Which team has the best future in the NBA?

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  1. TigerTaylor

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    With a new season approaching, what new teams have stepped up and claimed their spots as the future teams of the NBA.These teams pop in my head...Blazers - They had the best draft hands down this season. They got big man superstar Greg Oden, and steals such as Rudy Fernandez, Taurean Green and many more. They also traded and got Channing Frye. Add all that to Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Jarrett Jack, the future of this team looks extremely bright.Sonics - The Sonics drafted arguably the best player in the draft. Kevin Durant is such a pure scorer and will fit in perfectly in the Sonics' offense. They also drafted Jeff Green who will be a good running mate for Durant with his versatility, and aquired Delonte West from the Celtics who is still young with potential. They have a young front talented frontcourt to add to it.Grizzlies - I can finally give them a mention. They drafted their future PG in Mike Conley Jr. He helped lead Ohio St. to the NCAA Championship as a Freshman and has loads of potential. He will share time with the Grizzlies other young talented 2006 first rounder Kyle Lowry who is coming back from an injury that kept him out the majority of last season. Wallace signed 21 year old Darko Milicic to assist Gasol downlow and bang on defense. Add players such as Rudy Gay and Hakim Warrick to the mix, who are both looking to have breakout years in the new offense, along with a new head coach and new GM, the Grizzlies are heading in the right direction.
     
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    Blazers without a doubt. They have a center with the potential to be dominant and someone who can finally break the pattern of poor big men coming out of the draft this decade. Brandon Roy is a superstar in the making at the shooting guard position, and LaMarcus Aldridge will be a solid scoring/rebounding 4. This team has so many bright stars that will be here and overseas in the next few years.
     
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    I have to go with Portland. They get a franchise center, along with the '07 ROY and a very good young player in Aldridge. Travis Outlaw is developing and Jarret Jack is a very solid PG. They racked up with really nice players in the 07 Draft by basicly buying picks left and right. Everybody knows that the great centers in the league atleast gets close to winning the championship. Greg Oden alone makes Portlands future very bright, but factoing in Roy and Aldridge and their potential, this team can become the next great dynasty.
     
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    portland. let's not forget martell webster is an excellent offensive player. Wow, that team is stacked with young big men.
     
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    The Portland TrailblazersKevin Pritchard did an amazing job turning this franchise around. Now the Blazers are stacked with tons of young talent ready to contend for a championship in a couple of years. Greg Oden has been heralded as the next great big-man. When you pair him up with young studs like Sergio Rodriguez, Jarret Jack, Martell Webster, Channing Frye, Brandon Roy, Derrick Byars, and Taureen Green you got <u>a ton of potential.</u>
     
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    Byars is gone to the Sixers...as if they need him [​IMG]
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (noballer07 @ Jul 16 2007, 06:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Byars is gone to the Sixers...as if they need him [​IMG]</div>Oh, my mistake, I forgot they traded him for Petteri Koponen.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GArenas @ Jul 16 2007, 05:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh, my mistake, I forgot they traded him for Petteri Koponen.</div>Meh, everybody forgot about him, including the HORNETS when they didn't trade up to get him.
     
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    Definitely the Trail Blazers. Roy was a hit last year as a rookie, and Aldridge was playing very well before his season ended prematurely. And then they got lucky and managed to get the number 1 overall pick. This team would have had a bright future without Greg Oden, but now that they have a potential HOFer in Oden, this team's future is that much brighter. And Jarret Jack, a solid starter, to the mix, and this is the most complete team of the 3 GrizzFan listed.
     
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    The Blazers, Raptors, Grizzlies, Bulls, Celtics, Bobcats and Cavs do.The Blazers really have the best future though. Look at all the first year/2nd year quality players they have on their team. Look at Greg Oden/LaMarcus Aldridge/Brandon Roy. Those guys are going to be stars. If they can get another point guard in town, and a quality Small Forward for the future, these guys are going to win a couple of championships unless anything drastic happens.
     
