[ESPN]Experts Panel: Which team is the strongest Western Conference challenger?

Why is Portland getting so much love? Isn't Pryz and Oden still out? Rudy not coming back and they lost Webster.

 

Darius Soriano:

 

They won 50+ games last year with a bunch of injuries, kind of like the Rockets.

 

I agree with okc being number one but Houston should be no.2 imo

 

Good to see Houston gettin some love.

Camby was a great move for them, I'm amazed at how effective he's still able to be defensively at 36.

Still, I'm really surprised to see them pick Portland over Dallas...I'd take Dallas over Portland any day. Or at least for another year, they're getting old. I guess that's probably why.

And big at Helin for voting nobody.

 

The Rockets are better than the Thunder, unless the Thunder get a legit low post scorer and defender.

 

I'm still not sold on the Thunder, like the rest of the world seems to be.
And I could be wrong here, but I don't expect Portland to be as impressive as predicted.
Dark horse? Yep, that's Houston...the dark horse.
Seriously though, it's cool to see ESPN give the Rockets some love, rare, but cool With that said, I still don't like 'em.
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Which team is the the strongest Western Conference challenger?
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I think the Thunder will be legit championship contender when they get a good big man down low who could go for 10 and 10.

They should go after someone like Erick Dampier. Flame suit on.

 

Houston getting a lot of love from the experts..

 

so we got as many votes as 'nobody'. whoopty do

 

seems like we get mentioned as a darkhorse every year

 

That's how Daryl Morey hangs.

 

and there always comes "if the Rockets do stay injury free"

 

and we never do stay injury free, thus the dark horse label is applied to us every year.

 

Thunder would be scary with that

 

ZOMG NO SAN ANTONIO...

 

the thunder r getting over rated damn it

 

Houston Rockets have been the "dark horse" since about 99.

 

Same story every year with the

-P.S only if Yao stays health...(note my sig)