[Drewbs]

Originally posted by MagicNugz!
Northwest has the two teams most likely to win the title: Minny, and the NUGZ. Therefore they are better.

I hope your kidding.

[Pan Mengtu]

Personally, I think the Kings have been out of the title race since they lost to the Lakers in 02. Who thought they could beat the Spurs or Lakers in 03? Who thought they could beat the Wolves or Lakers or Spurs in 04? Anyone?

I thought they'd blow up that team after what happened this last playoffs.

[Drewbs]

Even though I thought the Wolves were the better team, I still think the Kings could have beaten the Wolves. It was a very close series.

[NugzFan]

Originally posted by svapna!
TWolves-Kings Wolves +5
Nuggets-Lakers Lakers +7
Jazz-Suns Suns Jazz +4
Blazers-Warriors Blazers +5
Sonics-Clippers Sonics +3

apparently someone doesnt know what a 5 point scale means.

[NugzFan]

Originally posted by EHL!


Comparing individual positions and drawing conclusions has always been (and will continue to be) a pretty bad way of determining how two teams match up.

agreed 100%.

[NugzFan]

Originally posted by samdge!
I'd have to agree that the northwest is a better division and would say the results would be as follows

Twolves-Kings: T-Wolves +5
Nuggets-Lakers : Lakers +3
Jazz-Suns : Equal =
Blazers-Warriors : Blazers +2
Sonics-Clippers : Sonices +1

So the definite advantage is the northwest division. However, i am slightly confused as to how people believe the Nuggets will be better than the Lakers. Obviously there were some major changes in the off season for both teams, but they wern't so substanstial as to make the Nuggets that much better than the Lakers.

boo hoo.

PG: Atkins vs Miller Slight Advantage Denver

slight?

SG: Bryant vs Lenard Major Advantage LA

agreed.

SF: Anthony vs Odom Equal

fine, ill go with that.

PF: Martin vs Grant/Malone Slight Advantage Denver

forgot nene? yes you did.

did malone sign yet?

C: Camby vs Vlade Equal

please.

Coaching is a major advantage to LA and the benches are about the same.

whos the main 4-5 guys off the lakers bench?

On paper the two teams may look similar but i don't really think that Denver is really at the same level as the lakers. A motivated kobe bryant, out to prove that he survive on his own will not let his team be bad and in my opinion i dont believe the nuggets will perfom to te high expecations set on them. Personally i believe they are extremely overated.

we got that motivation thing going too.

nice try though.

[EHL]

Nuggets are sort of that wild card team this year. For that matter, so are the Lakers. I dunno, still pretty difficult to say how either team will do. I'll wait until after the first couple weeks of the regular season to draw some conclusions.

[NugzFan]

Originally posted by EHL!
Nuggets are sort of that wild card team this year. For that matter, so are the Lakers. I dunno, still pretty difficult to say how either team will do. I'll wait until after the first couple weeks of the regular season to draw some conclusions.

im not saying we are better than the lakers but his reasoning was helarious.

[Pan Mengtu]

Originally posted by Drewbs!
Even though I thought the Wolves were the better team, I still think the Kings could have beaten the Wolves. It was a very close series.

Yeah, they could have won, that series, but they still would have had to go through LA just to get to the finals. Who thought the Kings were a legit title contender in the last two years? Anyone? They peaked in 02, but didn't come through.

[Hibachi!]

Originally posted by Pan Mengtu!


Yeah, they could have won, that series, but they still would have had to go through LA just to get to the finals. Who thought the Kings were a legit title contender in the last two years? Anyone? They peaked in 02, but didn't come through.

I DID

[EHL]

Originally posted by NugzFan!



im not saying we are better than the lakers but his reasoning was helarious.

Oh no, I know exactly what you're saying. In fact, I wouldn't be in the least surprised if the Nuggets finish 4th seed in the West and make the WCSF, or even the WCF. But since the West is so wide open this season, I get the feeling that the teams that can win 50 games (Spurs, Twolves, Kings, Nuggets, Grizzlies, Lakers, Mavs) might not win 50 because of how deep the West now is. Heck, then we have the Jazz and Suns....just such a wide open West this year.