I mean the Clippers when they had Miles, Q. Rich, Piatkowski, and Maggette they had a good surprise season and then sucked the following year. And with the West being so strong you know these teams are in.
Spurs = won 4 championships in 10 years they are always in
Hornets = Posey and Brown smart signings
Lakers = Fisher,Kobe, Gasol, Odom, and Bynum for a full season
Jazz = Have a very very very deep team Knight good backup pg
Rockets = With T-Mac, Yao, and Ron they are may pick for having best record in West if no chemistry problems arise.
Suns = Very talented offensive squad defense and 3 point shooting got better with Barnes.
Mavs = Kidd and Dirk for the whole year lets see what they can do.
Thats 7 teams already one more 2 go.
Blazers:
Pg. Blake - Not that great of a pg
Sg. Roy - Is very good
Sf. Webster - Good
Pf. Aldridge - Good
C. Oden - We will see hasnt played yet
6. Outlaw - Good but losing James Jones was a blow
7. Bayless - Looks to be good
8. Frye - Good
9. Przybilla
10. Rodriguez
11. Rudy Fernandez
12. Diougu
Thats a solid lineup but for the 8th seed not good enough....
Nuggets = Added Balkman thats a good move and even though Camby is gone Nene is good enough to start and put up a double double so is K-Mart and they resigned JR. = better lineup than Blazers
Clippers = Baron Davis, Marcus Camby, Chris Kaman, Jason Williams, Ricky Davis, Tim Thomas, Al Thornton, Eric Gordon, Steve Novak (spot up shooter), Hart (not bad) = a better lineup than Blazers
Warriors = Losing Davis is no biggie they gained Corey Maggette puts up the same amount of points and gets more rebounds and is a body like Davis slashes a lot. They also gained a good backup im Marcus Williams and a hustler off the bench in Turiaf. They resigned Azuibuike and w/ Barnes gone Randolph and Wright and maybe Bellinelli can get more playing time. Also the starting line of Ellis (real deal), Jackson (leader of team), Maggette, Harrington (versatile), Biedrins (Led NBA in FG% for 2 years now is better than the Blazers.
h**l, even the Minnesota T-Wolves can be a surprise 8th seed and are deeper than the Blazers.
Pg. Telfair - better than Blake
Sg. Foye - Not better than Roy but can score
Sf. Miller - Great shooter and rebounds
Pf. Gomes - Not better than Aldridge but he is very good
C. Jefferson - Way better than Oden
The Benches: T-Wolves hands down.....
6th. Love - Is gonna be good
7th. McCants - Can score
8th. Brewer - Shows he can win in FSU
9th. Smith - a great rebounder that can score a few
10th. Snyder - Shows he has game
11th. Carney - Good
12th. Collins - Can defend
......
The only teams that dont have a shot and are gonna be behind the Blazers are the Thunder, Grizzlies, and Kings.
Its gonna go
Blazers
Grizzlies
Kings
Thunder
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