SPORTS ILLUSTRATED NBA Season Preview 2013-14

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  1. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Well they also put clippers #1
     
    magnifier661, Oct 29, 2013
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    Amazing, right?
     
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    Referring to this.
     
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    LOL
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    There are still a few "dildos" who haven't jumped on the bandwagon.
     
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  6. magnifier661

    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    Told you. I knew this team was something special


    Go Blazers!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Ya Right!
     
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    Not me! I was OFFICIALLY on the Blazer play-off train and rode Homer's Edge till they got butt-hurt and deleted posts for speaking truth to stupid. I don't think I even posted here when you made that comment. I would have laughed out loud then too though. It's pretty funny. Just sayin.
     
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    magnifier661 B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

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    You see when I posted that!? Oct 25th, 6 days before the season even started.


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    Ya. LOL I was busy taking Dave Deck(something) to task for saying Portland won't see a very significant jump in wins because of their franchise history, and that you can only read into bad tenancies from pre-season.
     
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    The suns 15th looks pretty silly too now.
     
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  13. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Almost as silly as the Lakers as the 6th seed.

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    they still look pretty terrible on paper, Hornacek has done an amazing job. two man race for COTY between him and Stotts
     
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    The only sport played on paper is paper football.
     
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    preseason power rankings are all about how teams look on paper
     
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    Thus, why stock should never be put in them to begin with. I don't, at least.
     
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    preseason
    1. Clippers
    2. Thunder
    3. Spurs
    4. Rockets
    5. Warriors
    6. Lakers
    7. Mavericks
    8. T-Wolves
    9. Grizzlies
    10. Nuggets
    11. Trail Blazers
    12. Pelicans
    13. Kings
    14. Jazz
    15. Suns
    vs. midway point
    1. OKC (1 spot better)
    2. San Antonio (1 spot better)
    3. Portland (8 spots better)
    4. Clippers (3 spots worse)
    5. Houston (1 spot worse)
    6. Phoenix (9 spots better)
    7. Dallas (spot on)
    8. Golden State (3 spots worse)
    9. Memphis (spot on)
    10. Denver (spot on)
    11. Minnesota (3 spots worse)
    12. New Orleans (spot on)
    13. Lakers (7 spots worse)
    14. Utah (spot on)
    15. Sacramento (2 spots worse)

    So he had 5 teams exactly where he predicted, 4 teams within two spots of where he predicted, 3 teams within 3 spots and only 3 teams outside that range. Thats not too bad. Phoenix is a legit surprise team and Portland is much better than most expected. Most saw them as a fringe playoff team in a very tough western conference. LMA said he'd be happy with a 7 seed. Lots of things are just based on reputation around the league, like the Lakers at 6. I'd guess that his thinking probably went that Dwight slowed them down last year, Nash gets healthy and they hover around until Kobe comes back and then they go on a tear. While it's laughable now I could see how someone could talk themselves into the Lakers being a playoff team before the season started. The Suns, Kings and Jazz were all afterthoughts and expected to tank and the T wolves were supposed to be good with all their players coming back healthy and the additions of Budinger and Martin.
     
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  19. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    The sports media is based in Los Angeles. For years every preseason, they laughably overrated the Clippers. This time they managed to overrate all 4 California teams, a splendid misachievement.
     
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