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Phoenix for sure, they can outgun anybody and they have Thomas now. If Amare can improve on his defense more, I think it's a toss-up between the Spurs and Suns. Dallas doesn't scare me....as I think their offense can be clamped down. Heat doesn't scare me, they're not getting any younger with Shaq, and Haslem might bolt since he should get some nice deals. Pacers are there of course, but after seeing the Pistons during this series, they can take them.
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I'm worried about the Suns of course. They are basically a brand new team and made it the Conference finals in one year. If they hang on to their core and keep D'Antoni they will be a legitimate force.
Dallas with a defensive minded Avery scares me. Dallas has always had great offense. If Avery can teach these guys some D they will be truly a great team.
Houston doesn't scare me. We have proven we can stop Yao on any given day and TMac is streaky. I wouldn't worry too much about them unless they make some brilliant trade in the offseason.
I tink its in' aye!
yeah dude. They have Baron Davis, who will be healthy this season. Jason Richardson can score 25-30 a night. Troy Murphy is only getting better. If they can draft somone that can contribute right away, they cause cause some ing trouble.
Phoenix is a very dangerous team. Look for Denver to be very tough as well. Spurs will have a tougher road NEXT year, in my opinion, than they had this.
Fockin' Amare Stoudemire...I don't care WHO you're a fan of, that kid is a fockin' scoring MACHINE. No one can stop him. Can the Suns pick up the D and take care of biz....who knows...but Amare is a beast.
They don't have enough of a leader to carry them anywhere near a championship.
Was it not proven with Duncan that a true leader is needed to carry the team?
Dirk's a jerk who calls out his teammates in interviews and screams at them hypocritically (last game of their season agains the Suns... he screamed at one of them when he didn't even score in the 4th quarter. I lost all the respect for him in that instant. What a moron.)
They don't really need a leader. The core of this team are all fully tested scoring machines that have experience.
Yeah it's been proven but many teams have made it where we are without one. (ie: Detroit Pistons circa LAST YEAR)
Dirk may be an ass but he gets the job done. His at ude was never put in check thanks to Don "who gives a " Nelson. I really think Avery can turn this team around.
Did you see the idiotic decision by Jason Terry? I know Dirk shouldn't have done that but I was so pissed that Terry would leave Nash open. Dirk isn't a leader but leaders are overrated. If the players think they have enough talent to win the championship (like the Lakers) they will go all out to do it.
, who can blame Dirk for his game 6 meltdown on Jason Terry. True, you gotta pump your teamates up but....good god ...what a complete idiot.
The problem with Dallas is the Tiltawhirl, which is what I call Dampier, just ain't gonna cut it. From what I saw, Nowitzki just has nooooo respect for the man and he plays like and looks like he's beat up.
Clearly with Dallas, there are some chemisty 'issues' that can only be solved in one of two ways, as always. Trades or coaching. I don't see the trade thing going on so it's all Avery, man.
Dallas is in trouble. Marginal talents that went as far as they could with a crack in the team cohesion after the Phoenix series.
The PHX Suns, although the Spurs proved they dominated them, something no one else did..
Mavs are the least to worry me, they just suck against the Spurs...
From the East Indiana and obviously Detroit...
Indiana would've probably won the East last season, if it weren't for the Fight..They showed they had dominated Detroit and the fight just showed what the fans though about that.
I seriously compared the Spurs to Indiana early in the season, that team just got pounded with injuries and bad struggles..
I want to see how they come out next season... the east is gonna show us more...
Did you see any of the Detroit players chewing Wallace up when he left Horry open for the 3?
Terry made a mistake just like Wallace did. Yet no one came up to him to tell him what he already knew. It was the whole Mavs team who put themselves in that situation. And if people call Dirk the leader of the team, then it was really more his fault they lost than anybody else on that team.
He was SCORELESS in the 4th quarter. He had absolutely no right criticizing other players, especially Terry who at least did something in the 4th.
It's up to Avery but Cuban calls the shots so we'll see.
Not the same thing. Close, but not the same thing. Wallace went for a trap/double team and actually PLAYED defense, even though he made the wrong decision.
Jason Terry turned his BACK on the MVP of the league. Not comparable. Close, but no cigar. Fact is they should have fouled Phoenix in the backcourt got into a free throw contest, and been done with it.
That was a complete breakdown on Dallas' part, on several fronts.
But, eg's are not comparable.
And I don't want to sound like a jerk (because I know how much people used to say the same about the Spurs before) but I think the Mavs are too soft right now.
Dirk isn't powerful nor dominating enough to cause any intimidation nor push his team too far.
Dirk most certainly is. He's a tough MF'er. Dampier is a bloody tampon.
PS That's kind of a contradiction on your part...but...the problem with Dirk is he IS a tough MF'er and DOES push his team and it turns into 'beating 'em up'.
If you watched Dallas's season as much as I saw you would be furious at some of the mental mistakes by Terry, Howard, and Dampier. They had the talent to go far but not the intelligence and Dirk finally lost it. Playing poorly is alright but playing without using your head is different. Dirk had a right to be angry.
100% correct.
Can we wait until after the draft and all trades and roster are comlete?
Denver- Needs a shooting Guard and Better D
Suns- Need Better D and have added a nice piece
Dallas - Ditto and a Big Man
Rockets- the X Factor
To answer the original question, no. Amare is just one player and we proved we could still dominate their team while he has massive games. Dallas isn't even close to having enough playoff experience. Do you remember the reg. season game when they whooped us real bad? Was that without Duncan? I think it was. Seattle could be a sleeper to improve on their success, but not to match these Spurs. Neither Houston. Denver, hmmmmmm nah. We're coming out of the west fellas! Now the east, that's another thing. I'll say this: 2006 finals should be very competative again as long as we show up and either Detroit, Miami or Indiana (with the latter being a lock).
Detroit Pistons if LB still coaches.
If you mean contradiction about me saying Dirk was a jerk for chewing at his teammate, then I say he's too soft...
The way he acted with Terry (and I'm not exaggerating with the way he almost ate him up) is being a HYPOCRITE. Him ACTING like a badass in front of the fans doesn't make him any "tough". This has nothing to do with that.
When I said "soft", I meant the way he plays.
I don't see where I'm contradicting myself here.
If you think doing what he did with both Terry and Dampier (calling him out through the media) is pushing his team or leading them anywhere, you obviously haven't seen how Tim leads and pushes his team.
Ask yourself if he's ever done anything even close to what Dirk did.
Then look at the results.
Tim has some weaknesses also like getting tight at the end of games although he got over it in game 7. If you expect Dirk to be a kind of leader as Tim that is hard to do. You could say that about every team that they don't have that type of at ude that Tim has. Dirk is a great player and isn't expected to be a great leader but Dallas has alot of talent and is only getting better.
Dallas.
Denver.
Houston.
Phoenix.
They're all good teams, but I'm not worried about them. They're known quan ies. I'm worried about a freak breakout by a currently unrespected team like Memphis or the Lakers. They're thisclose to being a decent team. The Spurs invariably get into dry spells. I'm worried about a first round flop on their part to a team they should crush.
A rested Duncan & Ginobili. A full year for Barry and ring. Naz has a full summer of training.We get D Brown back healthy.
I am willing to say the Spurs make it their BEST year ever and have a record of 67 wins. Spurs will again be their own best compe or. Ofcourse the Circus over in LA will have ALL of ESPNs attention.
fuck it~!
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