<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (blazerspwnu @ Jan 15 2007, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>hate to sound like a homer, but how can u guys forget about the blazers!?!?brandon roy (voted most likely to be rookie of the year by NBA GMs)lamarcus aldridge (#2 pick)sergio rodriguez (21 points, 10 assists vs nuggets last night)Martell Webster (just turned 20!)and more.</div>Ummmm.... The Blazers haven't been good since the early 90's.To be honest, before you go anywhere you guys have to get rid of Zach Randloph. He's a good player but he's too small, doesn't play defense, and demands the ball too much to lead a team anywhere.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 11:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>patrick o'brant stinks right now but he has a lot of potential. Be patient.I thought Baron was 28, he was born in 1979.Monta can play point, he's going to have to with his height.</div>POB has no potential. He's getting 6 ppg in the D-league. He has no upside besides his heightIt is early 2007 right now. BD is 27.monta will play point eventually but he's more suited to be a shooting guard ala arenas/AI. Monta can't pass and is turnover prone, and is a very good scorer so that tends to indicate that he's more of a shooting guard
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ummmm.... The Blazers haven't been good since the early 90's.To be honest, before you go anywhere you guys have to get rid of Zach Randloph. He's a good player but he's too small, doesn't play defense, and demands the ball too much to lead a team anywhere.</div>your nuts, Rasheed, Pippen, Stoudamire, etc etc. They were great in the playoffs not to long ago.I completely agree, Portland does have a future...thank god yall cant draft highschool players anymore, lol.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Jan 15 2007, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>POB has no potential. He's getting 6 ppg in the D-league. He has no upside besides his heightIt is early 2007 right now. BD is 27.monta will play point eventually but he's more suited to be a shooting guard ala arenas/AI. Monta can't pass and is turnover prone, and is a very good scorer so that tends to indicate that he's more of a shooting guard</div>okay, if that's what you think. fine.let's just agree that the warriors have potential no matter what line up they use.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ummmm.... The Blazers haven't been good since the early 90's.To be honest, before you go anywhere you guys have to get rid of Zach Randloph. He's a good player but he's too small, doesn't play defense, and demands the ball too much to lead a team anywhere.</div>I guess going to the Western Conference Finals in 2000 is considered the early 90's.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jan 15 2007, 05:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I guess going to the Western Conference Finals in 2000 is considered the early 90's. </div>lol. wtf?western conference finals?whatever. they haven't been good since the early 90s.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>lol. wtf?western conference finals?whatever. they haven't been good since the early 90s.</div>Yes. The Western Conference Finals against the Lakers. They went to game 7 and the Lakers rallied won to go to the finals where they beat your Pacers. The Blazers were one win away from facing the Pacers in the finals.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jan 15 2007, 05:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes. The Western Conference Finals against the Lakers. They went to game 7 and the Lakers rallied won to go to the finals where they beat your Pacers. The Blazers were one win away from facing the Pacers in the finals.</div>what? anyway, the blazers aren't going to improve until they get rid of zach randolph. p.s. the Pacers weren't my team then, I had no team living in Africa
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>what? anyway, the blazers aren't going to improve until they get rid of zach randolph. p.s. the Pacers weren't my team then, I had no team living in Africa</div>
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'> </div>I wouldn't be talking. All you do is spamming. I had a right to laugh too. You don't have any knowledge of your favorite team's history or that they were in the finals against the Lakers. I understand that you were in Africa but if you are going to root for a teama you might want to know their past to post on message boards about them. You are completely ignorant saying the Blazers haven't been good since the 90's.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jan 15 2007, 05:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I wouldn't be talking. All you do is spamming. I had a right to laught too. You don't have any knowledge of your favorite team's history or that they were in the finals against the Lakers. I understand that you were in Africa but if you are going to root for a teama you might want to know their past to post on message boards about them. You are completely ignorant saying the Blazers haven't been good since the 90's.</div>lol. you sound like a soccer fan. drill everyone on history, and if they miss one thing throw a bomb at them. lol
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>hate to sound like a homer, but how can u guys forget about the blazers!?!?brandon roy (voted most likely to be rookie of the year by NBA GMs)lamarcus aldridge (#2 pick)sergio rodriguez (21 points, 10 assists vs nuggets last night)Martell Webster (just turned 20!)and more.</div>I agree competely. They have a bunch of promising young players and have a lot of potential to be good. I think they can be good with Randolph too.
