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Originally posted by Partibrejker first of all its serbia and not croatia 2nd of all he played 20 min per game in serbia and isn't a good defensive or offensive player at all. i watched him play over there and was suprised he was even taken 2nd pick .. only reason why is young and big .

true .. thank you for the corrections .. .. i remember the draft day when they displayed his stats and everything .. and i see your point about him being big and young .. if you compared his compact in the serbian league to how yao ming changed the chinese basketball league, clearly we will see yao was the better "youngster" pick rather than darko to be chosen early in the round ..

maybe he does not have any talent .. we are not sure .. all i know is that larry brown is teaching him something in detroit .. he isn't sitting on the bench like a lump on a log .. hahahah .. so i guess the real answer to what he is comes when he is traded somewhere else possibly?? because definately joe dumars (gm) will not let 'sheed, big ben, prince, or mcdyess go anywhere .. maybe he made the mistake of letting okur go, but we all cant be perfect can we ?? hahaha ...

ok enough of the darko business .. it's starting to get into a loophole .. let's talk more about a.i.'s 60 .. wow! .. clearly he proved last night that he is the single most important entity of a basketball team out of all the nba players .. if a.i. is hot, the sixers consistently win .. if not, then the sixers struggle .. he is probably the closest comparison of this generation's big superstar to michael jordan ..

i know no one can accomplish what jordan did .. but a.i. is showing that mentality jordan had .. the mentality that "when my team is down the final quarter, then i will give 100% all it takes to have my team win whatssoever .. no ifs, ands, or buts .. and if my team does lose, then the blame is on me for my bad game.."

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Iverson's truly incredible, and he's only 5'11 (HE'S NOT 6'0). I would compare Iverson to Jordan in terms of heart.

Ive been to a couple of Heat games this year but I Just came from the Heat spurs game and wow this has to be the best so far Ive seen as we beat the best team in the west its the HEATs 6th straight win a row .
Eddie Jones got injured early on , hopefully its not too bad, oh and I heard ZO was in the stands lol, he could be playing with us maybe as soon as wedsnday vs the clippers.I doubt that early though

they gonna sign ZO soon ... if he gives them 60% of what he can give heat are gonne be a lot better not that they suck with out him .. probobly them and spurs .. i dont see any other team from west taking spurs on .. maybe seattle cuz of their bench i dont see suns doing many things in playoffs even tho they got one of the best records ... sacramento and dallas as usual come a game away and loose so forget them .. as long as kobe and lakers arent winning i am happy cuz i can't stand kobe ... as for iverson one word can describe him

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1st half of the season almost coming to a close, so let's talk about the winners and losers so far ..

biggest improved team from last year : *tie* cleveland (kudos to what they are doing, after losing boozer, and gooden was a great pick up for them ) and washington (a nice improvement from last year ... who would have thought they would have this type of offense??)

biggest disappointment, team : *tie* minnesota (no comments needed .. when the gm feels he needs to coach the team, you know they have problems) and denver (you look at their starting 5, and you think they can run the table against anyone .. well not exactly now) ..

best team, western conf : *tie* san antonio and sacramento (i see this as a tie .. when these two meet up in the conf finals, this is going to be a very hard fought battle .. i say 7 games .. the only difference from this year than last year is cuttino mobley .. he is going to play a major factor with this team . )

best team, eastern conf : miami .. nothing else to say other than shaq really brought this team to a higher level above good .. and this team is not just shaq and wade .. eddie jones is a good shooter .. damon jones can hit the three's for them .. haslem is a consistent rebounder .. butler plays good defense .. laetner is there to give up his 6 fouls in cases shaq is in foul trouble or is tired .. laetner can hold his ground ..

coach of the year : eddie jordan, washington (flame me here, but his offensive philosophy is actually working in washington .. they are in playoff contention, and it actually is making larry hughes look good .. )

rookie of the year : dwight howard, orlando (ok ... people are going to flame me here again, and say emeka okafor, but dwight howard is like a second coming of amare stoudamire .. wow .. howard is a pure athlete that can really work the paint .. he just needs some good mentoring ..)

biggest draft bust of the year : none .. i can honestly say that this year's group of rookies look very good right now, and can wipe the floor against the sophmores in the all-star weekend .. here are the rosters .. link

biggest disappointment, player : *tie* latrell spreewell, minnesota and jamal crawford, new york .. crawford was picked up by new york to compliment marbury to make a great 1-2 combo .. hasn't worked out so far .. crawford has his ups and downs, but seems not to be flowing well with marbury .. and for spreewell .. just look at his numbers, and shake your head ..

