How would you rank every team in the west so far? Base it on record if you like, but some teams might be underachieving/overachieving. There are alsosome teams plagued with injuries. Give them a rating: base it chemistry, record, how they would when healthy, team talent etc. (whatever you liek i guess) here's mine: 1. Pheonix Suns - 98: Best team in the league right now. They're my team to win it all. 2. Dallas Mavericks - 97: Both Dallas and Pheonix IMO are head-and-shoulders above the rest of the league right now and itwas tough to choose. Dallas is a better defensive team. 3. San Antonio Spurs - 92 4. Houston Rockets - 90 5. Utah Jazz - 89 6. LA Lakers/Fakers - 87 7. Denver Nuggets - 82 8. Minnesota Timberwolves - 80 9. LA Clippers 10. New Orleans 11. Golden State 12. Seattle 13. Portland 14. Memphis Just rate the top 8 teams if you like. Speeeeaaak.
<div class="quote_poster">authentiq Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">How would you rank every team in the west so far? Base it on record if you like, but some teams might be underachieving/overachieving. There are alsosome teams plagued with injuries. Give them a rating: base it chemistry, record, how they would when healthy, team talent etc. (whatever you liek i guess) here's mine: 1. Pheonix Suns - 98: Best team in the league right now. They're my team to win it all. 2. Dallas Mavericks - 97: Both Dallas and Pheonix IMO are head-and-shoulders above the rest of the league right now and itwas tough to choose. Dallas is a better defensive team. 3. San Antonio Spurs - 92 4. Houston Rockets - 90 5. Utah Jazz - 89 6. LA Lakers/Fakers - 87 7. Denver Nuggets - 82 8. Minnesota Timberwolves - 80 9. LA Clippers 10. New Orleans 11. Golden State 12. Seattle 13. Portland 14. Memphis Just rate the top 8 teams if you like. Speeeeaaak.</div> Suns-98 Dallas-98 Rockets-97 (Healthy) San Antonio-95 Denver-95 Utah-94 Lakers-92 Golden State-91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clippers-89 Minnesota-85 I think Dallas has a good chance. But when Yao comes back, the Rockets will win the championship.
1. Phoenix Suns 2. Dallas Mavericks 3. Houston Rockets (When Yao returns). 4. San Antonio Spurs (I have a feeling that they'll fail in the playoffs, though). 5. Los Angeles Lakers (Many close losses and losses to weak teams. Odom is officially back and Bynum is getting better and better. Our bench is good and Kobe is magnificent. We've got great chances, we just have to close out the winnable games). 6. Utah Jazz 7. Denver Nuggets 8. Los Angeles Clippers
1. Pheonix Suns - 97 2. Dallas Mavericks - 95: 3. Houston Rockets - 90 4. San Antonio Spurs - 88 5. Utah Jazz - 88 6. LA Lakers - 87 7. Denver Nuggets - 81 8. Golden State Warriors - 80
<div class="quote_poster">authentiq Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">42 views and only 2 replies? BOO.</div> I see your favorite player is Derrick Rose? I played against him in 8th grade. He dominated us.
1. Dallas Mavericks - 97 (Hate them, but damn they're good) 2. Pheonix Suns - 93 (They will fall soon enough) 3. Houston Rockets - 90 (Once Yao is back we'll go up even more) 4. San Antonio Spurs - 88 (Lost defensive dominance) 5. Utah Jazz - 85 (They're decline has come) 6. LA Lakers - 85 (They seem like they're over achieving, we'll see. .) 7. Denver Nuggets - 81 (Steadily will get better) 8. Golden State Warriors - 80 (Haven't watched them enough)
Don't mind me asking, but how have the Spurs lost their defensive dominance? They're only giving up 90.68ppg, and that's losing it? Beyond that, they're 6th in FG%, giving up only 44.7%. Beyond that, how you have the Rockets ahead of them is beyond me. The Rockets don't have Yao, whereas the Spurs are healthy and playing much better as of late (won 7 of last 10 and made a good come back to beat the Lakers in OT). I think you have a little too much bias, because if you ask me, the Rockets aren't quite as good as the Spurs, especially not without Yao. I don't care what their record is, but without Yao, that team doesn't compare to the Spurs.
