The fucking Knicks are 3-2. The Heat, Grizzlies, & Bucks are too. The Bulls are 3-3. The Hawks are 4-0. Which of these teams are actually going to be good this season? I think the Hawks are for real though they now have to survive Josh Smith's injury. They were impressive in the playoffs. I think they will be a contender out East. Thoughts? Are the Knicks good?
My preference is to wait and see how they do against the Blazers. If they beat the Blazers, then they must be a good team, pretty simple to determine good/bad that way. Gramps...
How bout the Clippers? They're actually 0-6. Are they that bad? I say YES. Baron started 0-6 last year but then Stephen Jackson came back and led them back into the race. No Jacko this time around.
Zach followed 25/13 performance with 25/14 performance today. ZBo= All Star D'Antoni= Coach of the Year
Randolph has always been a talented scorer and rebounder. And a poor passer and defender. He just needed to be used properly in a system, and Isaiah Thomas is a pretty terrible coach. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Randolph was a 20/10 player and an All-Star this year.
The Knicks couldn't really get much worse than last season. They basically have the same players, and it's funny how much a coach can make a difference. D'Antoni's a great regular season coach and will get teams to the playoffs, but I don't think he'll ever win a title because you can never outscore teams in the playoffs.
And so far, those two things don't go together. I promise you Celtic, Spurs, Pistons, and Lakers fans wouldn't trade their style of play with the Suns if it meant giving up championships. Entertaining or not, defense and half-court offense win in the playoffs.
don't know if i'd lump the lakers "style" of play in with the other three. They, like the Cavs, have their own style of play.
I think the Suns would've won with their style of play in 2005 if Joe Johnson hadn't gotten hurt. That was a great great team.
I still think it's a little too early to judge these teams. We're 6 games in to the season. Before we jump to conclusions, lets give 'em a few more weeks to prove to us a little more what they can do. I would like to note though, that I did pick the Hawks to make the playoffs.
Of course, the Hawks will make the playoffs. That was obvious after the way they played Boston in the playoffs. Hawks may be a top 4 team in the East. As for the Knicks, who knows? The 2006-07 Blazers started 4-2.
Nor does the style we play either since we haven't made the playoffs yet. Nate's teams sucked in Seattle playing his pathetic slow down snore ball. The only team that really did anything was the one where his team scored a bunch of points. You definately have to have a better ballance than D'Antoni's Suns teams did, but you also can't have a team that never gets easy baskets.
