dude no offense but your kind of dillusional , i understand you being a big fan and all but take things into perspective on some of your oppinions. 1) Spurs are the spurs and they are dangerous and yes they are a big hurdle if we want to be the best in the west. has nothing to do with age or mason or barry, it has to do with the same machine of duncan, manu and parker with a amazing coach Pop driving the train. they are good and thats all there is to it, the only thing that derails that train is injuries, which i might tell u applies to us as well. you lose a star and it hurts to the point of not being able to recover. 2) the lakers are the WCC and well they have kobe and gasol with a very strong supporting cast and a great coach. there style of play is a big problem and well they have proven it time after time that they know how to win . much more than we ever have. not saying we cant beat them , i say we can but you cant be sitting there and saying that we are better . only the season and competition will tell . the biggest thing that stands out is KOBE plays even when injured . this team is extremely tough. 3) you have got to be freking kidding me on this one. lol your telling me that because of losing a supporting cast player like posey , your downgrading the team that embarrassed lakers in the finals , specially the last game ... your telling me the team that beat lakers by more than 40 has defensive issues pending. ??? what justification do you have on this? there is no question that the celtics are the biggest rivals in the nba for any team . you forget that it was only their first yr together. garnett, peirce and allen combination is picture perfect , supporting cast is there for only one reason . SUPPORT, and rondo and others are more than up to the task . plus i think ainge is doing a good job of retooling without spending much at all . thats why they let posey go . 4) mavs dont suck but i agree i dont think they will be a huge factor in contending but that doesnt mean they wont be in the playoffs and they have the potential to be dangerous . kidd , terry , howard, nowitski , stackhouse ... man thats not the bobcats for us to just say yeh they are done. ??? 5) this was your silliest annalysis . lol the suns have serious firepower and there biggest downfall if any has to be considered losing their coach , who made the suns who they are. if porter makes this team mesh the talent level is off the charts. nash , amare, old shaq, barbosa (breakout yr) , hill , bell, diaw, barnes (underrated), lopez (not a bad rook) and that dragic guy . i dont see them being contenders because the league is really tough but in no form or manner are they done .... they can click and be extremely dangerous. 6) over ananlysis and over hyped, no doubt this team is good but by no means is it that good and again a big over estimation of posey impact, this team has holes and it is a single man show of paul . much like the cavaliers. when it comes down to it, any elite team , us , spurs, celtics, or even others have the capability of slowing down a one man show in a 7 game series , therefore i dont think this team gets past second round anytime soon. peja wont do anything vs us or spurs. and as far as guarding paul . a artest double since they have no SG . this team is not a contender. nor is it as dangerous as the teams above. 7) stupid analysis, this team is a great team and is extremely well coached. they run their system better than almost anyone in this league and they execute. in order to beat them you have to simply out play and out hustle them and in this case artest will definitely guard williams because of the size and we want the post up game gone . francis is a bench contributor and even if he became the man he use to be back in the days , i still wouldnt put him on williams . williams is a beast and needs to be contained. artest will do that . hopefully (gulp) . what hurts us most against this team is rebounding . they destroy us on the boards when it counts . hopefully dorsey can box out and grab boards. in the end of the day this team is very dangerous and we do have match up problems with them so i wouldnt be counting them out in no means . and there ace in the hole is simple . they never have injury issues which goes a long way. 8) nuggets , clippers, blazers, round out the competition , kings and warriors and others in the west wont compete. i wont talk percentages because there is no logic or data to base that off of since we are in the offseason . with all said and done . i think we have a legit chance of winning the championship because of who we are not why we are better than others. with that said our biggest issues will have to be injuries and chemistry . ON offense more than defense. the problem with the rockets has primarilly been the ability to consistantly put points on the board but we looked to be on our way to changing that last yr . lets hope we continue to head in the right direction this yr .
given recent and past playoff history the rockets and jazz are rivals, the jazz are the only rival we have really if you go by the logic that rivals are made in the playoffs
This is exactly what i think of them but everyone i talk with tells me they are tops in the west to me they are better than our 05-06 team but a CP injury will put them in the same situation that team was in
imo, your input is such jibberish. it sounds like your just rambling on with whatever pops up in your mind and you jolt it down without thinking about what your saying. 1)i have no clue how odom is a allstar but he is still just close to a superstar like ron ron 2)imo yao and pau are both soft but yao is just a little better than pau, and bynum and scola match up pretty well because many of us expect scola to break out to about 13 points 7 rebs next year and bynum is a BIG question mark for next year considering his recent surgery. 3)we have 3, your forgetting deke. how do they have none when garnett was the defensive player of the year. imo pierce is just right up there with artest in defensive abilities. 4)who is ever satisfied with getting 2nd place? you might as well say the rockets will be satisfied with getting out of the first round so they will just give up after that.. 5)vujacic has proven himself to be an elite 3 pt shooter throughout the last season and playoffs 6)what the hell does this even have to do with the Jazz summary?
I don't think I could ever classify the Hornets as one of our rivals. I think while there is a lot of passion between the two teams there is also a great deal of respect too. I think both teams really like one and another. Then again, Rafer's comments could speak otherwise.
As far as standings and competing for the top spot it'll be the Lakers and Hornets. As far as which c game we will come in and just try to anialate the team its the Jazz. We hate the Jazz and they hate us.
how can anyone question this: jazz and mavs. they have the 2 players 99% of members on this board hate with a passion. 1) ak47 (hell every jazz player except for deron) 2) dirk i wish we face the mavs/jazz in 1st and 2nd round and pound them to oblivion
Fakers, they are good where we're good and bad where we're bad. PG: Rafer Alston vs. Fisher (TIE or a slight adv. for Rafer) SG: T-mac vs. Kobe (Adv. Kobe) SF: Ron Artest vs. Lamar Odom (Adv. Ron) PF: Luis Scola vs. Pau Gasol (Adv. Pau) C: Yao Ming vs. Bynum (Adv. Yao) So in my mind it's a TIE or a slight adv. for the Rockets if you look at the starting lineup but on the other hand, our bench is better than the Lakers bench. Second Lineup PG: Barry/Brooks/Francis vs Farmar/Sun Yue (A pretty big adv. a la Rockets) SG: Barry/Air Head vs. Vujacic (Adv. Rockets) SF: Shane Battier vs. Walton/Ariza (Adv. Rockets) PF: Carl Landry/Chuck Hayes/Dorsey vs. Radmanovic (Adv. Rockets, Carl Landry and Rad-man are pretty similiar when it comes to scoring, but Carl is a better rebounder and has higher FG-percentage but on the other hand he is a worse from the line and make less assists but Rad-man is playing more and if you put Chuck Hayes and Dorsey in this battle the Rockets are better. C: Deke/Dorsey vs Chris Mihm/Mbenga (Lakers win this one, we need to get a decent backup-C)
So in all we have a better team, it's pretty even when you look at both starting fives but our bench is alot better!
Farmar is better than Brent Barry as a PG, Brooks would be a non-factor, and Steve Francis who knows.
Our biggest rival is "Health" and "Team Chemistry" with the addition of Ron Ron. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
