To name a few: Detroit - Prince, R. Wallace, and Mohammed. Yes, Mohammed certainly wont give you what Big Ben has to offer, but no doubt you still have to say this is one of the best frontcourts in the L. Prince is coming into his own, long arms, and a great jumper. Wallace serves as an assasin in the 4th quarter sometimes, he knows how to come up clutch. Mohammed does the dirty work, like Wallace, but he isnt a rebounding monster. Washington - Butler, Jamison, and Haywood. Now that the Wiz aqquired DeShawn Stevenston to start at the SG position for us, we can finally move Butler to his natural position: SF. Jamison gets abused defensively playing PF for us, but he can return the offer offensively, as well. Haywood is decent defensively, and can block a few shots in the paint. Denver - Anthony, Martin, and Camby. We dont know if Martin is leaving or not, because not a ton of teams are interested in him. I think he'll stay with the team, anyways (the Mavs are reportedly interested in him). Anthony's USA team experience will benefit him a lot. I think he'll improve even more this year and without a doubt he'll be an All-Star. Martin can get you 13 and 10 on any given night, and Camby is just great on defense and crashes the boards. Not to mention he has a great jumper from 15 ft out.
Sacramento- Ron Artest, Brad Miller, Shareef Abdul-RahimClippers- Elton Brand, Chris Kaman, Corey MaggetteCleveland- LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Drew Gooden
Gooden is likely to be replaced by Reggie Evans and Iggy is getting pretty ancient. He has very little mobility any more and only because LeBron is on the team can he hide it.Sacro has the best offensive frontcourt combo; Detroit the best defensive, the Clips have one of the best all-around (if Maggette was better on D it would help)
I agree with pretty much all of what you guys have said. What about the Bulls? Not so much with scoring, but with rebounding. Luol Deng, Ben Wallace, P.J. Brown, Sweetney, and even Adrian Griffin can rebound. Not to mention whether or not Tyrus Thomas will have a big effect on this team. I think they will be a force this year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (His Greatness @ Aug 8 2006, 02:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Houston....TMac-Yao-Howard</div>Howard pretty much messes them up to contend.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheAnalyst @ Aug 8 2006, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Howard pretty much messes them up to contend.</div>True. It can either be Yao-Hayes-TMac or Yao-Battier-TMac.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (dsounG @ Aug 8 2006, 02:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, I don't get why Jeff Van Gundy said that then .</div>Good luck with making the playoffs, then.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Aug 8 2006, 01:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Good luck with making the playoffs, then. </div>He said that he's going to put him there sometimes if they really need someone to contain Tim Duncan or someone like that. I dunno. But I know JVG is going to put him there sometimes.
Some not said:Charlotte: Adam Morrison, Emeka Okafor, Primoz BrezicSean May on BenchBoston: Paul Pierce, Ryan Gomas Theo RatliffAl Jefferson and Kendrick Perkins on BenchSan Antonio: Bruce Bowen, Tim Duncan, Francisco ElsonMichael Finley and Robert Horry on BenchAtlanta: Josh Smith, Marvin Williams, Zaza PachulliaLorenzen Wright and Sheldon Williams on Bench<u>Utah: Andrei Kirerlinko, Carlos Boozer, and Mehmet OkurMatt Harpring on Bench</u><u>Most Underrated</u>
Detroit wasnt that great defensively. I remeber they let Elton Brand, Chris Bosh and other guys score 30+ more often than normal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheAnalyst @ Aug 8 2006, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Howard pretty much messes them up to contend.</div>If Nazr can be put in as a contending player, than Howard is no different.Tracy > :thumbdn1: Tayshaun Prince (sorry Tay). Yao > Sheed/Nazr
How about Dallas's Josh Howard, Dirk, Damp/Diop...with Stack, Croshere, and Mbenga on the bench.Basically you can do this for just about everyteam, excluding a few.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Renton @ Aug 8 2006, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, if Amare's healthy, Phoenix wins this one. Diaw, Marion and Amare, you've got it all.</div>Thanks for remembering the Suns. I was surprised not to see them names on the 6 or 8 team lists being put up. Don't forget Kurt Thomas. He's the starter. Great D. :happy0144:
