<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Steve Kerr of Yahoo! Sports and TNT thinks that not only are the Nets one of the top three teams in the East. He believes they are one of the top three teams in the NBA, based on their recent play. It's not just the 12 straight wins, he notes. It's the quality of the opponent, as well as the timing of the streak and the great defense and the "great play from Vince Carter and Jason Kidd".</div> Source
The question is would they have the fuel to last all post-season long? They've been able to be successful, but during the playoffs, teams are going to expose their week frontcourt. If the big 4 don't have good consistent games, i don't know if the defense is enough to pull them through. The only thing we can do is wait and see if the Nets stay consistent. If they do, then they have their chance.
Everybody talks about our weak frontcourt(which it is),but the only teams in the east that has a frontcourt built to expose it is the Pistons and the Heat, if Shaq is 100%, other then that this team can be competive against any other Eastern conference and actually probably come out with an edge. Krstic is going to be a hard matchup for alot of frontcourts because of his range, as well as Cliff Robinson. And JC is playoff expereince and he knows that we need him to carry alot of the defensive load.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Everybody talks about our weak frontcourt(which it is),but the only teams in the east that has a frontcourt built to expose it is the Pistons and the Heat,</div> I think Indiana has a frontcourt that can expose us. Their team just hasn't been healthy or playing together all year....But being that Jeff Foster is an offensive boarding machine, I think that will definitely kill us if we match up with them. Not to mention JO, Pollard, and Harrison. Also another team that can give us fits, but doesn't rank up there with the rest of them (by a good distance) is the Bucks. They definitely have versatility and solid frontcourt with Joe Smith, Bogut, Magloire, and Kukoc.
