My NBA preview or what we can call who is Sucking for a Jayhawk and who an beat the Heat.
I will rank the teams from 30-1 with a little sentence about each.
So here we go!
The Really Bad Teams!
30- Philadelphia- A true suck for a buck or in this case suck for a Jayhawk. Their coach just said they have only 5 NBA players on the roster and 1 won’t play till February (Nerlens Noel).
29- Suns- Out of sight out of mind.
28- Orlando- Anytime you draft a 2 guard and say he is going to try and play point that is a recipe for disaster.
27- Toronto- Just a team that will be bad. They some light at the end of the tunnel.
26- Charlotte call us Bobcats or Hornets- The whatever they are called this year do have some players. I had them ranked worse but the more I look at them the better they got. Kemba Walker had a good season. They spent money on Al Jefferson, who will be a 20/10 guy. I like the Zeller pick. Kidd Gilchrist can’t shoot a lick so does he make the jump and a jump shot and get better and make something besides a dunk. He does defend and is a team guy. They will be better but still in the lottery.
25- The Sacramento Boogie’s- This is Demarcus Cousins team. Enough said. Hopefully Ben Mclemore won’t be tarnished by this situation.
24-Boston- This team lost 2 best players and their coach. Hired a college guy that will do well and basically said we are going to be bad if we really bad the better.
23-Jazz- The best young team in the west. When I mean young, I mean with no star older than 24. Hayward is 24, Kantor is 21, Favors is 23. With Trey Burk and Alec Burks they have young swing guys. Too bad they have the first coach that will be fired this year. Jabari Parker is Mormon. Interesting to see if he comes out and if they try and trade up to get him?
Best chance for a fight to break out during a timeout.
22- Lakers- Steve Blake, Nic Young, Chris Kaman, Shawn Williams, Jodie Meeks. These are your LA Lakers. Do the trade Gasol? When does Kobe come back? Does Kobe punch Nic Young in the face? They could be really bad.
Team likely to move
21. Bucks- Just good enough to make the playoffs but never good enough to make a run. Look for the bucks to be rumored to move to Seattle
The teams that could be 6th through 8th seeds but chases are they won’t be.
20 & 19- Dallas & Hawks- 2 teams with stars (Dirk and Horford) but going nowhere.
The young teams that could make the playoffs
18 &17- Cleveland, Pelicans- Anthony Davis had a great preseason and they went all in on their draft day trade.
Now the playoff teams:
-16,15,14 Minnesota , Wizards, Portland- A full season of Kevin Love helps Minnesota back it. Beal has been killing in the preseason. Wall has a big contract and wants to be a top point guard. Otto Porter is off to a terrible start. The fans are already calling him a bust and after the summer league performance they may be right.
Portland is a 7 seed in the west.
13. Denver takes a big step. If a team falls out of the playoffs it could be them.
12. The NEW YORK KNICKS- All caps because they think they are that important. Melo is talking free agency already. He will score in bunches but they guard as well as a blind guard dog.
11. Pistons- They are exciting and will make the biggest improvement of anyone.
10. Grizzlies- The window is closing. I wonder if they try trade for a shooter because their failure to make s jump shot killed them in the playoffs last year.
9. Golden State- The opposite of the Grizzlies. They shoot better than anyone. Curry ready to have those games were you talk about it the next day.
Teams if things go right could win the title:
8. Houston- So does Dwight Howard workout? Does Harden keep getting better? How soon does Howard roll his eyes when Harden and Parsons shoot 3’s on 5 straight possessions and don’t pass it to him?
7. Brooklyn- 87 million over the cap and have a coach that has never coached before anywhere. Team is built for the playoffs if those old bones get there healthy. Not sold on the Joe Johnson and Paul Pierce working together.
6. Clippers- Well Doc rivers ran away from Boston and has his hand-picked team. Does Griffin turn into more KG or stay Shawn Kemp?
The Contenders:
5. Indy- The Legend is back running the team. The upgraded their bench .dramatically. Sciola better than Hansbrough. They got shooting with Copeland. And more importantly they are not scared of the Heat.
4. OKC- Westbrook is out 6 more weeks. This will cause Durant to have a wild year. With Westbrook out Durant will average 38 pts. for the first 6 weeks and be the leading candidate for MVP. Do they make a trade for someone?
3. Spurs- The last go round for these guys. They play the game at such a high level can they get to the finals 1 more time.
2. Bulls – He’s back! Derrick Rose is back and looks better than ever. They have the pieces that can give the champs trouble. Bigs, athletic 3’s and Derrick Rose.
The Champs
1.Heat- They have the best player in the game. They have a top 25 player ever in the “I ain’t done yet mode!” They have also will play 300+ games by this year finals
MVP
1. Kevin Durant
2. Derrick Rose
3. Lebron James
Championship
1. Bulls vs. Spurs
Rose vs. Parker. Thibs vs. Pops. Duncan goes off into the sunset a champion!
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