NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
Wait so giles thinks Miami can still be a top team in the east? Was it you or the other Lebron lover who said they (the Heat) would be lucky to make the playoffs without James?
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NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
Chicago, Indiana, Cleveland, Washington, and Atlanta will be the top 5.
I will say they finish ahead of Washington and get the 4th seed.
I think they added better pieces than they has last year (sans Lebron). Napier, Deng, Mcroberts, Granger.
They can make the playoffs. Thus its questionable whether they are better than Atlanta or not.
Atl isnt better than Wash. Might be worse than Mia, Tor, NY, Charlotte.
The only teams that will be better (assuming HOrfords health) will be CHI/CLE/IND. All the other teams are pretty much in the same boat and Atlanta is on the upswing. I think the Wiz take a step back without Ariza. He was a huge part of their success last year.
Beal was hurt. So was Nene (always is). Added Humpfries, Pierce) plus improvement from Rice and Porter.
What makes Atlanta any good? A good centera pretty good PF. A decent shooter that cant guard me. Nothing else to speak of.
I could go into detail as to why I think they are good but I will get responses such as "LULZ" so is it really worth it. You have made up your mind on the Hawks and thats fine. I disagree with your assessments.
NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
Worse than New York? Get out of here with that. New York won't make the playoffs.
NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
Lol at calling Korver a "decent" shooter.
No reason to discuss anything else with any longer.
I like the system that they play. I think its conducive to winning a lot of basketball games. I think they have surrounded the team with good shooters. I think Teague is VERY underrated and expect him to have an even better season than last year.
Horford when healthy is one of hte top 25 players in the sport. I've read positive things from their pick from last year. The coaching tree is from the Spurs and I believe in that philosophy.
I could be dead wrong but I will be here to admit it. I just don't see any East team outside of the three I mentioned that are clearly better.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
Napier's looked like **** in Summer league.
Granger is done.
McBob is a good pickup but nothing to write home about.
And Deng basically replaces LeBron (huge downgrade)
It's basically the same team from last year but Deng for LeBron.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
LOL no they wont.
Cle, Chi, Indy, Mia, Tor, Was, Atl, Cha, Brooklyn, Detroit are all better without thinking about it.
You are an idiot if you dont think the pieces mentioned are upgrades ocer the crap they had last year.
Yeah, because losing LeBron has no effect at all.....
Clearly they'll get a top-2 seed without him.
You arent even making sense. We are talking about the pieces outside of Lebron.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
So washed up Granger, rookie Napier and McBob make them much better than last year, surrounding parts.
Stevenson to Charlotte. East I think is betting better overall. Still not great but at least there won't be 5-8 teams who are absolutely horrid.
I actually liked what Indiana did and how they focussed on just getting shooters to space the floor more on offense. I don't think they are going to miss Lance all that much.
I actually liked what Indiana did and how they focussed on just getting shooters to space the floor more on offense. I don't think they are going to miss Lance all that much.
acesfull86
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I think the EC is wide open. Probably will come down to who stays the healthiest....not sure I'd want to hitch my wagon to Wade, Rose, or Lopez.