if you ever talk like this again about Sean Elliot I'm gonna falconpunch you during a 405lb deadlift.

sigh blowouts

maybe byron will bench cp3 for a long time and clippers will make it interesting

Relegate Minnesota

iamawesomer, are you getting sound for this game? mine went out a few minutes ago

forgot it was back on, turned it off at halftime, lemme check

edit: yes, sound is on

I'm getting sound. Is the channel you're watching it on CSN?

yeah i'm watching on csn. getting volume on all other channels

So, it's definitely getting a bit ahead of ourselves, but what is wrong about considering the Suns a factor? It was not two years ago they were considered title contenders and they have maintained the core of Nash, Stoudemire, Barbosa while adding Richardson, and Hill is just ridiculous. Sprinkle in Dread Pirate Roberts and the hilariously underrated Jared Dudley and they have a bench for once.

I still predict a 4th-5th seed for them at best and a first round exit, but everyone was writing them off when Amare should be just as good, so should Hill, Richardson, and Barbosa, and Nash is still representing. They're old though thus injury prone. Then again so are the Spurs. Fact is, they're not that much different than the contender teams. It's more a matter of how good their competition is as far as how they fare.

awesome

I see I made a wise decision to go take care of some shopping needs during the 3rd Q. good lord.

And CP3s insane shooting continues. This is a really remarkable run he's on.

shooting blanks imo

blazers would be contenders with Nash instead of Miller?

my opinion of you just fell through the floor. Elliot's the nut low.

Contenders, sure. Tons of regular season wins, probably. Legitimate NBA Finals contenders, no, and for the same reasons they couldn't get through in years past.

The only thing I'd disagree with in this post is that I think you're overrating Hill a little bit. I'm also not sure if Richardson is capable of sustaining how good he's been so far. It'd be pretty miraculous for them to stay healthy. I think your point about the Spurs is fair. I don't consider the Spurs to be contenders either though.

short answer is depth

Probably. That's an upgrade to an already brink contender.

good to know that the hornets and warriors can still win a game every now and then

Not sure what you're referring to here. Bull**** suspensions from the league office, or really unfortunate ill-timed injuries? Assuming you're referring to one of the two and neither are a given this year obv.

What does "Contenders, sure.. Legit NBA final contenders, no" even mean?

tud,

they can make some noise for sure, but they've run a little hot, both in terms of guys playing above their head and their current record being ahead of their pyth. J-Rich isn't going to be a +.600 TS% guy, I promise you. Dragic isn't some 18 PER stud backup PG (I was actually quite surprised to see this, as I thought he played poorly when I saw him). I'm not sold Frye can keep this up all year, either, but I'm leaning towards yes, albeit not quite as efficient.

I mean, they have 7 guys over .600 TS% (counting Fagic's .598). That's nuts.

Yeah I thought that was pretty weird also.

this should be good


and my sound randomly just came back, but it's just the on court sound? no commentators or anything