[轉錄][轉錄]The next season's power rankings.

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作者: chuangsi (○●我瓜我瓜我瓜瓜瓜●ꄩ 看板: NBA
標題: [轉錄]The next season's power rankings.
時間: Sun Oct  2 08:36:20 2005

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|            Power Rankings by Marc Stein from espn.com                   |
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NO. / TEAMS/ LAST SEASON REC./ COMMENT BY Marc Stein

1.Spurs(59-23)
The committee loves it when someone out there makes it this easy. And it
doesn't get much easier than putting the reigning champs up here in the top
slot after they added Finley, Van Exel and Oberto at bargain prices.

2.Pistons(54-28)
You could argue that Larry Brown's departure should bring a steeper drop.
Then you might recall we're talking about defiant Detroit, which rallies
around such causes.

3.Suns(62-20)
People seem to forget that these guys beat Dallas in the second round without
Joe Johnson and with no bench. Now they have a bench (a good one) and still
have two MVP candidates (Nash and Amare), so hold off on the crisis talk.

4.Pacers(44-38)
Ron-Ron reinstated. J. O'Neal healed. Uncle Reg retired ... but replaced by
our man Saras Jasikevicius. In other words, you shouldn't be surprised to see
that Indy has been bumped back up among the league's elite.

5.Heats(59-23)
If all the new, uh, personalities click, Riles wins Executive of the Year and
we eat crow. Stan VG, meanwhile, wins Coach of the Year if he can last the
whole season.

6.Rockets(51-31)
Yao had his first-ever summer of significant rest and now has the athletic
frontcourt sidekick (Swift) he needed as much as a healthy break. Rockets
thus move to the brink of the elite, in spite of the Sura situation.

7.Nuggets(49-33)
Furious George can't expect to go 32-8 in every 40 games with Denver, as seen
in his first act, but Nuggets don't strike us as fluke material. Especially
not if K-Mart rebounds from his knee woes and Camby stays healthy.

8.Mavericks(58-24)
With their Big Three down to a Big One, Mavs weren't an automatic top-10
selection. But they're here out of respect for Nowitzki, since he somehow led
essentially the same team to a whopping 58 wins last season.

9.Cavaliers(42-40)
There are several newcomers to track -- Hughes, Donyell, D-Jones and Ferry --
but let's face it: LBJ and his quest to finally make the playoffs remain the
main focus.

10.Kings(50-32)
The additions of Bonzi and Reef look like trademark Petrie scores. But the
moves slam home the idea that Kings, as we knew them, are a memory.

11.Grizzles(45-37)
Grizz might indeed be at risk for slipping out of the West's top eight, as
stated in Wednesday's chat. Then again, they might not slip at all after
dumping all the unhappy souls (Bonzi, J-Will, Swift and Posey) for the good
of team chemistry.

12.Nets(42-40)
They're perhaps deeper than they've ever been in the J-Kidd Era, but so is
the top of the East. So Nets will have to settle for battling Cavs
best-of-the-rest status.

13.Warriors(34-48)
Everyone seems to be picking Warriors to end their decade-long playoff
drought at last. Of course, that only increases the pressure on GS to finally
do so.

14.Wizards(45-37)
Wiz won't be as dynamic as they were with Hughes, but they're deeper. Which
is enough to retain their playoff ticket in the East.

15.Bucks(30-52)
Larry Harris had a summer to rival that of any GM in the league. All the
moves should ease the burden on Bogut and take Bucks back to the playoffs.

16.Lackers(34-48)
Don't ask for a long explanation, because you're not going to glean one from
looking at Kobe's roster. Basically our respect for the Zenmeister is such
that we expect LA to mount a push for the No. 8 seed. Somehow.

17.Knicks(33-49)
The bottom of the East's playoff ladder is more wide-open than the bottom of
the West's ... meaning that Larry looks to have a much better chance than
Phil of turning his turnoff roster into a No. 8 seed.

18.SuperSonics(52-30)
Asked in a chat to name West playoff teams at risk for a fall out of the top
eight, we omitted Seattle and what's left of a Cinderella squad that lost
some key pieces (and coaches). It's preseason for the committee, too.

19.Timberwolves(44-38)
Word is KG has bulked up, but his readiness was never a worry. The concern is
KG's new supporting cast, which is more coachable but doesn't exactly scream
"playoffs."

20.Bulls(47-35)
Bulls were a big-time surprise in '04-05. It'll be a bigger surprise if they
can top that run in '05-06, with the surprise factor gone and the Curry cloud
to contend with.

