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mschmidt64 said:
Is Atlanta ever going to lose? Jeez.
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I'm calling it now, they'll be the most unexpected dark horse team to make a run to the Finals since the '99 Knicks.

I don't see a team in the East that can beat them in a 7 game series.

They don't have a superstar but they have a lot of good players who all shoot the ball well.
 
1bigfan13 said:
I'm calling it now, they'll be the most unexpected dark horse team to make a run to the Finals since the '99 Knicks.

I don't see a team in the East that can beat them in a 7 game series.

They don't have a superstar but they have a lot of good players who all shoot the ball well.
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Your new avatar is a bannable offense.
 
1bigfan13 said:
I'm calling it now, they'll be the most unexpected dark horse team to make a run to the Finals since the '99 Knicks.

I don't see a team in the East that can beat them in a 7 game series.

They don't have a superstar but they have a lot of good players who all shoot the ball well.
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Any of the top 5 could beat them in 7 they are very perimeter oriented and in the playoffs teams lock into your sets.

They kind of remind me of those Nuggets teams that always did well in the regular season but could not go far.

I am not saying they will not come out but I can see them losing easily to several other East teams.
 
Jiggyfly said:
Any of the top 5 could beat them in 7 they are very perimeter oriented and in the playoffs teams lock into your sets.

They kind of remind me of those Nuggets teams that always did well in the regular season but could not go far.

I am not saying they will not come out but I can see them losing easily to several other East teams.
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Yup.

They are basically the Atlanta Hawks from 5 years ago or whatever. They'll win a lot of games but they'll lose in the playoffs in the 2nd round.
 
Texas Ace said:
Yup.

They are basically the Atlanta Hawks from 5 years ago or whatever. They'll win a lot of games but they'll lose in the playoffs in the 2nd round.
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No they are much better than those teams but still more weaknesses than the top east teams IMO.
 
Jiggyfly said:
Any of the top 5 could beat them in 7 they are very perimeter oriented and in the playoffs teams lock into your sets.

They kind of remind me of those Nuggets teams that always did well in the regular season but could not go far.

I am not saying they will not come out but I can see them losing easily to several other East teams.
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The Hawks play defense though. Plus Horford and Milsap are pretty good in the post. So they aren't just a jump shooting team.

I'd take them in a series over Chicago and Cleveland.
 
Texas Ace said:
Yup.

They are basically the Atlanta Hawks from 5 years ago or whatever. They'll win a lot of games but they'll lose in the playoffs in the 2nd round.
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Completely disagree. The old Hawks never looked this good.

Plus they have a different coach with a different system. Mike Budenholzer is a long time Popovich disciple.

These aren't the same old Hawks that got into the playoffs with 45-49 wins, thanks in large part to the weak eastern conference. These Hawks are dominating top teams from the Eastern and Western conference.

They're the real deal as far as I'm concerned.
 
1bigfan13 said:
Completely disagree. The old Hawks never looked this good.

Plus they have a different coach with a different system. Mike Budenholzer is a long time Popovich disciple.

These aren't the same old Hawks that got into the playoffs with 45-49 wins, thanks in large part to the weak eastern conference. These Hawks are dominating top teams from the Eastern and Western conference.

They're the real deal as far as I'm concerned.
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Have I said lately how much I hate your avatar? Cause, I should have.
 
1bigfan13 said:
The Hawks play defense though. Plus Horford and Milsap are pretty good in the post. So they aren't just a jump shooting team.

I'd take them in a series over Chicago and Cleveland.
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Horford is ok in the post and Millsap not great either both are below 50% on postups.

Teams are just now taking them seriously now I want to see how they do with a target on their back.
 
I don't know what to say about the Bulls, within a week they beat the Warriors and Mavs on the road, the Spurs at home, yet lose to Miami, on top of a whole bunch of other losses to sub-.500 teams, most of which were at home. Part of me thinks it's that they just aren't able to stay consistently motivated during the regular season anymore and are biding their time until the playoffs, especially Rose, while the other part of me looks at them and thinks there is definitely something wrong in terms of their energy level and chemistry.
 
The thing I see with the Bulls is that they are just not as good defensively as they have been in the past. Part of it is Noah not being 100%, but this is a first time in a long time that the Bulls are better offensively than they are defensively. How that translates into the playoffs...we'll see.
 
