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My List:
1. Boston - They have a big 5 now.. especially when shaq comes back from his weekly vacations. When you've got a team of 3 perenial superstars, a pg who gets assists even by accident, a rested C who plays actually 32 games a season, and a leprechaun you're bound to be a threat.. especially in the Leastern conference
2. Dallas - They are currently on a league leading win streak, and they've twice shown the LeWaboshes that this is a man's game. The only other team to beat the LeWaboshes twice this season is Boston and look at where they're ranked.
3. San Antonio - I like to claim that i personally went to watch these guys during their preseason open practice and I left the arena with high hopes. My hopes weren't this high however, I only rank them at # 3 because of their loss to Dallas. They would've been ranked higher if orlando showed they were still a good team but instead they left san antonio looking like boise state after the virginia tech victory in week 3.
4. Miami - After a weak, severely sub par start to the season by any team with 3 concurrent superstars' standards, the LeWaboshes had a 9 game winning streak which meant they were actually starting to play like a team with 3 superstars. That is until they lost to the mavs, but the mavs are a good team........ that doesn't have 3 superstars. See the conundrum here? I'm still going to be nice and ranked them above the...
5. Lakers - Because with a cheesecake schedule like the one they've had so far, they should be undefeated. Considering the roster the lakers have, which had the media sold from day one that they are the best team in the west, it's nearly impossible to lose to a depleted milwaukee roster where their best guy out there was a dwarf. Regardless, they should round up the top 5 of dangerous teams in the NBA, thanks to the talent on their squad.
6. Chicago - They are ranked this high right now but i expect them to plummet in the next couple of weeks to come after losing both Noah and Gooden to injury. Derrick Rose is playing well enough to be considered an MVP and their team is well structured around him. When coach Thibodeaux realizes that Keith Bogans sucks, they may actually improve their upside. They look like a seasoned Oklahoma City Thunder but that's just it. Without an experienced and healthy forward in Boozer, this team won't be touching anyone's top ten by then end of the season.
7. Nuggets - A lot of people don't want to put them this high on their top 10 and understandably so. Their star player is doing a great job of screaming ''I want to leave this team" without screaming "I want to leave this team". They seem to have everything under control though as they're still winning games only having 9 losses. They have beat the lakers and chicago and their other match against dallas was a 1 point loss.
8. Magic - Despite their latest downward spiral, I can't leave them out of the top ten, especially with their steroid injected roster. Their best player is still Dwight Howard but what i like about this new team is that when Dwight gets his 6 fouls in the first quarter, they can switch to a whole different team with the rest of their stars. Orlando also still has their shooters.. infact they virtually have the same team that made a run to the finals except for Marcin Gortat except they added Arenas and Richardson. Rashard Lewis was atrocious.
9. Thunder - They're still in the single digits with losses but I put them below orlando because they don't have as much fire power. Even though Kevin Durant is a beast, he's starting to feel the effects from playing ball for the past one year, even during offseason. Westbrook will soon follow suit. By the end of the season, Oklahoma would probably forget they have a team.
10. Jazz - Utah only has 9 losses but they are against quality opponents.. well most of them.. It's no secret by now they have this knack of letting you beat them senseless thru out the entire game, then they decide to to come back and beat their opposition in the final 2 minutes. If they can display consistency the whole game, maybe they'd be ranked higher.
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