NBA Season 2010-11

[dbdynsty25]

Knicks should be up 2-0.....how good can the Celtics be to only win this by three against no Stodemire and Billups.

Rick

They are in the East...all of those teams are overrated. The good news is that the west teams will all beat each other up before they get to the finals so that whomever represents the west will be tired as hell. The NBA really is gonna love this post season because all of the teams in each conference respectively are about equal (well except for the bottom half of the East which is garbage). Gonna be good.

[pk500]

The NBA really is gonna love this post season because all of the teams in each conference respectively are about equal (well except for the bottom half of the East which is garbage). Gonna be good.

Odd, then, that the two most competitive series so far in these young playoffs have featured the Nos. 7 and 8 teams in the East, the supposed garbage of the postseason. I don't think the Bulls or Celtics would consider the Pacers or Knicks trash right now.

[dbdynsty25]

The NBA really is gonna love this post season because all of the teams in each conference respectively are about equal (well except for the bottom half of the East which is garbage). Gonna be good.

I don't think the Bulls or Celtics would consider the Pacers or Knicks trash right now.

Again, over valued teams (Bulls/Celtics). Good teams, but not as dominant as everyone says (even myself just a few weeks ago w/ the Bulls). Bad teams playing in a good series doesn't mean they aren't bad teams...just means they are competitive with each other.

[WillHunting]

The NBA really is gonna love this post season because all of the teams in each conference respectively are about equal (well except for the bottom half of the East which is garbage). Gonna be good.

Odd, then, that the two most competitive series so far in these young playoffs have featured the Nos. 7 and 8 teams in the East, the supposed garbage of the postseason. I don't think the Bulls or Celtics would consider the Pacers or Knicks trash right now.

I thought Knicks is a good team once they have decent role players. The team is definitely trending up, whereas the Celtics is trending down (and fast). I hope Ainge can revamp this roster this offseason, but I doubt it.

[Brando70]

Bulls are definitely going to have to play better to get very far in the playoffs. They are suffering from having no reliable second-banana after Rose. Carlos Boozer in particular has looked very ineffectual, which is not good considering he's being guarded by Tyler Hansborough. It's not like the matchups are going to get easier.

[pk500]

Bulls are definitely going to have to play better to get very far in the playoffs. They are suffering from having no reliable second-banana after Rose. Carlos Boozer in particular has looked very ineffectual, which is not good considering he's being guarded by Tyler Hansborough. It's not like the matchups are going to get easier.

Give Hansbrough some credit. He has been a much-improved player for Indiana in the second half. Not exactly the Psycho T of his college days, but a pretty solid player.

[wco81]

Boozer was always like that in the playoffs though. Gasol owned him.

Curiously, he could shoot those elbow jumpers over Yao easily.

But he wasn't consistent enough which is somewhat understandable since he's only like 6-8 at most.

[greggsand]

-double post-

[greggsand]

Lakes, oy. Could this series really go 7? Every playoff team NOT in Lakers uniform has to be pumped.

[pk500]

Knicks have big decision to make about Billups. He's a fine player, but the playoffs showed his age and fragility. Should the Knicks sign Mr. Big Shot for another couple of years at $12.5 million per year? Is Toney Douglas ready to take over this team for a season until Paul can sign from New Orleans?

And the biggest question: Is Mike D. the coach to lead this team into the second round of the playoffs? I have serious doubts. Doc Rivers made him look silly during this series, both with motivation, competitive zeal and X's and O's.

[pk500]

The Hawks are surprising the hell out of me. That team was so damn fickle during the regular season, and I thought Orlando would win in five even though Atlanta dominated the regular-season series.

Boston didn't look great until the last two games of the series against the Knicks. The Bulls are hosed without Rose. The path to the Finals is becoming more gold-bricked by the day for the effing Heat.

[wco81]

I don't know that Paul is the best fit with Melo, who's used to just getting the ball for iso, often out in the wing. You don't need a franchise PG for that.

Paul would work the pick and roll well with Amare though.

I don't know who else would be FAs when Paul's available but they have other holes, like a rebounding and shot-blocking center (in the mold of Tyson Chandler) and an athletic defender to put on people like Lebron, Wade, Pierce, etc., sometimes on a PG. Guys like Ariza, Tony Allen, James Posey.

[JackB1]

The Hawks are surprising the hell out of me. That team was so damn fickle during the regular season, and I thought Orlando would win in five even though Atlanta dominated the regular-season series.

Hawks are an impossible team to figure out. I went to Game 3 on Fri and Phillips Arena was a madhouse...especially after Crawford banked in that 3 pointer to ice it!

