<div align="center">http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking...on=2006&week=-1</div> Top 5: Spurs Pistons Suns Pacers Heat What do you guys think? Do you agree/disagree with Stein on these rankings?
Can someone explain to me with logical sense how the Raptors are ranked lower than the Bobcats, Hornets, Hawks and Blazers?
I would almost be more comfortable putting the Heat and Suns at 4 & 5. There's no telling how their changes will go over this season. The Pistons should drop to 3 for that matter (new coach). Maybe the Rockets should be 4 and Heat and Suns 5 & 6. I'm cool with Spurs at #1, that I do know. Purple Fever, whose left in Toronto besides Bosh to push them over the other teams you noted?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Dirge:</div><div class="quote_post"> Purple Fever, whose left in Toronto besides Bosh to push them over the other teams you noted?</div> I know we're a bottom 5 team as far as rankings, but I believe a core group of: Bosh Peterson Rose Alston Villanueva Graham Bonner is better than: Williams Harrington Childress Smith Pachulia or Felton May Okafor Bogans or Paul JR Smith Claxton Magloire or Miles Randolph Ratliff Telfair Outlaw .. not this season that's for sure.
All six teams directly above Seattle have no business being above them, especially Milwakee. Somehow the loss of four key players and the addition of injury prone BJax makes the Grizzlies the 11th team? Stein must be friends with the Czar. This list reminds me of how Steve Kerr had the Jazz at the top of the west in his preseason rankings last year.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post">.</div> yo man where did u get the j5 avatar?? very cool
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post"> Somehow the loss of four key players and the addition of injury prone BJax makes the Grizzlies the 11th team? Stein must be friends with the Czar. .</div> I can see a five-paragraph essay here by VC ..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Purple Fever:</div><div class="quote_post">I know we're a bottom 5 team as far as rankings, but... </div>Good points, I'll grant you deserve to be placed above those other teams. btw, I forgot about Charlie V. I hope he has a good season, he's the kind of player any team could benefit from.
Im ok with steins early rankings but when he puts my Sonics are 18 its just laughable..the guy likes to be wrong. I have no clue what his logic is. Of course he put us at 29th last year and we all saw how that went.
I think alot of people are overlooking the Sonics AGAIN this year. I see them as a top team in the West, possibly better then Houston.
lol.......The Suns don't deserve to be that high. The Rockets are a better team. I can't wait till the end of the season when I look back at this garbage and laugh..
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rock4life:</div><div class="quote_post">lol.......The Suns don't deserve to be that high. The Rockets are a better team. I can't wait till the end of the season when I look back at this garbage and laugh..</div> They had the best record in the NBA...and upgraded 100% with defense in Diaw, Bell, James, and Kurt Thomas. You still have the 3 most important guys on your team Nash Stodimire Marion Now you have more role players (better playoff chemistry) with defense...so why not? Rockets didnt even make it out of the first round, T'Mac is still a loser.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting emannen:</div><div class="quote_post">I think alot of people are overlooking the Sonics AGAIN this year. I see them as a top team in the West, possibly better then Houston.</div> Excactly! I just can't understand how can a NBA "expert" put Lakers and Knicks ahead of Sonics. Yes we lost a coach but Bob Weiss has all the experience in the world and he is familiar to Sonics roster and playing system so losing Nate won't affect us. Also we lost Big Game James. So what? I think Mikki Moore will do the same for us that James if not more. Also it's time for young Swift to step up. The biggest loss was Antonio Daniels but I think Ronald Murray can fill that 3rd guard position superbly. Also we added Rick Brunson to back up our point. So to tell that Sonics lost key pieces is just ridiculous. I don't think we will win Northwest again but we should battle at least for a 6th to 8th seed in the west and I'm sure as hell that we finish with a better record than Lakers and Knicks.