1. Mavericks 2. Suns 3. Spurs 4. Rockets. 5. Lakers/Jazz 6. Nuggets/Jazz 7. Jazz 8. Warriors. The Lakers have been losing stupidly as of late, but I think they and the Nuggets at full power can overcome the Jazz.
1. Mavs (need to keep doing whatever it is they're doing) 2. Spurs (need to focus and remember how they did it in the past) 3. Phoenix (need to defend as a team) 4. Lakers (need to establish who the 2nd and 3rd options are; Dallas and Phoenix has done that. L.A. has not.) 5. Houston (need the same starting line-up for 20 games in a row to improve their sense of ID) 6. Jazz (need a Manu or a Sam Cassell type o guy) 7. Denver (need to swap 5 alley-oops for 5 defensive efforts) 8. Golden State (need to believe in themselves for real)
Suns Mavs Spurs Utah Lakers Nuggets Rockets Garnett That would be perfect, imo ------ EDIT: I was looking at the off-season WC standings prediction thread and no one even mentioned Utah. It's funny because they always start off good then injuries would take its toll on them, but this season they have been great. I put: 1)Suns 2)Mavs 3)Spurs 4)Sac-town....and they aren't even in the NW division. I replace them with Utah. 5)Houston 6)LAC 7)Denver 8)KG/LAL http://www.justbball.com/forums/showthread...?t=58023&page=3
Wow..Denver's not getting any respect.. 1. Mavericks 2. Suns 3. Spurs 4. Nuggets 5. Lakers 6. Rockets 7. Jazz 8. Timberwolves
<div class="quote_poster">Moo2K4 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Don't mind me asking, but how have the Spurs lost their defensive dominance? They're only giving up 90.68ppg, and that's losing it? Beyond that, they're 6th in FG%, giving up only 44.7%. Beyond that, how you have the Rockets ahead of them is beyond me. The Rockets don't have Yao, whereas the Spurs are healthy and playing much better as of late (won 7 of last 10 and made a good come back to beat the Lakers in OT). I think you have a little too much bias, because if you ask me, the Rockets aren't quite as good as the Spurs, especially not without Yao. I don't care what their record is, but without Yao, that team doesn't compare to the Spurs.</div> You know that everyone who picked the Rockets maintained (if healthy) right.
<div class="quote_poster">dallasdude Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Wow..Denver's not getting any respect.. </div> Do they deserve any? Denver If they started to play any decent defense would be respected more. Until they do, they just have the names.
<div class="quote_poster">Moo2K4 Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Don't mind me asking, but how have the Spurs lost their defensive dominance? They're only giving up 90.68ppg, and that's losing it? Beyond that, they're 6th in FG%, giving up only 44.7%. Beyond that, how you have the Rockets ahead of them is beyond me. The Rockets don't have Yao, whereas the Spurs are healthy and playing much better as of late (won 7 of last 10 and made a good come back to beat the Lakers in OT). I think you have a little too much bias, because if you ask me, the Rockets aren't quite as good as the Spurs, especially not without Yao. I don't care what their record is, but without Yao, that team doesn't compare to the Spurs.</div> Which is why we beat them without Yao? The reason why many people ranked Rockets so high is the fact on how well they are playing without Yao. Against phoenix, Rockets were up by 15 at one point(I think at halftime) without Yao AND TMac. Many people ranked the Rockets based on how well we would be provided that Yao is healthy.
<div class="quote_poster">AllNet Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Do they deserve any? Denver If they started to play any decent defense would be respected more. Until they do, they just have the names.</div> Iverson is #6 in steals per game, Camby is #2 in blocks per game. I think they are a better defensive team than Phoenix is. Once they get into a good offensive rhythm as the season goes, I think they'll be a dangerous team in the west.
