West Rankings 2010-11

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2010/07/20/the-lake-show-rolls-on-out-west/

The writer is a bit off specially about us.

 

How much longer are the Thunder going to be the "it" team, it's really getting boring seeing people slobber all over them.

 

Now we know how the rest of the league felt in 2007 and 2008 when we were the golden kids.

 

I gotta admit, there's some truth there. Though if all goes according to normal, the Thunder will be out of the spotlight in a year or two after failing to improve or getting an injury or two.

 

I don't hate them, i just find it boring hearing about them all the time, but that is funny how fickle the media is lol.

 

What a joke.

 

But they got Cole Aldrich Wheels, he alone will vault them up 6 spots!

 

Until Kevin Durant retires, leaves or is traded.

 

Rankings are generally:

1. Look
2. "WHAT, OUR TEAM ISN'T ONE OF THE TOP TEAMS?"
3. The writer sucks/and or/has no credibility

 

I don't really agree with most of those rankings but he did get the top 8 teams in the west up there, just not in an order I like. Suns/Jazz i'd put behind us and the rockets I dunno about. as thats said I wouldn't put us in the top 4 of the west tell we know if Oden and everyone else can stay healthy.

 

How are the Suns even on that list?

 

So if haters hate, do homers home?

 

I really don't see how the Suns, Mavs, or Spurs are ahead of us. I swear those teams get by based solely on name recognition. How good could the Suns possibly be without Amare next season? Is Hedon't gonna carry the scoring load? The Spurs are one year closer to Tim Duncan retiring, as are the Mavs with Nowitzki getting further from his prime as well. Oh well, if we somehow get CP3, we will be vaulted to the #2 spot. Just watch.

 

I disagree. I think KD's foul shots drop by two attempts a game next year. He didn't "do the right thing" and take a short contract or somehow force his way to the big markets. That's my take. His FTA's were fucking absurd last year and I actually agreed with P. Jackson on that point. Talk about a media darling bullshit.

 

Most egregious team ahead of us with SA second. Of course SA got BETTER with Tiago Splitter, Suns are gonna set next year and Houston will beat them out of the 8th seed if Yao is healthy.

 

ROFL Portland is #2 or #3 at least imo assuming their healthy. I don't really have a problem with Phoenix there, they may have lost Amare but they got a lot deeper with the additions of Hedo Turkoglu, Josh Childress, and Hakeem Warrick. Oklahoma City is way too high, they are gonna be the 7th seed at best. They are a two man show with no bench and no big guys. They don't have a guy you can throw the ball into to get easy baskets, until they get that they are gonna stay where they at. Denver needs to be higher. They only lost in the 1st round because of Goerge Karl.

 

Dude did you watch Hedo last year? Unless he plays better with Nash, I don't think he's going to make that much of a difference for Phoenix. Childress is decent, but he's a role player. They didn't find anyone to replace Amare as a primary scorer.