Sophomores and newbies, "what's up?" notice the teams that are rocking the league, Miami, Pheonix, Cleveland. What do they all have in common? Sophmores and Newbies, although Dalas defies my thought, they are still good. Miami- gets Shaq (who wouldnt be good with Shaq?) and is ompletly dominating the east While the once powerful Lakers are falling with a record of 17-14 barely making the number 7 spot in the west. Also, a sophmore, Wade has been playing phenominaly night after night leading his team (not in points but actually being a leader) Pheonix- gets Nash and goes from nothing to EVRYTHING they are crushing almost everything in their paths Cleveland- 2002- horendous 13-65, tied for worse with Denver (another team with a sophmore) 2003- (Lebron's first year, not even in the playoffs with a 35-47 record 2004 (through today)- 2nd in the east and rising with Lebron (a sophmore) having a stellar season. Also, many "big" names have fallen: L.A- 7th in west, Minnesota- 6th in west, Indiana- 7th in East, Detroit- 5th in east (not bad but not good), New Jersey: Nets minus K-mart plus VC equals 12-20 New orleans- (5th in east last year)- this year 2-29 (embarassing) Sophmores and trade-ins on the rise! old favorites on the downfall? WHAT'S GOING ON!?!?!?!?!
