This is not just excited talk from the win over Dallas.
If you know me, you know I do understand exactly what I am saying here, meaning I understand how bold of a statement it may appear to be and how early it is.
There are a couple of things that must happen and a couple that must not happen, but I believe it will be The Truth.
Allen Iverson must not lead the Sixers to 50 wins or win the Atlantic Divison by more than a couple of games over Boston.
No team like Utah or Denver can win 50 games or win the Midwest division or Carmelo Anthony or Andrei Kirilenko could win the MVP.
If Minnesota blows up in any way whatsoever, KG locks it down, no player in the NBA does more than Garnett. Period.
San Antonio must win 60 or 65 games for Duncan to do it again, the system and coach might start getting credit, which is wildly off the mark, without Duncan San Antonio wins 15-20 games, but they would hand the award over to a player other than Duncan if they match him with leadership and putting their team on their back like him. [ie Pierce, AI]
Pierce leads Boston the Atlantic Division Title, leads his team in minutes, points, rebounds, assists and steals, then he can pull of the MVP. I think he's alone out there, this trade for Ricky Davis lends more to my case, this f*cking clown Ricky Davis better play like Richard Hamilton and that ain't much, but if he can create and score this will help Paul go for six or seven assists, he's gonna get 8 boards or maybe even 9. Right now I would put him against Tracy McGrady, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter or whatever shooting guard you like, this includes Iverson, who steals the ball, but doesn't rebound and shoots too bad, too often, this latest injury could really keep his votes down.
Upon further review I believe Carmelo Anthony wins the Rookie of the Year, LeBron can go for 4 more assists and Melo will go for 1st Round playoff series, it's going to be hard find anyone to vote for a player on a team that can't win, I strongly suggest Cleveland completes the overhaul and offers Illgauskas to Dallas for Antawn Jamison or see if Portland would swap Rasheed Wallace, at some point this team has to think about LeBron 2 or 3 years from now, they certainly can't believe that at that point Z will be effective or be so naive to believe this latest trade will solve any problems, they need a big man that can take the ball inside and can defend the basket and put some dunks down. Jamison can play power forward style at SF, with Boozer helping him they can conduct themselves as a real team, look at Chris Anderson, Nene and Camby in Denver, this allows Melo to be the man with much less pressure.
This is why the Los Angeles Lakers will not win an NBA title:
The bench is sh*t, absolute bullsh*t. Someone should inform Phil Jackson that Horace Grant was released by Orlando, Rick Fox will never be Rick Fox again, even if he could, that's not much help anyway, Byron Russell has never done anything in his career to make a difference, players like Kareem Rush, Slava and Pargo have never been asked to, nor could they hold down the fort for even a few minutes. Mix this in with Gary Payton and Karl Malone's ages, Kobe's distraction is such that I beleive they will win a few extra games just so Kobe doesn't have to start thinking about his trial, but it's crazy to believe this will not distract him endlessly, around playoff time the media will be so in his face he will feel like Michael Jordan for real, although no doubt he can't deliver like Air. When D.George is really hot he becomes average at best, I don't see anyone doing what Robert Horry and Mark Madsen did like the little things, this type of hustle and clutch shooting is not an element among anyone other than Kobe. The biggest thing they have on everyone is Shaq, but somehow with Karl and Kobe getting theirs, and if Gary Payton continues to ignore instruction from Phil Jackson he may end up being shipped out before the trade deadline, I have no idea if this is possible or what, but I know if you ignore Phil Jackson, you will not play.
This team is not even close to any of the 3 previous championship teams, Karl Malone has never shown one spec of understanding what it takes to knockdown a clutch shot, in 1997 I nicknamed him "the Tinman" because he is built like him and he has no heart. [by the way, all of Phil Jackson's titles are a credit to always having two of the five players in the NBA, he showed everyone his genius in 1994 and managed to lose to a San Antonio team with only one player as good as his two, did I mention the Lakers had Shaquille O'Neal, the most dominating big man maybe ever by many experts and without any doubt the best scoring guard in the NBA and managed to lose to San Antonio?]
Why Jeff Van Gundy will ask for a divorce from Steve Francis:
Yao Ming needs the ball.
Antoine Walker will ruin all chances Dallas has to win, you see he is so hot and cold and Don Nelson is so hard-headed he will let what worked get away from him, which was letting Steve Nash handle the ball and let Dirk Nowtizki do the majority of the shooting. Letting Walker do "his thang" will f*ck them over to no end, I promise this, I have wanted him dead more than I was glad he was around, I would have tried to get more for him, which obviously Ainge tried to do, but like most people I have heard talk on the subject, they all fail to realize/understand no one wanted 'Toine.
Detroit must get a more skilled point guard who is not so forceful and a shooting guard that is more forceful and less skillful, or "sweet and smooth", just tough like say Bonzi Wells, who was there if they wanted him. I think Detroit should offer Memo Okur, Richard Hamilton, Corliss Williamson and Chauncey Billups to Houston for Steve Francis, Eddie Griffin and Cuttino Mobley.
With Nick Van Exel and Jason Richardson healthy, the Warriors could be the sleeper in the west, Mike Dunleavy is growing like a weed, Erick Dampier is so series this year he could lead the NBA in rebounding, Brian Cardinal is the hardest working ditch-digger in the NBA.
Did Portland really trade Bonzi Wells for Wesley Person and a 1st Round pick, although when this trade went down I didn't believe it was so good but only because the pick could have lottery implications, but it's clear that Memphis is getting into the playoffs. So this trade was not so good, I wonder how many tears Maurice Cheeks had to shed to get this done, by the way Boston offered either Tony Battie or Eric Williams for him and Portland declined, if Memphis makes the playoffs and their pick is in the mid 20s, this trade was a blunder.
more to come.....
Last edited by paul_pierce_the_truth on Fri Dec 19, 2003 7:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
