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1. Spurs two quality wins in past 10 days including hammering NO, and have the best two man combo in game right now in Duncan and Ginobili and Parker will come on strong. Is it not funny that the same media that was writing off Spurs are again commenting on usual surge? If health holds this team will win the le again. Mark it down.
2. Jazz flying under the radar, but a heck of a basketball team on both sides of ball. Well coached, and still play with that "dirty edge". Win over Pistons very impressive the way they came back. Sure media is just drooling over a rematch in WCF; but this could very well happen if seedings go that way. This year it would take Spurs 6 or 7 tough games to beat Jazz IMO.
3. Lakers - got to give them the props playing great team basketball but will it hold up when they play better teams? The key will be if they can really play lock down defense for sustained periods as in the playoffs they will not get all the easy transition and open looks they are getting. Still an increasingly dangerous team and should be able to take either team above to 6 or 7 games. However, can they get by them? (IMO a year or two away).
4. Celtics - now with probably getting Casell (and righting the ship on a key Western trip) they could well truly win the East. Still cannot see them winning le.
5. Pistons - slipping a little bit but they seem to get up for big games and are a heck of a basketball team that could be down the road the Spurs biggest threat = if and only if they get both Cs in conference.
6. New Orleans - also slipping a little bit but deep and hungry.
7. Rockets - going to go into a fall but they sure deserve props and personally sad to see Yao out. He is my favorite player in league other than Duncan for his modest manner, soft touch in his shooting, and most importantly, for his team oriented play.
8. Mavs - maybe should be higher, but this team seems to be missing something (a PF playing superstar with stones?) and I am absolutely not sold on Kidd vs Parker, Paul or Williams in any playoff matchup and Duncan scored at will on them last night.
9. Cavs - slipped some, but once they gell with new additions IMO can still win East with the top young player in game.
10. Suns - Would it not be unreal (but not really outside the realm of plausibiity the way they are playing with Shaq) if they MISS the playoffs? Could happen as lots of teams will be able to score on Suns with impunity and suddenly their offense often looks impotent with the Big Aristotle in there at least.
Nash also suddenly looks not himself at times (could he be hurt as he just looks slower to me??) and has been outplayed recently by several top point guards including back to back demolishments by Paul. Meanwhile Amare Stoudemire looks even more lost trying to guard PFs outside with Shaq in the pain, than he did trying to plug the middle under the basket. I did not think it is possible for someone that athletic and gifted to play defense that bad but he does so consistently. Having no poor perimeter and interior defenders (at least at three positions on floor at a time) is why Suns have absolutely no chance to win the le. Hey Raja hows it feel to be out there alone truly playing defense?
Looking up, but dangerous GS and that probably over-hyped Denver team (that at times seem to play as soft as their blue uniforms but still has talent, but it seems George Karl again is not the answer - but at least his son, Karl, plays for the LAL).
Also, watch out for the Nets with a motivated and healthy Harris they might be better than with a dischanted Kidd and he can actually defend the perimeter a little bit.
Biggest enigma - what are the Bulls doing? Can they truly believe that Noah is an answer in the middle after getting rid of Brand, Curry (well getting rid of him, the defensive black hole and non-rebounding machine, at least was smart), Chandler, Wallace etc.
Props also to one team that in some predictions was not supposed to win 20 games = playing tough in the East = the Sixers*!
*Especially to Willie Green for coming back from a horrible off season knee injury a few years back and dominating some games!
Last edited by Rummpd; 02-29-2008 at 12:43 PM.
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Uhh....the Celtics, Lakers, and Pistons are all playing better than the Spurs right now. I think at this point you gotta list us as three or four. We should and probably will be playing better as time progresses but for now we are still number 3 or 4. And the Jazz at 2??Rank them that high when they play some defense and learn how to win on the road.
Kill yourself!
Your list needs some work......
Damn Rummpd you should be paid for your excellent analysis!
he's a dumbass!
Pot, kettle, black, Louis.
Got enough girls in your sig you damn perv? Love how my 8yo cousin walks by and asks about it.
Sry for jacking the thread but I'm tired of dumbass sigs like this taking up too much space much like those golfing es.
I agree about that golfing , she ain't even that hot. But Paloma can stay
I have been paid in the past (granted it was only www.hoopsworld.com and some similar sites) but today I offer my "dumbass" opinions pro bono to beautiful Suns fans and others like yourself.
Stick by the fact Nash either hurt or "major league" tired. He does not look the same and if he is declining at all the Suns are in a freefall. Loss of Marion a big mistake for an aging Shaq - who is his prime would have been fun to watch on the Suns.
Last edited by Rummpd; 02-29-2008 at 02:10 PM.
I hear there are plenty of parenting books out there to help the confused. Try one instead of pissing on this thread.
ing trolls are a waste of bandwith.
How about I just piss on your face instead? As soon as you squeeze that out your ass let me know and I will.
Problem is I shouldn't have to.
Wanna PM me again like a stupid little pussy? I bet you will.
Do me a favor and go back to Dallas you converted little Mongolian cake.
No way Jazz in WC finals again and even if they did Spurs 4in 5 maybe 6 ...Dallas and Lakers most lilkely finalists vs. Spurs
There's something known as anger management.........breathe slowly.
The real problem is that you bother at all. No one cared until your moaning ass crawled out from under the rock.
And guess what? Read the responses above. No one cares, still. Get back to talking basketball would you?
Just like your PM you sent again I simply deleted why must you even reply?
Light bulb on! Ignite! Go! O?!?$%^&*dfgdg
Nobody is talking to me about it I quoted you fool, of course people don't mind several huge pictures of half naked chicks. Brain, ON. OOOOOO.
Read the thread pinned, and enjoy it punk. Take it however you want but you will take it and like it.
An unconventional take putting Utah so high, to say the least. Not clear why you would put Utah that high, unless you are having flashbacks from the playoffs last year and give that experience extra umph.
The Lakers are playing at a very high level, as is DET and BOS. Spurs are probably back in the mix with them, and I can see giving the Spurs the edge in the playoffs if Parker is back fully and given our experience and years together as a unit.
Lakers have to prove they can play some d to me before I believe in them in the playoffs; right now they are just outscoring teams. I don't remember the last time a team failed to score 100+ on them.
Boston has no weaknesses. They play the best d in the league, they are balanced and can beat you from the outside, slashing and in the post (assuming KG does so). I guess they are getting good production from their center and pg, so I don't see a in the armor. Goood team.
Det. is solid. Also no real weaknesses.
Both Det. and Bos. might benefit from the relatively weaker compe ion in the east, inflating thier "true" strength, but BOS has beat up on west teams too, I believe only losing once.
I would probably be inclined to believe that the current spurs (with a 70% back parker, in terms of rust and shooting) are here today:
1Lakers
2Bos
3Spurs
4det
But speculating on the playoffs when we dont' know where parker will be by then is premature IMO.
What crawled up your ass and died.
Just scroll past it. Is that so difficult?
Or use the turn off signiture option.
Today I would put NO over Jazz and begin the drop Lakers down to about 5 where they will end up at end of season.
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