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NBA Top 10 for '10
Now that we have the draft trades and results in I think we have seen a shift in power in the NBA and would even go so far to suggest the Lakers could be the sixth best team in the NBA next year.
1. Cleveland 2. San Antonio 3. Boston 4. Denver 5. Orlando 6. Lakers 7. Portland 8. Houston 9. Chicago 10. Utah Thoughts? |
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You are too good of a gambler to let your personal feelings dictate these bad opinions. |
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I think with the Lakers you are failing to discount how significant this season will be with Kobe hitting 1000 career games (even ignoring the postseason). Even the ultra-durable Garnett hit the 1000 game dropoff in durability and he's had nowhere near the number of playoff games of Kobe (175 to 73). Denver is a really good team and they will be ahead of the Lakers next year even if they return intact which is highly unlikely. Most likely either Ariza or Odom is gone. |
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So maybe you can make the case that the Lakers are now the 5th best team in the NBA if Turk leaves Orlando. |
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The lakers just beat denver and nothing has really changed. They would beat them again if they played over the summer in a pickup game. Cavs add a 38 year old center. And? Is that going to get them past Boston and then the lakers? Really? Oh...i forgot. They have delonte west.:p San Antonio just doesnt match up with the lakers. Adding jefferson was great but that alone isnt going to put them back in the mix. They have serious issues in the paint. |
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Denver should have beat the Lakers in 4 games, or at worst been up 3-1 at that point. They couldn't inbound the frickin basketball over Lamar Odom and had it stolen twice by Ariza. Guess what? At least one of them is gone from the Lakers next year. The Lakers could NEVER beat the Nuggets in a pickup game. For once in their lives they wouldn't get every call. Really? You are going to marginalize Shaq to the point of calling him a 38 year old center? He averaged 17 and 8 last year and gives them the interior presence that can bang with Howard. They matched up against everyone last year except the Magic. San Antonio may not match up great with the Lakers but that is one of 30 teams. It still doesn't mean they can't have a better season. The one and ONLY way the Lakers are a top five team next year is if Bynum steps up. Without Bynum becoming a stud next year there is no way they are a championship team and they are likely not even a top five team. |
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The basic problem is Kobe. The second problem is the mobility of Gasol. The basic problem for any team against the Lakers is Kobe. If Fisher remains point the Lakers are beatable. |
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San Antonio is going to have serious problems in the paint and on the boards against most of the top teams. I am surprised that you think they will be a contender. Denver lost to the lakers during the season and in the playoffs and they arent any better and dont have money to get better. |
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The real problem is the lakers size. The spurs simply can't match up with gasol, bynum and odom. The spurs just don't have anyone in the post besides duncan. Thats the problem and thats why they won't contend. They can always make more moves though. Lots of teams want to get under that luxury tax. |
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The Spurs will be a completely different team with Ginobili back and the addition of Jefferson. They can only struggle so much in the paint with Tim Duncan. Shaq is one hell of a mirage. Let's face it, he is there for nothing more than the playoffs. He can coast through the season and you better believe come the playoffs he will be much more of a force inside against Howard than Zydrunas Ilgauskas or Anderson Varejao. |
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Who will play in the paint for the spurs besides duncan? Denver just lost a 7 game series to the lakers. Period. |
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He has been working out and looking good. This remains to be seen. |
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The Lakers were clearly a better team without him on the floor in the playoffs. |
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1. Cleveland (Shaq helps and they are supposedly looking hard at Wallace. Obviously short term moves but they have one year or they go back to being irrelevant again)
2. San Antonio (The Jefferson giveaway helps, Blair is a nice addition but Ginobilli's health is a question mark and Duncan is one year older) 3. Boston (I would rank them far down the list. They have done nothing to improve, Garnett is a question mark coming off a serious injury, Allen is in a decline which may become rapid and Ainge has been shopping without success. Last year seems like a long time ago) 4. Denver (Lawson was a nice addition but hardly is a difference maker. They also need to resign Anderson) 5. Orlando (The Carter thing was a strange move as they not only traded a promising player making peanuts, in essence they traded Turkeyglu also. I dont think they are better) 6. Lakers (Stood pat while others got better. Remains to see what will happen with Ariza and Odom. Losing one is an issue in my mind because they dont have a readily available replacement and an Ariza-like improvement from a mid level guy cant be expected every year. The team to beat but lots of question marks not to mention the coaching situation.) 7. Portland (Still a bit away from primetime) 8. Houston ( Yao is hurt, MeGrady is coming off being hurt, artest is still nuts, and they aren't doing anything) 9. Chicago (They arent as good as Atlanta or Miami) 10. Utah (They arent as good as Dallas) |
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