Heat: There are only 2 elite teams in the NBA, tbh..

[DMC]

u know ur team is when u allow diaw many offensive plays, remember how that went for him his last season with the suns where he was the goto guy? lmao couldnt buy a basket when games were on the line...

if he played like this last season = ring

too bad everyone is taking a step off the peddle this season, unlike a certain wanker on the team still hero mode

We want Diaw shooting. I'll take a low percentage over constant deferrals.

[timtonymanu]

I'm not worried about Leonard and Green.

Green is going through another one of his streaks where he's a complete scrub and everyone wants to trade him. He'll start lighting it up again in due time.
Leonard isn't where I thought he would be, but I think he'll turn it up when it matters.
Duncan has looked much better the last few games.

The Spurs still do need that long, athletic 3/4. I'm not expecting much out of Thomas but it's a start. And I do think there's some teams out West that the Spurs will struggle with in the playoffs (Rockets, Blazers, Thunder), but I like the Spurs' chances of making it back to the Finals.

I do agree with Harlem though that Miami and Indiana are the 2 best teams in the NBA.

[KobeOwnsDuncan]

The East has been historically bad this year, but the top 2 teams in the conference are the only elite teams in the NBA this season, tbh..

The top teams in the West are very good, but all potentially fatal flaws, tbh..

Elite: Heat and Pacers
Very good: Rockets(weak perimete defense, Howard's FTs, Harden's reliance on refs), Clippers(perimeter defense, frontcourt depth, Jordan's FTs), Thunder(lack of support outsider their top 2, Westbrook doesn't look the same post-injury), Blazers(unsustainable style of play, one of the worst in the league in both interior scoring and interior defense), Spurs(Leonard and Green regressing, Duncan inconsistency, lack of a long 3/athletic 4)..
Good: Mavs, Wolves, Nuggets, Warriors

Miami and Indiana are the only teams that have a realistic chance of winning the le, barring injuries/trades, tbh..

[Malik Hairston]

this was a counter-response to an "East sucks" thread, you moron..I've been ting on Indiana since January..

This is reaching badly..

[Strange Love]

Pacers will cool off at some point. Certainly not going to keep this insanely good level of play for the expand of the whole season.

Look at Indiana like the Blazers, only Indy will actually contend with Miami at the end.

Spurs are in a little bit of trouble because they're simply not giving much of a right now. You have to at least maintain and win meaningfull games (yep, even in december) and they are just not doing that right now.

I'm cool right now but if this keeps up into next year and into January-February I'll be panicked.

Pretty accurate overall I would say.

[Franklin]

tbh I was expecting the Nets to draw a close combat with Miami, and they nearly did it, but got robbed by refs in game 4 which pushed them to the brink of cliff and literally killed their chance to cause upset.