Simpleton said:
I don't know what to say about the Bulls, within a week they beat the Warriors and Mavs on the road, the Spurs at home, yet lose to Miami, on top of a whole bunch of other losses to sub-.500 teams, most of which were at home. Part of me thinks it's that they just aren't able to stay consistently motivated during the regular season anymore and are biding their time until the playoffs, especially Rose, while the other part of me looks at them and thinks there is definitely something wrong in terms of their energy level and chemistry.
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What the hell is up with Rose?

I watched the last 3 minutes and overtime and he took at least five 3 point shots and the game winner was a terrible shot as well that was lucky to go in.

Was he trying to prove a point to Curry?

I think Chicago has the deepest roster but that chemistry is definitely lacking this year and if Rose continues to chuck like that they will not go far at all.
 
Latest On Bulls, Tom Thibodeau

January 29 at 9:18am CST By Chuck Myron

The relationship between Tom Thibodeau and the Bulls front office is “beyond repair,” several league sources believe, and many people around the NBA wouldn’t be surprised to see the sides mutually part ways this summer, reports K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. Still, the Bulls don’t have any plans to make a coaching change this season, Johnson cautions.

Thibodeau is under contract through 2016/17, though a source told Chris Sheridan of SheridanHoops recently that the Bulls wouldn’t mind simply eating the rest of his roughly $11MM in salary if they were to let him go. Executive VP of basketball operations John Paxson feels “lukewarm at best” toward the coach, Sheridan hears, but more recently Paxson publicly backed Thibodeau with a strident response to criticism of the coach. GM Gar Forman dismissed the idea that Thibodeau’s job is in jeopardy, as Forman told Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times last week.

Rumors of tension between Thibodeau and Bulls management date back more than a year, and the Knicks, among other teams in the past 12 months, eyed the former Coach of the Year in case he shook free from Chicago. Still, at the beginning of this season there was more talk around the Bulls that the team would end up giving Thibodeau a raise than that the sides would part ways, as USA Today’s Sam Amick reported then.

Thibodeau’s hard-charging style is a challenge for his players, and while many of them have publicly backed their boss, some have felt as though he goes too far, according to Sheridan. The Bulls are in a disappointing fourth place in the Eastern Conference, but they’re only a game and a half behind the second-place Raptors and are coming off a signature overtime win against the Warriors.
 
Kevin Durant Interested In Knicks

January 29 at 8:38am CST By Chuck Myron

Kevin Durant can envision signing with the Knicks when he hits free agency in 2016, a person close to Kevin Durant tells Frank Isola of the New York Daily News, citing his affection for Carmelo Anthony. Durant is close to Knicks coach and former Thunder teammate Derek Fisher, and, Isola writes, he also admires Knicks GM Steve Mills and assistant GM Allan Houston.

“No question about it,” the person close to Durant told Isola “Kevin loves Carmelo [Anthony]. It could work in New York. But never rule out the Thunder.”

Durant isn’t enamored with Reggie Jackson and is becoming increasingly frustrated with Russell Westbrook, Isola hears. The Knicks tried to acquire Jackson when they and the Thunder participated in a three-team trade earlier this month, and they’re likely to make another run at trading for the guard, as Ken Berger of CBSSports.com reported around the time of the swap. However, the Thunder almost traded Jackson to the Nuggets this week, according to Isola, who says on Twitter that Oklahoma City is “expected” to deal Jackson before the February 19th trade deadline.

Jackson’s set for restricted free agency this summer, while Westbrook’s contract with the Thunder runs one year longer than Durant’s, carrying through 2016/17. Westbrook and Durant have been teammates since the 2008/09 season, but Kevin Love reportedly said that he, Anthony and Durant have spoken, at least casually, about playing together. Love has repeatedly insisted that he’s committed to Cleveland for the long haul, but since the Cavs power forward plans to opt in for next season, that would align his free agency with Durant’s for the summer of 2016, when Anthony will have three years left on his deal with the Knicks. New York only has about $32.3MM in commitments for that summer, when most league executives assume the salary cap will surge to around $90MM.

Still, the Knicks will have plenty of competition for Durant, even if he’s indeed growing tired of some of his Thunder teammates. The Wizards, who play in Durant’s hometown, are more than a pipe dream, even if they are a long shot, as TNT’s David Aldridge wrote this week, pointing out a potential income tax savings for Durant if he plays in D.C. and establishes residency in another state. Durant and Kobe Bryant have spoken of mutual interest in playing with each other, though Bryant has said he’ll probably retire after next season, just when Durant is set to hit free agency. Durant has also publicly backed the Thunder, saying recently that he loves playing for Oklahoma City and that, “There’s just a certain level of pride that I have when I play with that Oklahoma City on my chest.”
 
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