POLL: who's the best?

[u4lakers14]

Why not just have the poll say "which team do you like?"

That's how the votes go.

maybe thats how yours went, and if you like the spurs, i wouldnt say its a wrong vote. (you know, with that whole best record in the league thing you guys have going?)

i however did not vote for the team i like. i voted for the mavs, as did quite a few that im pretty sure does not like them.

[HarlemHeat37]

Uh it's called disappointment over many years of high expectations. Playoffs are always a big difference from the regular season.

I meant how you're always riding the Lakers, like I do with the Heat..nothing to do with the Mavs..

[u4lakers14]

So far:

1- Dallas
2- Boston
3- San Antonio
4- Miami
5- Utah
6- Chicago
7- Oklahoma City
8- LA
9- Orlando
10- Atlanta

putting the spurs 3rd with the best record in the league. i suppose thats the price you pay for winning 4 les in 10 yrs. (high expectations)

i voted mavs, but i could have voted spurs and not really had a second guess about it. there is no way i could put the celtics above the spurs at this point. maybe later if the spurs stumble, but not right now.

it really should be,,,,, best record=best team.

i voted mavs just because of the elites they have beaten, but if the spurs win thursday then it clearly has to go to the spurs.

[mavsfan1000]

I meant how you're always riding the Lakers, like I do with the Heat..nothing to do with the Mavs..

They know how to turn it on. The Lakers and Celtics tend to be bored in the regular season. I just find it funny every year that people make so much out of the regular season. The Lakers are still the champions until someone dethrones them. They are probably tired right now. I've seen many great teams really look out of sorts in the regular season at times. It's a bad habit but they usually find a way out of it. Just saying it's a long season and to expect the Lakers or any team to be at their best all year long is too much to ask for. Peaking in April/May/June is the key.

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't know if you're being serious or not(talking to u4lakers), but the Celtics are like 1 or 2 games back of the Spurs, and they've played a much tougher schedule..

[u4lakers14]

I don't know if you're being serious or not(talking to u4lakers), but the Celtics are like 1 or 2 games back of the Spurs, and they've played a much tougher schedule..

ya, i was serious.

you might be right, but still if i had to pick one over the other it would be spurs over celts.

no disrespect intended, but your team is better.

(that was weird to say)

[mystargtr34]

1. Mavs
2. Spurs
3. Lakers
4. Jazz

1. Celtics
2. Heat
3. Magic
4. Bulls

Those would be my overall ranking.. although the Lakers would beat the Spurs in the playoffs.. its hard to put them above with the way they have played.

Best team is probably Boston with Mavs close second.

[TDMVPDPOY]

whats atlanta doing on the poll? fck that i aint voting

[u4lakers14]

whats atlanta doing on the poll? fck that i aint voting

if i thought anyone here would have seriously wanted to vote with the team that should have been in the poll instead of atlanta, as the best in the league, i would have included them.

i will include the the teams you think are best in league next time. my bad

[u4lakers14]

1. Mavs
2. Spurs
3. Lakers
4. Jazz

1. Celtics
2. Heat
3. Magic
4. Bulls

probably so. cant think of any i would not agree with there.

[Venti Quattro]

1. Mavs
2. Spurs
3. Lakers
4. Jazz

1. Celtics
2. Heat
3. Magic
4. Bulls

I would switch the two bolded teams and we have the same thought

[sefant77]

Kings

[mavsfan1000]

Kings

Rockets

[Venti Quattro]

Rockets

2nd seed ecstasy

[u4lakers14]

I would switch the two bolded teams and we have the same thought

at this point i would tend to agree.

maybe with a few more games the magic might move back up im my book, especially with arenas, and the bulls noah being hurt? isnt he injured?

[jb4g]

Ill say the C's for now, Mavs a close 2nd, Spurs an even closer 3rd. We will know exactly who is the best in just a few days....Spurs/Lakers, Spurs/Mavs, Spurs/Celtics will tell us exactly who is the best team RIGHT NOW.

[DMC]

Saying Dallas is the best in the league is like saying Robbie McEwen is the leader in the Tour de France before the mountain stages. You know he's not going to be in yellow at the end, just like Dallas will not hold up a Finals trophy.

However, when it's Contador or Lance or one of those guys, you raise an eyebrow and realize it's significant for this guy to be ahead at this point with the mountains still ahead.

When the Lakers are ahead in the West, you know it's sewn up pretty much, same for SA to a point, but Dallas has shown time and again that their regular season play does not translate to post season wins.

[baseline bum]

I gotta go with Dallas, since they have some really good wins so far.

[MavDynasty]

Saying Dallas is the best in the league is like saying Robbie McEwen is the leader in the Tour de France before the mountain stages. You know he's not going to be in yellow at the end, just like Dallas will not hold up a Finals trophy.

However, when it's Contador or Lance or one of those guys, you raise an eyebrow and realize it's significant for this guy to be ahead at this point with the mountains still ahead.

When the Lakers are ahead in the West, you know it's sewn up pretty much, same for SA to a point, but Dallas has shown time and again that their regular season play does not translate to post season wins.

sup td21

[Roddy Beaubois]

Mavs have played the 4th hardest schedule (opponent win pct of .535). The Spurs are 24th (.487), Lakers are last.

lol lakers

[Josepatches_]

Spurs are the best team but the Heat or the Celtics are going to win the tle

[narmerguy]

All the people picking the spurs is just blatant homerism. Honestly, the way the Mavs has played and the opponents they have beaten should easily put them above the Spurs *right now*. None of that "they'll choke in the playoffs" bull . If they're the better team right now they're the better team. Doesn't matter if they suck later in the year.