21.Celitics(45-37)
Maybe Celts should be higher. But betting folk will favor a Pierce trade
between now and February over the notion that Ainge's toddlers will be
playoff-ready come April.

22.76ers(43-39)
This is one of the few places where the Webber-Iverson partnership still gets
a chance. Yet we don't deny that the grace period is running out.

23.Jazz(26-56)
Instinct says a Jerry Sloan team can't have another season like the last one
down here in rankings purgatory. Then again, Sloan's Jazz have never had a
season like that one, so who knows how they'll respond?

24.Magic(36-46)
Even with a (relatively) healthy Grant Hill and a reasonable Amare facsimile
(Dwight Howard), Magic still look like a playoff maybe. It all depends which
Stevie Franchise they get, and we're skeptical.

25.Clippers(37-45)
On paper, Clips look as though they have the starters to beat the Lakers to
the Staples Center title again. It all depends which Cassell they get, and
we're skeptical.

26.Trail Blazers(27-55)
Seattle undoubtedly will miss Mr. Sonic, but McMillan is bound to pine for
the fairy-tale feel of last season after a couple of months nursing
Portland's kiddie corps.

27.Hawks(13-69)
Go ahead. Admit it. The whole Joe Johnson-Steve Belkin saga will tempt you to
follow the Hawks more closely than you ever have.

28.Bobcats(18-64)
Bobcats far exceeded expectations with last season's win total. Now they have
two Tar Heels (Felton and May) to distract the locals in case they can't
overachieve again.

29.Hornets(18-64)
It doesn't feel right to be talking about basketball in the same sentence
with New Orleans, but the harsh reality is that Hornets will be shown no
mercy in a conference where there are so many playoff-worthy teams.

30.Raptors(33-49)
If we were ranking our favorite NBA cities, Toronto would be tops. But we're
ranking teams, and this one returns with even the under-fire GM forecasting
gloom.

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推 mathteacher:16.Lackers(34-48)  NBA有新球隊欸 好期待
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推 GUILLEN:Raptors評價好悲涼....
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作者: AhUtopian (It's My Life) 看板: ChicagoBulls
標題: Re: [轉錄][轉錄]The next season's power rankings.
時間: Sun Oct  2 10:57:35 2005

20.Bulls(47-35)
Bulls were a big-time surprise in '04-05. It'll be a bigger surprise if they
can top that run in '05-06, with the surprise factor gone and the Curry cloud
to contend with.

真是不友善的評價呀，
比起其他的PR，
把看起來沒什麼補強的Knicks，
走了Hughes的Wizards ，
還有選到了狀元郎跟簽下西門子的Bucks ，
都堆到我們頭前... ，
再加上各家評價幾乎共同認定的東區五強：Nets、Cavs、Pacers、Pistons 、Heat，
那豈不是把我們直接丟到季後賽名單之外嗎... ？

感覺這個主筆者，
單純認為去年我們整季的表現只是個Surprise，
又認為Curry 在這季比起上季可能會有抵減的效能吧... 。

但是，
我覺得去年我們的成功，
如果只歸功於Surprise Factor ，
似乎太把Skiles的努力輕忽了，
整個球隊的團隊防守，
還有每個球員都能恰如其分的在需要他們的時候跳出來，
像是Nocioni 跟Harrington在禁區無人的時候扛下了禁區攻堅，
然後Pargo 也有幾次適時的跳了出來，
這些都是教練對於球員的特性有掌握跟信任才能做到的吧？
何況我們去年前面先送了一個月的敗場數給其他隊伍，
季賽最後又陷入傷兵問題，
如果這樣說來，
我們的戰績是不是還該更好？

更何況我們在季外又不是沒有補強，
留下了該留的人，
還在禁區補進援兵，
雖然跟Curry 處得不是很愉快，
只是怎麼看來天時地利人和都還是站在我們這邊的吧？

嗯... ，
我覺得東區前三的實力確實相較起來超出一截啦，
很抱歉的加上Cavs中央區扣掉我們至少有三隻有資格問鼎東區冠軍的球隊，
總之，
Bulls 加油啦:P( 好虛的結尾 )。




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推 eloveb:Heat ..........no"s"
:P  英文不好呀... ，
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※ 編輯: AhUtopian       來自: 218.160.43.138       (10/02 11:23)
推 eloveb:高中的事情 我也忘記了