presence but as of now, we don't have a consistent offensive inside presence. I don't really believe that you have to have all of those aspects to be considered a title contender. The Mavs and the Pistons are/were considered title contenders but they have no consistent offensive inside presence. Rasheed can be but he is not considered a go-to weapon inside. I believe if Scola is used appropriately and Landry are sufficient for this team to go deep in the playoffs.