THE HIGH FIVE by Steve Kerr (Yahoo Sports) 1. Utah Jazz (4-0) ? The Jazz have beaten the Lakers, Denver (twice) and Golden State, and none of the games have been close. 2. Miami Heat (3-0) ? Dwyane Wade has stolen Shaquille O'Neal's thunder, raising his game to an all-star level. The Heat haven't played anyone yet, so we'll wait to see how good they really are. 3. Indiana Pacers (3-0) ? Injury woes threatened to send the Pacers off to a rough start, but they responded with tough road wins in Cleveland and Boston. 4. Detroit Pistons (3-1) ? With coach Larry Brown sidelined for a couple of weeks, the Pistons have continued to play hard defensively. 5. Dallas Mavericks (4-0) ? Even without Steve Nash, the Mavericks are still running, gunning and putting up numbers. Erick Dampier has helped them improve on defense. THE LOW FIVE 26. Chicago Bulls (0-2) ? The Bulls are winless but at least they are competing. Will the Kiddie Corps ever mature? 27. New Orleans Hornets (0-3) ? The Hornets don't have much hope in the ridiculously difficult Southwest Division. Byron Scott's club needs a win. 28. Golden State Warriors (0-4) ? The Warriors are showing signs of being competitive. Moral victories don't count in the standings, though. 29. New York Knicks (0-2) ? A devastating, embarrassing home loss to Boston places the Knicks in the bottom five. Can they defend anyone? 30. Atlanta Hawks (0-3) ? Some things never change. Atlanta has lost its first three games by an average of 22 points. Enough said.
I think Kerr only comes up with this junk for publicity. I can't convince myself that he really believes some of the stuff that he writes in his Yahoo articles.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">27. New Orleans Hornets (0-3) ? The Hornets don't have much hope in the ridiculously difficult Southwest Division. Byron Scott's club needs a win. </div> <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">29. New York Knicks (0-2) ? A devastating, embarrassing home loss to Boston places the Knicks in the bottom five. Can they defend anyone? </div> Common Kerr, I don't know about these, also the Hornets haven't had the easiest matchups, and Baron is killing, but their's just no one else, but even with that they're still better than near last.
Antoine Walker is officially the best loser. New York will eventually get it together by the end of the season. I think Utah should be second not first. When you go 3-0 with Shaq playing very limited minutes, you have to be tops. When Shaq gets atleast 90 percent they will be unstoppable. Other than New York I can;t really disagree with this list.
raps have beaten two of those "top 5" teams teams and have the same record to match??? NYK is in the bottom 5....can't argue it
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BBall Guru:</div><div class="quote_post">Bulls at the bottom five? I don't think so.</div> I know the Bulls are way better than the Bobcats???? On a more serious note, Dallas werent even making the playoffs before the season started according to Kerr. Tell this guy to eat shyte.
