Guys, we are about to be part of the toughest division in the NBA. Spurs - Fresh off a finals appearance. Perennial contender. Grizzlies - Up and coming team with excellent playoff showings the last few years. Pelicans - Adding young pieces with Tyreke and Jrue, also Anthony Davis. Mavericks - Meh. Rockets - Need I say more?
What about the NBA in general? There went from like 3 Teams that could win it last year to 1. Miami 2. Spurs 3. Okc 4. Chicago 5. Nets 6. Memphis 7. Clippers 8. Warriors 9. Maybe Nuggets 10 Rockets.
Nuggets have regressed. All the other teams I agree with. You forgot Pacers. or maybe that was intentional.
I think Northwest might have been pretty close had Denver not lost Iguodala. OKC, Denver, Portland, Minnesota, Utah.
OKC will be a top 3 seed again most likely...Wolves and Blazers got better but I'm not sure if it's enough to put them over the top. It could be another fringe year for both of them again. Jazz are a lottery team. A lot of question marks with the Nuggets. A lot of change in management. Lost Iggy/Brewer.
My personal WC ranking next year: 1. OKC 2. Clippers 3. Spurs 4. Grizzlies 5. Rockets 6. Warriors 7. Portland 8. Pelicans 9. Mavs 10. Timberwolves 11. Nuggets 12. Kings 13. Lakers 14. Jazz 15. Suns
what else new? there maybe have been a couple of down years, but the southwest has always been tough.
OKC lost their 6th man (again). They need to sign another reliable double digit scorer for their bench.
I would not put Spurs that high. Last playoff was their final push. Their roaster is too old to repeat again. We will meet OKC in western conference final.
My top 8 in Western Conference 2013/14 1. OKC 2. Rockets 3. Clippers 4. Grizzlies 5. Spurs 6. Warriors 7. Mavs 8 Lakers Jon Barry said the Rockets are now top 3 team in the West. And with some more tweaking in their outside shooting, they could be easily #1.
That's what I thought last year...and the year before. As long as they have Pop and pieces, they will contend. Spurs Clippers OKC Rockets Grizzlies Warriors Also rans...
They couldn't even get past the first round, plus they're dysfunctional, Blake and Paul don't see eye to eye, and the first good team run by Donald Sterling would be the first.
Guys ... Free Agency isn't over yet. Let's wait until the roster is set, before making predictions. Adding LMA would make us a top 3 team in the NBA, IMO.
