No one thinks SA wins the West

[BUMP]

Top 3 team in the West?

crofl Spur homers are out of their mind.

[JustinJDW]

I guess ESPN and the media are already hyping up a Lakers vs. Heat Finals.

They are going to be dissapointed.

[screw_ston713]

Why do people think Houston is so good?? I just don't get it. Lakers, Spurs, Dallas, OKC, Blazers, Denver and Jazz are in my opinion all better than them. Even Phonix can defeat them.

The Houston Rockets beat alot of good teams without their 2 best players out the entire season. They also finished the season above .500.
The Rockets were a 50+ win team the previous year and advanced to the 2nd round taking Lakers to a deciding 7th game.

Injuries were the reason Rockets struggled to make the playoffs not lack of talent.
Doctors have cleared Yao to practice with full contact. Yao will play with 16 pins in his foot.

Yao has been off a year without playing for the Chinese team this offseason and the team will limit his minutes during the season.
If Yao can stay healthy Rockets have a good team as is not even mentioning the Carmelo rumors and speculations.

Yao
Scola
Battier
Martin
Brooks

Bench: Lowry, Miller, Bud, Hill, Lee, Jefferies.

[TD 21]

This notion that because the Spurs were swept by the Suns who lost to the Lakers means the Spurs can't possibly win the West next season is ridiculous.

Look at the Suns two seasons ago, they missed the playoff altogether (Stoudemire missed the stretch run, but still, that team was barely going to squeak in at best). A year later, without a major acquisition, they were in the conference finals and if not for some typical Lakers luck, they were on the verge of heading home with a chance to close them out.

The Spurs of today are seemingly a lot closer than the Suns of a year ago were to being able to dethrone the Lakers. I'm not saying they will, but it also shouldn't be ruled out.

[ceperez]

Boston took the Lakers to 7 games and could have one the last game.

Boston on paper isn't that much better or younger than the Spurs.

Dallas was the 2nd best time coming out of the regular season.

The Spurs shut them down with a team that is considerably weaker than this coming seasons team.

I think if the Spurs get their act together, they're going to be a team that can give the Lakers a scare in the playoffs.

Not an impossible task, but still a possibility.

Of course, I have no idea how unstoppable Miami can be.

[Agloco]

I need something to help me sleep and that might do the trick. Funny how everybody knows Dallas is better than San Antonio except homer Spurs morons.

Ok. You're a better team........

Now what?

[GrandeDavid]

Spurs are better than Dallas...and definitely better than Portland. How could they even include Greg Oden's name in the Portland write-up. Big time bust.

[Russ]

It's hard for me to imagine that the Spurs are not the second best team in the West. Of last year's "final four" in the West, only the Lakers and Spurs have not regressed.

No one seems to understand how good Splitter is yet, especially Laker fans (I had to explain to my many Laker-fan friends at work how good Gasol was and how they should be really excited about the trade). (Not that Splitter is as good as Gasol.)

So the Spurs and Lakers battle it out for best record in the West. I say the Spurs edge out the Lakers (pre-playoffs apathy is beginning to set in during Phil's last year).

Then they met in the WCF with the Spurs having the HCA. Alas, the Spurs lose the series in a hotly contested Game 6 at Staples (with a number of controversial calls going both ways).

A lot like the Spurs-Lakers series in the semis in '04.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

LOL. I love how spurs homers get soooo butthurt. Lets see San Antonio offseason:
Re-sign Richard Jefferson
Re-sign Matt Boner
Draft Andersen (Who?)
Sign Tiago Splitter

Yea the Spurs are a top 3 team out West. FOR A FACT

[Chieflion]

Lets see this dumbass Mav off-season.

Use DUST chip to trade for injury prone Tyson Chandler (lol loser Mavs).
Buy Dominque Jones draft rights (who? LMAO 25th pick).
Sell away Solomon Alabi draft rights (Guess Cuban is not so rich after all).
Re-sign Brendan Haywood to a ridiculous 6yr 55 million contract. LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.

ing great Mavs offseason. Here's to another first round exit.

[21_Blessings]

Ok. You're a better team........

Now what?

Now they're going to lose to the lower seeded Spurs in the 1st round again.

[Jimcs50]

Duh!