Hoops

NBA Final Standings/Playoff Series

Sadly for the spurs i think carrying the load has taken its toll on the walking poo. The most likely scenario sees them out in the first round.

Still a chance for a throwback play-off performance but odds are really blown out...

For Kingjames, I'm sure most don't care but...to clarify-

1/I'm happy with the strategy of the knicks D against the screen and roll offence. Playing a squad of guys who can defend multiple spots and therefore switch on each screen is a sound strategy.

The fact that they have not a single player capable of defending lends to their current ranking.

2/ Re Knicks having a better record than the suns...I agreed with the article that said it could actually happen, not that it WOULD, or even that it was LIKELY. The article was also written before the Knick cap barn sale.

3/ I still say a healthy Deng is worth twice a healthy Gordon. Sorry i had no idea he was injury prone.

Gordon is like Boozer in that he can chew up regular NBA starters, but against quality defenders he is a liability.

I like Beasley too, how he develops is entirely up to him.

dcanwade, you are the definition of a conspiracy nutter. If you think the NBA is rigging the playoffs, why bother even commenting about the NBA?

Oh yeah, and KG did not get traded for peanuts... Al Jefferson is one of the best offensive low post players and rebounders in the league. He will be dominating for a decade. Celtics got the better player, sure, but for how long?

And you shouldn't be surprised that when a team trades one of the top 5 players in the game, they can't get a guy of equal skill level back! To do that, you would have to talk the Lakers into trading Kobe, Cavs into trading Lebron, Spurs into trading Duncan... yeah thats likely.

So when teams like Minny get desperate, they don't trade their hall of famer for equal talent, they trade them for cap relief, long shots and draft picks. McHale got all that AND Al Jefferson!!!

Can i just point out, i got SHOT DOWN for daring to predict the suns would miss the play-offs this year and that Dallas would get in before them.

And don't point to losing Amare as the prob, you'll only provoke me.

I didn't bother mentioning the East- with KG gone and Turk n Lewis not 100%, the East is O-VER.





















go Hawks.

I wish Houston had traded T-Mac for a point guard. That is their only GLARING weakness....

That said, the pg spot ia weakness for the Lakers too... hornets and jazz could hassle them at the point. Only prob is that both the hornets and jazz can't defend...


If i'm a laker fan, i'm sweating on the spurs. Tim Duncan is still the best in the league when 100%. Has he been foxing all year or is he really past his best?

If he comes out and posts 25/15/5/5 in the first round- Lakers be scared. They also have no answer for Parker either...

Watch ou 4 Miami!!!

Wade is awesome & on a mission...

I'm thinking Portland-Houston is going to be a tough series for someone to lose! Houston have the season series, but Portland have homecourt and the twin-headed monster to counter Yao.

I'll feel a bit sorry for Houston if they go out in the first round AGAIN, but I really want to see Portland's young turks have a Cinderella run to get a shot at the Lakers! They have owned Kobe's toy boys this season so it would be interesting to see them get a shot when it matters!

Looking forward to Atlanta vs Miami. I'd love to see Wade drag the Heat through...

Portland vs Houston is a great matchup and should be very good viewing.

Denver vs New Orleans should also be a tightly contested series IMO.