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    The only two teams you can even mention in this debate are Chicago and Portland. Both of them are stacked up and down at every position with talent. Like with Chicago, it's going to take Portland a couple of years to get things going, especially in the western conference, when you have an unbalenced team with guys all in the same age bracket, it takes patience.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Jul 16 2007, 08:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The only two teams you can even mention in this debate are Chicago and Portland. Both of them are stacked up and down at every position with talent. Like with Chicago, it's going to take Portland a couple of years to get things going, especially in the western conference, when you have an unbalenced team with guys all in the same age bracket, it takes patience.</div>I like Chicago and Portland, and they have a good future, but I don't think you can only put those two teams in there for teams with the best futures. The Bobcats have a bright future, they still have the ability to sign back Raymond Felton and Emeka Okafor in the future, which are solid guys to have, as well as having Richardson and Wallace for a few years, and two good bench shooters for the future in Carroll and Morrison. They will have the defensive ability with Emeka Okafor down low controlling the paint, and with Wallace being the defensive presence on the wings. They have good rebounding with Okafor, May and Wallace being a good set of rebounders. One thing they have, that Chicago doesn't have that might end up making them look better in the long run, is offensive balance. With Okafor downlow, they have the team that can pound the ball down low, as well as the team that can attack off the dribble with Felton, Richardson and Wallace, and they have the shooting with Morrison, Carroll, and Richardson. This is a team that has a bright future ahead of them in my opinion, and can be in the discussion with the Bulls as far as bright futures.
     
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    I think Golden State has a great Future because we got a lot of young talent in key positions like Biendrins, Ellis, Wright, Belinelli, O' Bryant
     
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    Obviously all the teams that have been mentioned...but you can't leave the New York Knicks out of the realm either, they went 5-0 in the Summer League, which is all the rookies facing other young rookies, so that's why I believe they've got a good future.
     
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    No doubt New York has talent. Isiah Thomas is really one of the best at scouting talent...unfortunely hes one of the worse at adding chemistry into the mix...which is basicaly the problem. Zach Randolph is a sure 20 and 10 player, but you basicly have a poormans version next to him in Eddy Curry. I dont think thats going to work out too well. David Lee and Nate Robinson are both very solid players off the bench, Lee is a start caliber player too. Stephon my be outve his twisted mind, but hes still talented and can score in loads. The team just isnt structered well. Basicly what im saying is, they have talent, but the teams pieces dont compliement each other very well at all.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BluffCityBlue @ Jul 16 2007, 09:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No doubt New York has talent. Isiah Thomas is really one of the best at scouting talent...unfortunely hes one of the worse at adding chemistry into the mix...which is basicaly the problem. Zach Randolph is a sure 20 and 10 player, but you basicly have a poormans version next to him in Eddy Curry. I dont think thats going to work out too well. David Lee and Nate Robinson are both very solid players off the bench, Lee is a start caliber player too. Stephon my be outve his twisted mind, but hes still talented and can score in loads. The team just isnt structered well. Basicly what im saying is, they have talent, but the teams pieces dont compliement each other very well at all.</div>Yeah, I agree there. The acquisition of Randolph wasn't amazing, but we gave up a load of crap so it was worth the risk.
     
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    I liked that move alot, now it gives the Knicks the flexibility to ship Currys ass off to anybody who would actually wants him...
     
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    I agree with thizz415. Golden State may have their experienced performers in Davis, Jackson, and Harrington, but they also have lots of talent in Ellis, Biedrins, Belinelli, Wright, and O'Bryant. Ellis and Biedrins will be very good NBA players in the years to come, and Belinelli was amazing in the SL and will probably have the nicest stroke in the NBA in a couple of years. Wright is still unproven, but he won't be a bust. He's a freak athlete, so there's no telling what he can't do on the offensive end. O'Bryant might be a bust and a bad pick.. but still, he has time. Chicago wins, though. Hinrich, Gordon, and Deng are all capable of putting up 20 points a night. And they're all still in their early-to-mid 20's.
     
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    Lakers, they have the best owner, with that, they are always in the mix at some point.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Zards @ Jul 16 2007, 08:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree with thizz415. Golden State may have their experienced performers in Davis, Jackson, and Harrington, but they also have lots of talent in Ellis, Biedrins, Belinelli, Wright, and O'Bryant. Ellis and Biedrins will be very good NBA players in the years to come, and Belinelli was amazing in the SL and will probably have the nicest stroke in the NBA in a couple of years. Wright is still unproven, but he won't be a bust. He's a freak athlete, so there's no telling what he can't do on the offensive end. O'Bryant might be a bust and a bad pick.. but still, he has time. Chicago wins, though. Hinrich, Gordon, and Deng are all capable of putting up 20 points a night. And they're all still in their early-to-mid 20's.</div>but the thing with chicago is, they're all guards almost, and it's coming close to the time where they will have to be re-signed, and I don't know if they will have the money. that's why I think it's good to have an inside/outside combo of some good/great players, not a whole lot of good ones like Chicago has, because they're going to run into the salary cap issue eventually.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Michael Bryant @ Jul 21 2007, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Lakers, they have the best owner, with that, they are always in the mix at some point.</div>yep. that's a reasonable post, not biased at all. [​IMG]
     

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