2013-2014 NBA Season

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Chicago is the third best team in the East.

Chicago is totally irrelevant with zero upside. And you know this.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Chicago is totally irrelevant with zero upside. And you know this.

Upside is immaterial. Chicago is still the 3rd best team in the East.

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Upside is immaterial. Chicago is still the 3rd best team in the East.

Speaking of Harden, the Thunder are better than ever without him. They turned Harden into Adams, Lamb, and a #1 to come. They also got a young guy Abrines they stashed in Europe, where they already have another very good player in Tibor Pleiss.

Add in that ditching Harden will allow them to keep Reggie Jackson, and this team is so deep going forward it is scary. I don't think most fans realize just how scary good Reggie is.

Perry Jones is the 11th guy right now and he'd get real minutes for a lot of teams. He's been great when he plays this year, and I don't mean in garbage time. Andre Roberson is 12th man and will replace Thabo. Dead weight Perkins being gone will open up some space too.

Presti is a genius, he really is.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Upside is immaterial. Chicago is still the 3rd best team in the East.

Ok then. And what does 3rd best team in the East mean? Very evenly matched series in round 1 and they get blasted away in round 2.... Thats best case.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Ok then. And what does 3rd best team in the East mean? Very evenly matched series in round 1 and they get blasted away in round 2.... Thats best case.

3rd best team in East doesnt mean that much