I just think that Larry Drew figured out a good gameplan and it's working perfectly. Play Dwight 1 on 1 and don't let the rest of the team get rolling. Who cares if D12
scores 50 pts if the rest only score 25 combined? Jamal Crawford has been on fire in this series, but he is streaky and when the streak ends, he's ice cold for the next
few games. BTW, are there any worse ballhogs in the NBA than Crawford?

Let's hope the Hawks can close it out in Orlando tonite and get some rest! GO HAWKS!!!!

[JackB1]

Knicks should be up 2-0.....how good can the Celtics be to only win this by three against no Stodemire and Billups.

Rick

They are in the East...all of those teams are overrated. The good news is that the west teams will all beat each other up before they get to the finals so that whomever represents the west will be tired as hell. The NBA really is gonna love this post season because all of the teams in each conference respectively are about equal (well except for the bottom half of the East which is garbage). Gonna be good.

Funny u knock the East when the best team in the West is losing to the Grizzlies??? The EAST is right up there with the West now, with the Bulls, Celtics, Miami and Knicks all very strong.
Only team that went down was Orlando. Meanwhile the West overall isn't nearly as strong as last year. All those mediocre teams last years that were over .500 have slipped now. Yes, OKL
is now a force, but that's it. Even the mightly Lakers don't look as good. Portland? Dallas? Denver? meh. The EAST is the BEAST! I think Db's just bitter cause the Suns have "gone down on him" ....(cue Elton John)

[Brando70]

There's the Bulls team I was expecting.

And Danny Granger is a whiny b*tch.

[pk500]

Funny u knock the East when the best team in the West is losing to the Grizzlies??? The EAST is right up there with the West now, with the Bulls, Celtics, Miami and Knicks all very strong.

I'm a Knicks' fan, but the 'Bockers are not in the same class as Chicago, Boston and Miami. Not yet, at least. Boston proved that in four games last week.

[Brando70]

I am a complete Bulls homer and there's no question that the East is the weaker conference. The 5-8 teams including the Hawks wouldn't have made the playoffs in the West. I think Memphis being up 3-1 shows how good the West is, because even the 8 seed is a dangerous team. Whereas the Pacers played their best games of the season against a Bulls team that played fairly poorly for four games, and they still got booted after five games. The Heat are likely to do the same against the Sixers tonight. There's a pretty big dropoff in the East after the Bulls, Heat, and Celtics. I don't think you can say the same about the West, all eight of those teams are pretty competitive and can push the higher seeds.

[wco81]

Noah is something of a cheap-shotting punk, isn't he?

[Brando70]

Noah is something of a cheap-shotting punk, isn't he?

No he's not, and that's especially rich considering the Pacers tried to sodomize Derrick Rose nearly every time he went to the basket throughout the series and that McRoberts was the one ejected for throwing elbows.

It's a physical game, and Noah is a physical player. The Pacers talked a lot of crap this series and acted like they should have won just because they kept it close against the number 1 seed.

[Danimal]

Noah is something of a cheap-shotting punk, isn't he?

What he is is going on to the next round, really all that matters isn't it?

[RobVarak]

Noah is something of a cheap-shotting punk, isn't he?

Did you watch the series? There was only 1 team throwing elbows from Game 2 onward.

[wco81]

I saw the play. He took a shot around the face and then ran down court before McRoberts could retaliate. At a point when the game and series were long decided.

More power to him since he got away with it because the refs aren't going to consistently catch it. Last night, they gave Bynum and Artest offensive fouls for throwing elbows and throwing down their opponents in the case of Artest. Bynum seemed genuinely surprised, like why call it now because he's been doing it all series and most of the second half of the season.

One of Shaq's rings was from the year he and Kobe both elbowed their opponents on the neck or above and both drew calls against their victims.

[Lancer]

OMFG!!! SPURS LOL - amazing, back from the dead to get OT- 3 at the buzzer, will this be a turning point?

[greggsand]

OMFG!!! SPURS LOL - amazing, back from the dead to get OT- 3 at the buzzer, will this be a turning point?

Let's hope not. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

[dbdynsty25]

I am a complete Bulls homer and there's no question that the East is the weaker conference. The 5-8 teams including the Hawks wouldn't have made the playoffs in the West. I think Memphis being up 3-1 shows how good the West is, because even the 8 seed is a dangerous team. Whereas the Pacers played their best games of the season against a Bulls team that played fairly poorly for four games, and they still got booted after five games. The Heat are likely to do the same against the Sixers tonight. There's a pretty big dropoff in the East after the Bulls, Heat, and Celtics. I don't think you can say the same about the West, all eight of those teams are pretty competitive and can push the higher seeds.

Agreed. Even teams 9-12 would be able to give the higher seeds a good run. The west is so much better from top to bottom it's not even close or even up for discussion. There just aren't any arguments to be made for the east outside of the top three. Same thing that's been going on for the past 6 or 7 years really.