At this point in the NBA season, is a fair to call a good team choke artists, or to say a bottom feeding team has a bright future?
Here are my thoughts of the best of the worst, and the worst of the best in the NBA.
The Worst of the Best
The Boston Celtics.
Anywhere you look, the Celtics will be in the top three in power rankings. Sure they are a good team, but just a month ago, a healthy Boston team lost 6 of 8 with three of those losses coming from teams with records under .500. Boston is a streaky team which is no good come playoff time. Last year provides that perfect point. The Atlanta Hawks took them to seven games, LeBron James (Literally almost by himself) took them to seven games before the Celtics finally beat the Pistons and Lakers in six. That's not going to be enough this year as they lost their leading scorer of the bench, (James Posey) and the Cavaliers and Magic are going to be forces in the playoffs. This all of course is assuming that they don't get beat in their first series, like they almost did last year.
The Best of the Worst
The Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizz are in the bottom five teams in the NBA, no matter how you look at it. But they have a talented young team, and that should be valued in the NBA. Their leading scorer, OJ Mayo, should win rookie of the year, another rookie, Marc Gasol will become a defensive force, and you pair those two with Rudy Gay and Mike Conley, you have four young players that when they can learn to work together, and get some experience under their belts, they will make this team a contender. Not to mention that four of their 10 wins are pretty impressive: Orlando, Houston, Miami, and Dallas.
I like the post a lot. There's definitely ging to be an argument for your worst of the best, but your best of the worst is right on. I know the Celtics had that little bad streak, but they have since won 8 games in a row. I see your streaky argument, but I still feel that when it comes to a 7 game series, the Celtics will not get beat. I don't see Orlando doing much in the playoffs, but I do like their team a lot. For some reason I just wouldn't put my money on them. Memphis will be scary in a few years, especially if they get another big man to help out Gasol; maybe Darrell Arthur will step up.
ReplyDeleteI understand that the Celtics are a good team, but it's hard to pick apart any of the top 4 teams. In my opinion Boston looks weaker right now than the Cavs, Lakers, or Magic. The Celtics just can't do what they did last year in the playoffs.
ReplyDeleteZach, I like the look of the blog. It's eye catching, and it's nice to see you throw in a poll.
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