The 2008-2009 starters for the 2007-2008 season?basketaballfreak wrote:I bet u this will be the 2008-2009 starters for next season.
Fee Nick's Uns [15-10] says:
i'd suck allen iverson's cock any day -
Fee Nick's Uns [15-10] says:
just so i could say i've met allen iverson
nzspurs wrote:Wow what a good trade for the Nuggets. Their offence is gonna be up there with Suns and maybe better. Itll be interesting to see two shoot-first players operating together though; we might see A.I develop more into a passer to cancel the two out. The Nuggets should be big title contenders now.
Metsis wrote:nzspurs wrote:Wow what a good trade for the Nuggets. Their offence is gonna be up there with Suns and maybe better. Itll be interesting to see two shoot-first players operating together though; we might see A.I develop more into a passer to cancel the two out. The Nuggets should be big title contenders now.
These guys aren't going near the Suns... Don't you guys even realize why the Suns are as great as they are???
In 2004-2005 season, when Amare was becoming a man, there was Steve Nash putting up the alley-oops for Amare and Marion. Now they have added Diaw into the mix... The parts are starting to click and both Diaw and Nash are setting up the big finishes for Marion and Stoudemire... Absolutely no team can match that, no team... Now with Denver having AI, JR and CA being the main guns and all perimeter players they will really suffer from lacking that player with pass-first mentality... Phoenix is starting two players that love to set other people up and now Denver is starting 0 people who love to set people up. How does that compare????????? I don't get it.
Denver will run and try to run as much as possible and with the perimeter guys they will have great success with it, but this combination of three scorers isn't even as good as the one in New Jersey... And three perimeter scorers will have trouble in the half-court sets. NJN has struggled hard this season, but even their 3 perimeter players have one with a pass-first mentality...
But who knows... Maybe AI will be willing to dish. Maybe Carmelo is willing to go into the post and be a post presense and let AI handle the ball... Maybe JR learns to play nice with the big boys... And maybe the hell will freeze over... Maybe the cows learn how to fly... And maybe, just maybe Denver will crash and burn with this! But in any case, like Stein said on ESPN, this will be must see television one way or the other! And that is good enough for me!
eisfeld wrote:I honestly think, the only teams who have a chance of winning the Championship this season are Dallas, Phoenix and San Antonio in the West and Detroit and Cleveland in the East. Neither team (except for Phoenix) has a huge amount of stars. They just have a perfect system for their players.
ThaLiveKing wrote:^^^LOL So True
Why would KG go to Cleveland When he can go to Los Angeles and play for the Lakers!!
I honestly think Iverson will do good in Denver, I can see him in Denver. . I wonder if Philly would retire his Jersey number
eisfeld wrote:Well, time to justify my previous post
I personally doubt that the Nuggets are more than a Playoff contender now.
It's the system which has to work not only the players. You can see that especially in Utah, Orlando, Phoenix and Detroit right now. All of them were considered to lose more often. Utah went from a mediocre team to a top-team. Phoenix was considered to even miss the playoffs without Amare last season. Detroit was said to be mediocre without Ben Walalce and Orlando was even a lottery team. It's not the amount of superstars which gave them their success. It's system and teamwork. And it takes time to develop a system which perfectly suits your players.
I honestly think, the only teams who have a chance of winning the Championship this season are Dallas, Phoenix and San Antonio in the West and Detroit and Cleveland in the East. Neither team (except for Phoenix) has a huge amount of stars. They just have a perfect system for their players.
So a lineup consisting of Camby, Martin, Anthony, Smith and Iverson may look impressive on paper but I honestly don't think this may work in real life. In 1-2 years the Nuggets may be a contender, when they are adapted to a system in which 2 superstars and one rising star may co-exist. But for now they are nothing more than a playoff lock to me.
ryanator wrote:Do you think the trades are fair?
Philly looks to have a lost cost
Iverson might not even get his #3, DJ took it already.
Philly gave up a lot of star value, but if you consider the fact that Iverson is aging and Philly is rebuilding, it makes sense. They have two additional first round picks, where they can potentially get a couple of excellent young players in this year's draft. Not only that, they get expiring contracts that they can get rid of, have substantial salary cap space to sign a star player. They can rebuild quickly in the next couple of years with their young core of Korver and Iggy. It's worth the trade if you ask me.
el badman wrote:Iverson might not even get his #3, DJ took it already.
That's what I was wondering...Sometimes they get the "journeymen" to give up their number when someone like that arrives to your team, but maybe AI will want a different one...Live assigned #4 to him for now
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