Who would you say qualifies?
I think wash and Clev will be on the way back up
Give Orlando 3 years and they can compete for a top 6 slot in the conference
I agree with Wash, but they wont develop unless they stay healthy and Wall develops his J
Raptors have a good one two punch developing in Gay and Derozen. They also have Lowry who I think is good PG.
unstopaball12 wrote:Give Orlando 3 years and they can compete for a top 6 slot in the conferenceI agree with Wash, but they wont develop unless they stay healthy and Wall develops his J
Orlando is a good team I forgot--they have some nice pieces there
Detroit has a couple of good big men in Drummond (really interesting talent) and Monroe. Don't know how much you can trust Dumars anymore after he's fucked up over and over again since winning the championship 9 years ago.
I think you have to look at the track record of these systems. I think washington and Detriot will struggle with their player development and not be able to really put it all together. I think Cleveland is on the way up, and Orlando will be back too but it will take many years. Cleveland is probably the only new playoff team in the picture over the next 2-3 seasons. Other than that I think the only current top teams with major improvements to be had is Indiana. Chicago, Miami, Brooklyn, and Boston have all peaked as currently constructed.
The wiz finished strong in 2nd half and in a position to add more, or make a trade. They were no pushovers once they got healthy.
Cleveland has huge upside with its assets. ATL has the cap space to do damage if it falls into place.
Nyets with the right coach can be 50 games plus team if Blatch comes back and chemistry is better. They can grow from within and have another Euro "Bogovitch" who is highly touted. BroPez was healthy and after year of seeing what they had they might be better to move some things around and start filling in the blanks. 49 wins for a newly constructed team is not bad. Had a coach needing to win to keep job which might have inflated the outcome a bit (Knuggs too!). They need to develope Brooks, Tayshon Tayalor and have a euro step up and do what a good euro does "SHOOT!!".
DOn't have a handle on what Boston is doing but I don't think "Contending" is in the mix. One day Toronto won't be a doormat. When that Happens I don't know!
Vmart wrote:Raptors have a good one two punch developing in Gay and Derozen. They also have Lowry who I think is good PG.
Don't think Lowry was anything close to his past couple of years in performance
I think he is very important to the team because as the PG, he has the be the glue to all the talent that they have
He has the ability and talent, with the players/team, now he has to find a balance to utilize all of it together with consistency
Like Briggs said earlier in the year, drafting Terrence Ross and not Drummond (as many teams passed on the high potential/young big man who I think could be one of the more promising athletic PF/C young Big's with Big Val
Amir Johnson and Big Val are solid under rated BIGs but neither has the potential as Drummond does
I have always like Rudy Gay and I believe his potential was up there with Paul George's and greater than Granger's
He will now get the opportunity to be the #1 of the team and he has to be efficient and use his physical tools to be a TOP defender in the league as well
They still have the 5m MLE to use to add talent but Fields/Bargnani and Kleiza (which can still be a solid player on the bench) are the dead weights to the team
All 3 combined for 20m, which is roughly what Amare makes
Can Uraji continue to work his magic?
If so, they have the potential to be a play offs caliber team that is somewhat under the radar
Uraji wanted fields! He got him now!!!
Vmart wrote:Raptors have a good one two punch developing in Gay and Derozen. They also have Lowry who I think is good PG.
That looks like an awful 1-2 punch IMO.
