<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Air Mcgrady @ Jul 25 2006, 10:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Congrats Shane. But i thought Marion would have made it</div>Marion probably would have made it, but he withdrew his name after sitting out of practice for a few days with discomfort in his knee.
There still needs to be 3 cuts made, and of course Billups, Kobe and Pierce are still in mix, so it should look like this (IMO, I feel this would be best lineup with available players)G- Chris Paul/Chauncey Billups/Kirk HinrichSG- Dwyane Wade/Kobe BryantSF- LeBron James/Carmelo AnthonyPF- Amare Stoudemire/Elton BrandC- Dwight Howard/Chris Bosh/Brad MillerI still feel that team is way too stacked with scoring, but no way are they gonna cut Wade/Bron/Melo/Kobe. And considering they all play same position (swingman) Personally, I think that is a very well rounded team. Chris/Chauncey/Wade/LeBron are all fantastic playmakers, Wade/Bron/Kobe/Melo can all take over the game from the outside, and Brand, Bosh and Amare can do it inside. Defensively, Kobe is a all defensive 1st team, Wade is solid, Chauncey is great, Brand is solid, Amare is solid, Dwight is solid, Kirk is good, etc.... And unlike the Athens team, you have great 3pt shooting in Kirk/Joe Johnson/Kobe/Chauncey.As long as they are together for next 2 years and they find a balance in who does the outside scoring, I feel this team is fantastic and won't have any of the problems the 2004 team did.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bowen making it i think is BS! They talked about ai was going 2 be to old in 08, but bowen is going 2 be just as fuc*ing old...! I mean AI can play defense 2...? Plus he scores bowen cant score off of the dribble and create his own shot...! I think that is the biggest pile of BS i have ever seen</div>This isn't about stars. If so, then Battier wouldn't be on the tam either. This is (supposed) to be a no-ego team. Whether it really will be a no-ego team remains to be seen. In any case, if you want to build some chemistry, Iverson would have to be the worst choice.
