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08-04-2008, 04:26 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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Is that the Minnesota Grizzlies or the Memphis Timberwolves?
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How do you mean?
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08-04-2008, 04:31 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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How do you mean?
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Mike Miller is not a Gizzly anymore...
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08-04-2008, 05:03 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
Yeah, Miller went to the T-Wolves in the Mayo-Love trade.
Anyway:
1. Lakers 63-19
2. Hornets 59-23
3. Rockets 55-27
4. Jazz 54-28
5. Spurs 52-30
6. Suns 52-30
7. Blazers 50-32
8. Mavs 48-34
9. Nuggets 45-37
10. Clippers 42-40
11. Warriors 41-41
12. T-Wolves 38-44
13. Kings 30-52
14. Grizzlies 28-54
15. OKC *******s 20-62
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08-04-2008, 05:35 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
1. Hornets
2. Rockets
3. L#kers
4. Jazz
5. Spurs
6. Suns
7. Mavs
8. Blazers
9. Nuggets
10. Clippers
11. Warriors
12. T-wolves (with Mike Miller)
13. Grizzled
14. Kings
15. who?
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08-04-2008, 05:38 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news...at_080804.html
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After completing a Monday workout at Target Center, Mike Miller sat down to shed some light on what takes place during his daily net-splashing barrage.
Mike Miller Conversation
In talking to Miller, I learned a few interesting things:
1) He made 36-straight threes to conclude Monday's workout. That's decent.
2) The former Sixth Man and Rookie of the Year (you forgot about those awards - be honest) goes at game speed throughout his workout, and he shoots more than just stand-still jumpers. Try step backs, curls, bumps, one-dribble pull ups and more (game situation shooting, basically).
3) For his warm up, Miller must make 10 shots from seven spots on the floor, and can't miss more than four shots (or he starts over).
4) He is the opposite of happy if he has to go back to a spot. He's like Ted Thompson after Favre said he wanted to un-retire.
5) There aren't many NBA players, let alone normal people, who could get through Miller's workout due to how many consecutive shots he has to make.
6) One of Miller's hardest drills is this: A three-point make is +1 and a miss -1, and he has to get to 50. So he could make 49 in a row, miss one and he'd need two straight makes to finish. Miss five, make five and you're at zero. Try that sometime with NBA threes ... Or you could dunk on Dwight Howard, out-swim Michael Phelps, beat Rafael Nadal on clay or broker a permanent peace deal between Israel and Palestine.
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Miller would have been a nice placeholder small forward for us the next couple of years.
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08-04-2008, 05:45 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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Mike Miller is not a Gizzly anymore...
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Oh, okay. I missed that part of the deal between the teams. Still, Miller was just another asset I thought they had, but not a key one. The main thing, to me, was their young core, which I think is a very good and intriguing one.
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08-04-2008, 05:55 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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L*kers 60-22
Hornets 58-24
Jazz 55-27
Spurs 57-25
Rockets 56-26
Suns 52-30
Mavs 51-31
Nuggets 50-32
Blazers 48-34
Clippers
Warriors
Kings
Grizzlies
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the Nuggets above Portland? why?
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08-04-2008, 06:25 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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I've heard that Martell Webster can shoot like that... in practice.
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08-04-2008, 06:25 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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the Nuggets above Portland? why?
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I'm not MM, but I'll hazard a guess. Offhand I'd say two more regular season wins than the Blazers ...
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08-04-2008, 11:02 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
I see the West this way:
Top Tier:
LA Lakers
New Orleans Hornets
Playoff Locks:
San Antonio Spurs
Utah Jazz
Houston Rockets
Playoff Likelies:
Portland Trail Blazers
Phoenix Suns
Dallas Mavericks
Playoff Possibles:
Denver Nuggets
Golden State Warriors
Longshots:
LA Clippers
Sacramento Kings
Ought to be in the East:
Minnesota Timberwolves
Memphis Grizzlies
Oklahoma City Carpetbaggers
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08-04-2008, 11:04 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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the Nuggets above Portland? why?
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Nuggets have fantastic 4 - Melo, AI, K-Mart and Nene
and JR Smith
Melo + AI = 40% of West all-star starters, and they are healthy. I am not surprised if they win 60 games.
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08-04-2008, 11:37 PM
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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Originally Posted by Ballscientist
Nuggets have fantastic 4 - Melo, AI, K-Mart and Nene
and JR Smith
Melo + AI = 40% of West all-star starters, and they are healthy. I am not surprised if they win 60 games.
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Since when have K-Mart and Nene been considered fantastic?
I'll go Portland over Denver. Here's my list:
1. Lakers (Bynum's back)
2. Hornets (It's scary how good Paul has become)
3. Jazz (full season of Korver)
4. Spurs (steady, but aging)
5. Rockets (injury prone players and one psycho)
6. Suns (Nash has beaten the odds 4 years in a row now)
7. Blazers (Oden, Fernandez, Bayless)
8. Mavs (someone goes after getting bounced by LA in first round)
9. Nuggets (no interior defense, no playoffs)
10. Clippers (good individual players that I can't imagine meshing well)
11. Warriors (losing Baron is gonna hurt more than they imagine)
12. Grizzlies (young, but give them some time and watch out)
13. Kings (too many holes to fill, not enough skilled players)
14. T'Wolves (Jefferson and Love will be interesting)
15. OKC "Thunder" (too many changes to be a good thing this year)
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Re: Semi OT: How do you rank the West this upcoming season...
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I see the West this way:
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