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they Cavs on number 1 because LeBron James was the Most Valuable Player
What ever would we do without your insightful posts?
I knew this would be Cleveland at the top, more nut sucking.
Yeah, upon second review, the only team CLE would have a chance against would be the 2003-04 TWolves.
OK so then why are the Suns #8 when Nash was MVP that season?
BDL's impending Top 10 lists, and what they mean to you
By Kelly Dwyer
Ball Don't Lie
It might be hard to fathom, but this decade is ending. We've but a few months left.
, it seems like just last Tuesday that I had to call back to friends and family in America on New Year's Day from Sydney, Australia, to tell them that, yes, we're ahead of you and in the year 2000, and, no, the toasters aren't fighting with the Windows 98-powered computers in a bid for world domination. Seems like just the other day.
Jamie Mottram reminded us all about this the other day, not the whole toasters vs. Pentiums thing, but the idea that the first decade of the 21st century was winding down. And with the offseason winding down, what better way to, uh, "celebrate" (?) the closing of a decade that has "brought us so much" by ranking a series of top 10 players, events, teams, and whatever else you have in mind.
The first batch is obvious — top 10 teams, players, and backup ultra-athletic guard/forwards with limited shooting range. But we'd like to hear what else you'd like to see ranked. And, as always, any suggestions for possible participants are greatly appreciated.
That said, don't be shocked if I take a little of this for myself, I didn't spend 55 hours a week watching basketball for the better part of a decade just so I couldn't rank these cats on some random August evening. Ah, the payoff. The sweet, sweet payoff.
If you've got a suggestion, feel free to shout at me via kdonhoops [at] yahoo.com, or let me know on Twitter.
Same goes for the Mavs and Wolves teams when Dirk and KG were the MVPs. Basically he just made a stupid as comment that had no meaning whatsoever.
Record-wise, yeah, but statistically the 2004 Spurs were one of the greatest defensive teams of all time. And don't forget they had a 17-game win streak before the Lakers' backdoor sweep.
Why does LeBron and the Cavs have to be #1 on each and every list now? This is just getting ridiculous. Cavs should be in the 6 to 8 range.
And the team choices:
04-05 Pistons > 05-06 because of Larry Brown.
06-07 Suns > 04-05 Suns because of experience.
05-06 Spurs > 03-04 Spurs because of experience.
That Kings team was easily better than any of the other that came up short. Then I'd go with the 06/07 Mavs followed by the 03/04 Spurs.
More worship on the KING! We are all witnesses to his ego and failures.
the 05-06 spurs would of beat the heat
the 03-04 spurs would of probably lost to the pistons unless the spurs were still on fire at the end of the season like they were
bowen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kwame brown
gasol >>>>>>>>>>>>> jefferson
lakers fans still suffering from denial after 2 years
The 00-01 Trailblazers were a team to be reckoned with. Had they not had a moron for a coach...
The 03-04 Pacers were also-rans with the Pistons. Had they advanced, they would have knocked the snot out of the Lakers, T-Wolves, or Spurs (on any other WC team) that year.
The 01-02 Kings are far and away the single best team this decade not to win a championship. That was a bad-ass team in a bad-ass season. Were they cheated? Maybe, but they were a game away from their own sweep of the Nets.
The 04-05 Heat team was the best team in the NBA, bar-none. The Pistons had no business being in those Finals, and Miami would have crushed any Western opponent that year.
The 05-06 Spurs were the best team of the 06-07 season. They outplayed the Mavericks in their series, despite the loss. Ironically another sub-par undeserving team won, the 06-07 Heat.
The 05-06 Pistons were also-rans with the Spurs, but due to their coach's (Flip's) inep ude, were not going to win the le that year, barring some kind of complete break-down of the rest of the NBA.
Honorable Mention
The 04-05 Pacers were the odds on favorite to win the championship, sans 1 little indecent that resulted in the complete overhaul of the power structure in the NBA.
Last edited by jacobdrj; 08-25-2009 at 12:58 PM. Reason: 05-06 for Spurs and Pistons, whops.
k thomas >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kwame brown
oberto >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kwame brown
, also
How are the Magic not on the list if they BEAT the #1 team on the freakin list?
Neither the Cavs nor the Magic were as strong as I had thought. Nuggets might be a candidate for that list...
You've got your years really mixed up.
I didn't even realize that, well done.
That Jefferson trade was a big time salary dump. Not as bad as the Gasol trade but still a big enough salary dump to where you spurfans can STFU about them. Bowen is 100 years old and sucks now, Kurt Thomas is fine but he was easily replaced by someone better in Mcdyess meanwhile Jefferson was exactly what you guys needed. Stop denying that was a salary dump, the exact same thing the Gasol trade was.
bowen >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> kwame brown
gasol >>>>>>>>>>>>> jefferson
lakers fans still suffering from denial after 2 years
Do you see a throne in Orlando?
what are you trying to protect??? your teams' integrity? the legitimacy of your last two finals appearances????? give it up man. your gasol collusion trade was a slap in the face to every team in the nba.
I'm trying to keep hypocrite spurfans from ripping that trade when their team just did the same thing. Give it up man? Did I not admit the Gasol trade was an absolute steal of a trade and a huge salary dump on the part of the Grizzles? I believe I did, I'm not acting like that wasn't a complete steal, I'm saying the Spurs just did the exact same kind of trade to get themselves back into le contention, so stop ripping salary dump trades when your team just greatly benefited from one.
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