2013-2014 NBA Season

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Hell of a win for Golden St tonight on the second night of a road back to back. To go to Atlanta and win after destroying Miami at home is a pretty solid accomplishment. Atlanta was 12-4 at home coming into the game. I thought it would take them about another month to have the solid stretch I said a few times I thought they could have, but I guess its happening now as tonight was 9 wins in a row. Next 3 games they play are on the road and by the end of it, they will have played 7 in a row on the road. But they are all winnable games. That West is insanely good right now. If you count Portland there are 6 teams that can win an NBA Championship, at the least make it to the NBA finals. I dont ever remember a year where there were this many really good teams. The last 10 years the Spurs and Lakers have pretty much dominated. I mean there are no easy outs right now. If the playoffs started today I would give Dallas a long long look to beat Portland in the 1v8 series.

Yeah they're just a fluke

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by Duvalier

Yeah they're just a fluke

I'm not calling them a fluke. I just feel there are 5 teams in the West that will beat them in a series. The Westbrook and Paul injuries definitely move Portland up though.

[RockHardTen1985]

KD goes off for 48 tonight. Love has 30 and 11 in a pretty good game.

[RockHardTen1985]

I'm no Blake Griffin fan, not at all. But if LA trades him for Melo they go from contender to no chance at all come playoff time.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I'm no Blake Griffin fan, not at all. But if LA trades him for Melo they go from contender to no chance at all come playoff time.

Why?

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Why?

Yeah, I don't see that it makes them worse. The biggest problem is that both Melo and Paul like to dominate the ball. But their half court offense is pretty ugly and Melo couldn't hurt. It isn't like Griffin is much on defense either.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

Yeah, I don't see that it makes them worse. The biggest problem is that both Melo and Paul like to dominate the ball. But their half court offense is pretty ugly and Melo couldn't hurt. It isn't like Griffin is much on defense either.

Melo will surely benefit from playing with Paul and a team with good perimeter shooting (when Paul and Reddick return). Griffin has been unreal lately but Carmelo would give them a different dimension and give some of the other contenders a match up issue. I dont know that this would make them significantly better but I dont see them being worse.

As a Knick fan I'd rather have the younger guy under contract for 3 more years to build around than Anthony going into a max contract as he reaches 30 which means of course it wont happen.

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I'm not calling them a fluke. I just feel there are 5 teams in the West that will beat them in a series. The Westbrook and Paul injuries definitely move Portland up though.

Who are the 5 teams that will beat them? I'm just curious for when the playoffs come around.

[RockHardTen1985]

[quote=Duvalier;959651]Who are the 5 teams that will beat them? I'm just curious for when the playoffs come arou


Houston, Golden St, OKC, Spurs and Clippers.
Dallas, Minnesota and Phoenix would all be very competitive.

[Duvalier]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Houston, Golden St, OKC, Spurs and Clippers.
Dallas, Minnesota and Phoenix would all be very competitive.

After getting beat by the Sixers at home last night you might have a point lol. The West is really wide open and it will all come down to who's healthy and who's playing well going into the playoffs. It's mind boggling how the Spurs never seem to get too old.

[RockHardTen1985]

Chuck what I don't understand about you is how you can bash an all time great like Wade, but defend Melo.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

Chuck what I don't understand about you is how you can bash an all time great like Wade, but defend Melo.

When did I bash Wade?