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top 3's i agree with rest is up in the air
How would you guys rank both conferences, at this point, as we near the end of the off-season?..
I'd go..
East
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. New York
4. Indiana
5. Brooklyn
6. Chicago(without Rose)
7. Philly
8. Orlando(with Howard)
9. Atlanta
10. Milwaukee
11. Toronto
12. Washington
13. Detroit
14. Cleveland
15. Charlotte
West
1. OKC
2. LA Lakers
3. San Antonio
4. LA Clippers
5. Dallas
6. Denver
7. Minnesota
8. Memphis
9. Golden State
10. New Orleans
11. Sacramento
12. Utah
13. Phoenix
14. Portland
15. Houston
top 3's i agree with rest is up in the air
1. Miami
Doesn't matter. Everyone else
Top 3's in the list are pretty much the general consensus among everyone. OP isn't going out on a limb with these predictions... not that there's a reason to.
1. Miami
2. OKC
3. LA
4-30 Everyone else
I don't wanna rank every single team in the league (so Harlem please don't think of me as a big meanie head) so instead I'll just give my top 10
1. Miami
2. OKC
3. San Antonio
4. LA Lakers
5. LA Clippers
6. Boston
7. Dallas
8. New York
9. Indiana
10. Denver
This is considering the teams are mostly healthy.
East:
1. Miami (Does anyone else stand a chance? Hopefully.)
2. Boston
3. Indiana
4. New York (If they figure things out, has potential to move to 2nd place.)
5. Brooklyn
6. Chicago (Thibs will find a way to win without Rose.)
7. Philadelphia
8. Orlando (If trades Howard moves to 11-13.)
9. Atlanta
10. Milwaukee
11. Toronto
12. Washington
13. Detroit
14. Cleveland
15. Charlotte
West:
1. OKC
2. LA Lakers
3. San Antonio
4. LA Clippers
5. Memphis
6. Dallas
7. Denver
8. Minnesota
9. Portland
10. Golden State (Drops a couple spots if unhealthy.)
11. New Orleans
12. Utah
13. Phoenix
14. Sacramento
15. Houston
East:
MIA (duh)
IND (not much change in core guys)
BOS (Doc will likely give DNPs to Pierce and Garnett a la Pop)
NYK (Melo's team now)
BKN (Joe Johnson)
CHI (around .500 before Rose returns, Thibs will run Deng/Boozer/Noah into the ground)
PHI (
WAS (make or break year for Wall)
ATL (Danny Ferry has hit the reset button and has a real chance of landing Dwight in free agency)
MIL (
CLE (Kyrie = beast.)
DET (played .500 ball after a bad start, they SHOULD play Monroe more)
ORL (regardless of whether Dwight lands, rookie coach + bad atmosphere)
TOR (
CHA (no where to go but up)
West:
OKC (Dallas won 67 games after losing in 2006. Lakers won 65 games after losing in 2008)
SAS (Great regular season team, just needs less Bonner in the playoffs)
LAL (
LAC (
MEM (I don't see them making the leap to real contender. Their core is a bunch of complementary pieces to a superstar)
DAL (Dirk + Carlisle + Marion are good enough to carry them to the playoffs)
DEN (
MIN (The Wolves improved merely by adding AK)
GSW (health health health)
UTA (Mo Williams)
PHO (Dragic + Scola = Spur killers)
POR (wtf)
NOH (unibrow = ROY)
SAC (lol no defense)
HOU (Lin will put up good numbers but the roster is a mess)
we're now the team to beat no doubt but i don't think the followers are that distant tbh. spurs were the team with the best regular season record last season despite playing in a more compe ive conference than ours, teams who have quality bigs often cause us alot of troubles in the paint especially when it comes to playoffs. and the coaching post which was the weakest link on our team the past two seasons, remains unfixed
Move LA to 1st in the West, tbh..
Orlando is now the worst team in the East IMO..
Philly is now 6th and on the next tier..
1. heat
2. okc
3. lakers
4. san antonio
5. chicago (with rose of course)
East
1. Heat
2. Celtics
3. Pacers
4. Bulls
5. Knicks
6. Nets
7. 76ers
8. Hawks
9. Bucks
10. Raptors
11. Wizards
12. Pistons
13. Cavaliers
14. Bobcats
15. Magic
West
1. Spurs
2. Thunder
3. Lakers
4. Clippers
5. Nuggets
6. Grizzlies
7. Mavericks
8. Jazz
9. Timberwolves
10. Warriors
11. Suns
12. Hornets
13. Kings
14. Trail Blazers
15. Rockets
The Spurs first and Lakers third because this is the regular season we're talking about; not who's most likely to win the championship. And regular season wise, there's a reason the Spurs have been absolute beasts the past two years. Or in this case, three: Chemistry, continuity and unparalleled depth. While the Lakers inevitably deal with their usual drama, look for the Spurs to hit the ground running.
If we're talking regular season
Overall:
1. Miami
2. Lakers
3. OKC
4-30: doesn't really matter
Spurs have that third regular season le on lock, book it
How, son?
1. Miami
2. OKC/Lakers
The rest can very well tank to get a high draft pick. OKC can be beat if they lock down Harden. Miami showed us how to beat OKC. Westbrook & Durant can get their points, but if Harden is out of the game, then it's over.
East
1. Miami
2. Boston
3. New York
4. Indiana
5. Brooklyn
6. Philly (Baby Drew)
7. ATL
8 Bucks
West
1. OKC
2. LA Lakers
3. San Antonio
4. LA Clippers
5. Denver
6. Dallas
7. Minnesota
8. Memphis
I want to put my boys on top of the WC (seeding wise), but can't until I see them on the floor. Plus I'll give OKC the benefit of the doubt (for now) being WC champs and all.
We also have to stay healthy all year long which is questionable considering our 72 year old starting backcourt and our starting center coming off back surgery. I say this because MB may run them all in the ground like he is notorious for doing.
and they have the nerve to say we're arrogant instead of meek and humble..your post proves the latter and not the former
and they have the nerve to say we're arrogant instead of meek and humble..your post proves the latter and not the former
Comment from Knick fan on the Dwight trade that included several teams....the funniest by far..lmao
Very impressive.
Looks like NBA got whiff of the rape the Lakeshow was about to put on, and turned this deal into a gangbang.
East:
1. Miami
2. Brooklyn
3. Indiana
4. Philadelphia
5. Boston
6. Milwaukee
7. Atlanta
8.
West:
1. TheClassy
2. Clippers
3. OKC
4. Lakers
5. Denver
6. Dallas
7. Memphis
8. Minnesota
tonight:
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Actually the more I think about it, the more I think Denver is just as big a loser in this trade as the Magic. Why would you help a declining team in your conference become a super power? Why replace Afflalo with Iggy, if you now have to face a Laker team with DH? They'll never beat them, I don't get why they helped make this happen, unless they really are happy being a middle of the road team.
Knick Fan with Troof Bombs.
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