My top 3 are going to have to be exactly what has already been said: Chicago, Boston, and Orlando.Chicago has more good young players than any team in the league, a good coach, and they all play defense. They are going to have to make a decision on which ones to keep though, because all of them can't truly play their best in one place. They are all perimeter players. If a guy like a KG, JO, Gasol, etc. becomes available, I think the Bulls will (and should) go for him.Boston has a lot of good young players as well. Like Chicago, eventually we are going to have to pick and choose which ones we will keep for the long haul, but as of right now I love the young core of Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, and Rajon Rondo with some role players like Gomes/Perk/Delonte. Tony Allen might take a long time to get back to how good he was this year, and Bassy is still undecided and underachieving here, but we'll see. I think Gerald is going to be one of the most feared offensive players in the league in his prime, and I think Al Jefferson has 20 and 12 in him. Rondo is going to be a good player.Did I mention that we also are going to have a top pick in this year's draft, which pretty much guarantees us a good player (and a big man).Orlando has Dwight Howard. That alone puts them up there on this list, but he's not the only reason. Jameer Nelson is a better young point guard than some people think, IMO. He can shoot, penetrate, make plays, and he's a tough guy. Trevor Ariza is developing into a young defensive stopper, and he's a freak athlete who is very long. J.J. Redick will always be an excellent shooter. Carlos Arroyo is one of the best backup point guards in the league. Darko has potential, although I don't see all that much from him in the future, he will always be a solid player. But more importantly with Orlando, they all play together, they are all unselfish, they all bring energy, and they all play defense (and they WANT to play defense, unlike a lot of young players that just want the ball in their hands).
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ummmm.... The Blazers haven't been good since the early 90's.To be honest, before you go anywhere you guys have to get rid of Zach Randloph. He's a good player but he's too small, doesn't play defense, and demands the ball too much to lead a team anywhere.</div>umm, neither have the magic or celtics really, what does that have to do with their young talent? besides, the blazers made the playoffs EVERY YEAR in the 90's up until 2004.
Bulls I would say clearly they got so much talent they don't know who to use who were half the times probably. LOLBobcats they got Okafor, Felton, Morrison ect........... they got a nice futureAnd the Magic's they got Dwight the big men, and Nelson PG they will be a good team also in the future heck they are good now.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jan 15 2007, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes. The Western Conference Finals against the Lakers. They went to game 7 and the Lakers rallied won to go to the finals where they beat your Pacers. The Blazers were one win away from facing the Pacers in the finals.</div>im still bitter about that btw. ruined the blazers for years. worst game ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Cn8INXRg0yeah the blazers were really good in the late 90's,and early 2000'splus, for once they actually have the building blocks for a real franchise. The blazers keep drafting cursed high schoolers who either take way too long to develop, or we trade em away before they get any good (jermaine o'neal). But finally things seem to have changed for the much better and the blazers are back on the road to being good. that seems pretty obvious
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pacers fan forever @ Jan 15 2007, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What about the Hawks?Josh ChildressJosh SmithJoe JohnsonZaza PachiculaMarvin WilliamsThey have an excellent young group and in a couple of years could become a dominant team.</div>Thankyou for mentioning the Hawks. They have an excellent young group if everyone is healthy. You also forgot to mention Sheldon Williams who could become a good player. The only thing that I find bad about that is that they dont have a good young PG. I think that in order for a team to be successful, your PG has to be good. Tyron Lue has been doing good as of late, but he isnt anything special, and he isnt that young either. I think out of all the teams, I am going to go with Orlando. They easily have the best player with Dwight Howard, and Jameer Nelson is a very good 2nd option down the road. Also, Darko is going to get better in the future IMO, I just dont know how good. And with JJ, you get a good shooter. Chicago obviously has the best talent, but they dont have a clear cut best player, which I think most teams need to have in order to be succesful. Detorit is an exception...
I think that chicago is definitely a team on the rise, within maybe next season dey cud be even contenders! not for certain but if dey make the right move with their draft pick. the raptors are starting to build a good squad, with Bosh as their franchise player dey will be big in a couple of years too.
Memphis isn't the top, Orlando is. Every NBA analyst from ESPN literally said that they would be contenders.....in 08, this season is a fluke, we are most likely going to get a future star like greg oden, or kevin durant. A ton of cap room so we can add a star, or make a big trade, they will be contenders next year.
