Surprise Team of the Season

[NugzFan]

Anyone over the age of 15 thinking the Lakers are going to be good this year are straight up retarded.

This

I'd be absolutely shocked if any laker fans here are older than 20

[Jasper]

5-8 in west or east is always kind of a toss up.

But my eye is on D-Howard in Atlanta.

No pressure whats so ever. HE LOOKS 100% healthy and the team is feeding him like he has a big hunger.

Yes they have been a playoff team for a while , but no one expects them to be a playoff team now... and I think they will surprise some people.

[EricGordon23]

Detroit or Denver

[Smoke117]

Well aside from the Lakers since 90% of this forum are 15 year olds who get personally offended whenever someone says something good about them, I'm gonna go with the Mavericks.

You're right...it's OUR fault you laker fans say stupid shit.

[SwayDizzle]

deez hataz in for a real surprise when the lakers make the western semis

[BigKAT]

5-8 in west or east is always kind of a toss up.

But my eye is on D-Howard in Atlanta.

No pressure whats so ever. HE LOOKS 100% healthy and the team is feeding him like he has a big hunger.

Yes they have been a playoff team for a while , but no one expects them to be a playoff team now... and I think they will surprise some people.

My mindset on this subject is this,
If you feed Howard on offense, you'll get even better results on defense.
An invigorated an rejuvinated Dwight Howard is still the best Center in the league, if, if he shows that gorgeous playoff form he flashed in the Rockets run to the WCF.

He wasn't the dominant force he was, he'll likely never be.
But what is the track record of players rejuvinating their careers so far removed from their 'Best years' anyway?

Anyone can point to someone who did that lately?
This is still a guy who averaged 26 and 14 in the 14 Playoffs and 16/14 in their WCF run.

I think he's still got it.
I want to see All-Star Howard again, and the only way to see if that man still exists, is to feed him.

Good mention.

[Smoke117]

5-8 in west or east is always kind of a toss up.

But my eye is on D-Howard in Atlanta.

No pressure whats so ever. HE LOOKS 100% healthy and the team is feeding him like he has a big hunger.

Yes they have been a playoff team for a while , but no one expects them to be a playoff team now... and I think they will surprise some people.

[Bosnian Sajo]

This has little to do with just naming the Lakers. You're allowed to think they will be the surprise team of the day. But comparing them to the Warriors is nuts, since neither of their 15 players come close in terms of quality nor playing style. Saying Randle and Green are alike, just because Randle likes to handle the ball is a complete joke. If only Randle could defend, pass and shoot as well as Green. Don't even get me started on the Russell/Curry and Clarkson/Thompson comparisons.

I said they resemble the young Warriors, comparing Randle to Draymond when he was still on the bench....Randle right now is better than that version of Draymond.

Reading comprehension is a must if you wanna post on a message board, otherwise you'll continually misunderstand what people are saying. Comparing Russell/Curry is absolutely not ridiculous, have you seen Dlow's range??

[Bosnian Sajo]

Rose and Noah are worth 15 losses. Get over yourself and your patchwork of a shit team

Easily the most ignorant poster here

[Smoke117]

I said they resemble the young Warriors, comparing Randle to Draymond when he was still on the bench....Randle right now is better than that version of Draymond.

Reading comprehension is a must if you wanna post on a message board, otherwise you'll continually misunderstand what people are saying. Comparing Russell/Curry is absolutely not ridiculous, have you seen Dlow's range??

Explain the Bogut and Mozgov comparison then? One has been a very good defensive player for years...the other is Mozgov. Besides, you say stupid shit all the time...this certainly isn't your first rodeo.

[Gatorade Sax]

A lot of people have said it already..Denver could easily be sneaky good. Of course much of it hinges on the health of Gallo.

I know it's only preseason but they handled Portland pretty easily yesterday with no one playing (Portland played Lillard and CJ).

Interested in how the Bulls, Wolves and Bucks look this year too. Any chance of NO breaking .500 any time soon?

[Bosnian Sajo]

Explain the Bogut and Mozgov comparison then? One has been a very good defensive player for years...the other is Mozgov. Besides, you say stupid shit all the time...this certainly isn't your first rodeo.

I got nothing to say to you, then. No point in having a discussion with someone who doesn't respect your opinion.


Peace.

[bobopenguin]

Nets.

go lin~

[PeroAntic]

Often times, 'Win Now' teams without a real superstar crash hard when trying to give up their future for the 'now' rather then cultivate talent the right way.

We've seen it with Brooklyn lately in 2014,
And Phoenix a season ago when instead of going young they traded for Knight, and signed Chandler. Hopefully Booker and Bender will make things interesting for them.

But yeah, Knicks seems like a 44-45 Win team at best, and 25 win team at worst. I'm leaning towards the worst, though I love porizingis and Noah, I think that the coaching might be the deciding factor, Jeff Horneack is a solid coach, but time will tell if he can arrange this well.

Then again it worked with Miami and Boston.

Knicks easily win 50 if Rose and Noah manage to stay fit.

[AirBonner]

Then again it worked with Miami and Boston.

Knicks easily win 50 if Rose and Noah manage to stay fit.