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Hands down the Mavs - very deep with a fair center now, keep playing like they are; they would be a tough out in a 7 game series! Somehow though I think they will fall back again.
Any arguements on this? - Wolves only consideration in my view.
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It's more like Mavs Plunge After March
Dallas is playing well, but it's too small of a sample size to tell. With Finley hurt already, you never know. Other teams are playing very well too.
Utah has a +14.8 point differential and they don't even have a healthy point guard.
The Suns in the first round would be a nightmare for the Spurs.
tp has went off on nash when he was a mav
I would rather spurs face utah,grivs, and maybe the lakers before suns though in the first round
No way do SA and Phoenix hook up in 1st round. As I predicted, the Suns will win the Pacific division and therefore not be in Spurs bracket til the 2nd round or 3rd round.
wait for attrition to take its course
Utah.
That team is scary good already and can get A LOT better.
The Spurs won't be playing the Jazz in the playoffs until at least the second round. I think the Jazz are a championship contender.
Mark it down now.
I thought tall white starting euro centers made a team horrible.
interesting......
Suns are a team that lives and dies on the jump shot, another Seattle.
The only teams that will be tough are Utah and Dallas, and even Dallas will come back to earth.
Utah V San Antonio rivalry will be renewed.
Interesting how you mentioned that Kirilenko was one of the most overrated players in the league. Do you still feel this way?
Sure he is not a great offensive player, but he sure is efficient and probably the best defender in the league that is not strictly a post defender.
I know how much you like Boozer. But what makes you think they are championship contenders? Their extremely efficient offense and excellent defense? Their superb coaching?
Sloan. Defense. Depth.
Jarron Collins is the Jazz starting center.I thought tall white starting euro centers made a team horrible.
Are they really that deep? Or is it simply Sloan getting the most out of his players and his system?
To me they just seem on paper like a good defensive team and slightly above average offensive team. But Sloan has already made them elite in both categories. Interesting.
But being le contenders seems a bit far fetched. If they won the le, Sloan would probably be the best coach ever -- unless Utah won 60 games or something in the regular season. But I doubt they accrue an enormous amount of wins, their appears to be too much parity in the West this season. Utah's discipline and excellent coaching might give them more wins than their talent suggests, but I am just suprised you consider them le worthy considering you don't think Kirlenko is an elite NBA player.
I take back starting.
Tall white Euro centers who get the majority of minutes.
I mean, thats what Ive heard about the Spurs and Rasho, it HAS HAS to apply here, right??
BTW, Stephen Jackson says, much love for the peeps in SA.
Boozer
Kirilenko
Okur
Bell
Giricek
Arroyo
Lopez
Harpring
Eisley
McLeod
Collins
Plus young players such as Snyder, Humphries and Bourchardt.
Deep.
Jarron Collins, pfftttt, bwahahaha.
The guy is playing on one leg.
Boozer
Kirilenko
Okur
Bell
Giricek
Arroyo
Harpring
Lopez
This is their true core. And it seems that guys like McLeod can even put up 18-10 on a given night in that system. But lets be honest, a couple of those guys on other teams probably would not look as good. Bell, and Giricek were not exactly great bench players before coming to Utah. Lopez is solid, but has injury troubles.
Teams don't win les because of depth however at least in a 1-12th man sense. Platooning players in the playoffs just won't cut it. Eventually they have to trim it down to a 8-9 man rotation. The core I mentioned above is the likely core roster. Is it balanced? Yes. Does it have great defense? Yes. Does it have an elite offensive player? No. Do you think they can get by without an elite offensive weapon because of depth and coaching?
I guess it is not impossible. But it just seems a bit unlikely no?
They are a championship contender. Write it down and then thank me in May when they are in the second round giving a team a serious push.
like Devin "I havent improved 1 bit from last year" Brown is gonna start??
okiedokie.
Nice.
When I bump this thread, don't be too embarrassed.
I am just a little confused with your logic, that is all. I happen to think Kirlenko is a Top 20 NBA player. You do not. And yet you still feel they are a championship contender cause of depth and coaching. Just a little suprising that is all.
I actually think they can give any team a scare in the second round. But I cannot see them winning the le and actually beating 3 elite NBA teams in a row. For example, beating the Spurs, Twolves, than the Pistons or something along those lines.
Again, I am impressed with them as well. I like their depth and coaching and I think they can scare a team or two in the playoffs. But to actually win the le or even make it to the NBA finals would be different than making it to the WCF or just scaring a team in the semi-finals. There is so much parity in the NBA this season, that I expect ANY team that makes it to the second round can potentially 'scare' the opposition. But actually having the goods to take it all the way is different.
should we bump the gauranteed win of game 6 against the Lakers in the Spring??
salute
That would just prove that you give up on your team, TPark. I'm not sure why you'd want to bump it.
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