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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch 1st half of the season almost coming to a close, so let's talk about the winners and losers so far .. biggest improved team from last year : *tie* cleveland (kudos to what they are doing, after losing boozer, and gooden was a great pick up for them ) and washington (a nice improvement from last year ... who would have thought they would have this type of offense??) biggest disappointment, team : *tie* minnesota (no comments needed .. when the gm feels he needs to coach the team, you know they have problems) and denver (you look at their starting 5, and you think they can run the table against anyone .. well not exactly now) .. best team, western conf : *tie* san antonio and sacramento (i see this as a tie .. when these two meet up in the conf finals, this is going to be a very hard fought battle .. i say 7 games .. the only difference from this year than last year is cuttino mobley .. he is going to play a major factor with this team . ) best team, eastern conf : miami .. nothing else to say other than shaq really brought this team to a higher level above good .. and this team is not just shaq and wade .. eddie jones is a good shooter .. damon jones can hit the three's for them .. haslem is a consistent rebounder .. butler plays good defense .. laetner is there to give up his 6 fouls in cases shaq is in foul trouble or is tired .. laetner can hold his ground .. coach of the year : eddie jordan, washington (flame me here, but his offensive philosophy is actually working in washington .. they are in playoff contention, and it actually is making larry hughes look good .. ) rookie of the year : dwight howard, orlando (ok ... people are going to flame me here again, and say emeka okafor, but dwight howard is like a second coming of amare stoudamire .. wow .. howard is a pure athlete that can really work the paint .. he just needs some good mentoring ..) biggest draft bust of the year : none .. i can honestly say that this year's group of rookies look very good right now, and can wipe the floor against the sophmores in the all-star weekend .. here are the rosters .. link biggest disappointment, player : *tie* latrell spreewell, minnesota and jamal crawford, new york .. crawford was picked up by new york to compliment marbury to make a great 1-2 combo .. hasn't worked out so far .. crawford has his ups and downs, but seems not to be flowing well with marbury .. and for spreewell .. just look at his numbers, and shake your head ..

1. the Suns in my opinion are the most improved and then washington...Nash is making Amare Stoudamire look like Garnett except bigger
2.Timberwolves,how can Spreewell play for 40 million and be able to feed his kids(most ridiculous statement since Pat Ewing and the "we make alot of money,but we spend alot of money" statement during the work stoppage a few years ago.
3.best in the west...spurs are the picture of consistency,but i just love watching the suns
4. The east......i believe strongly that the Pacers are still the team to beat
5. the duo of Mike Fratello and Eric Mussleman,have caused a nice turnaround in Memphis..but more than likely Stan Van Gundy will get it.
6.Rookie of the Year should be Dwight howard,if he ever develop[s an offensive game...woo
7. draft bust........so far Delonte west....hurt himself by coming out early
8.biggest disappointment would be Michael "freakin" Olowakandi.
9. Biggest surprise player.. Al Harrington had been playing strongly for a bad team and putting up big numbers.
10. The shut the hell up award goes to Steve Francis,i am a magic fan and his hissy fit after they traded Cuttino Mobley was ridiculous

I wouldn't really worry about Dwights offensive game, he's almost averaging a double double, on a little more than 30 mins per game, with limited touches.

I'm quite happy about how good he's turned out, he's going to be something special in the future!

But the Magic should be winning a whole lot more... I like Steve's game, he always comes through in the clutch, but he needs to be a better defender. Which can probably be said to the whole Magic team.

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Washington is the most overrated team. Their record may not reflect it at this point, but I don't see them being over .500 by the end of the year. They've lost 4 of their last 5, and got pummelled by 30 last night in Houston. They're simply taking advantage of a weak Eastern conference.

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Originally posted by SlackerBoy9 1. the Suns in my opinion are the most improved and then washington...Nash is making Amare Stoudamire look like Garnett except bigger 2.Timberwolves,how can Spreewell play for 40 million and be able to feed his kids(most ridiculous statement since Pat Ewing and the "we make alot of money,but we spend alot of money" statement during the work stoppage a few years ago. 3.best in the west...spurs are the picture of consistency,but i just love watching the suns 4. The east......i believe strongly that the Pacers are still the team to beat 5. the duo of Mike Fratello and Eric Mussleman,have caused a nice turnaround in Memphis..but more than likely Stan Van Gundy will get it. 6.Rookie of the Year should be Dwight howard,if he ever develop[s an offensive game...woo 7. draft bust........so far Delonte west....hurt himself by coming out early 8.biggest disappointment would be Michael "freakin" Olowakandi. 9. Biggest surprise player.. Al Harrington had been playing strongly for a bad team and putting up big numbers. 10. The shut the hell up award goes to Steve Francis,i am a magic fan and his hissy fit after they traded Cuttino Mobley was ridiculous

"kandi" is also a name i would consider also as a big disappointment .. i can name a whole bunch of players that get a bunch of hype and a big payroll, but don't put up .. such as Andre Miller and Kenyon Martin of Denver (compare Denver this year to last year, and explain to me why they are consistently losing .. these guys are bringing the team down), Carlos Boozer of Utah (not worth the hype he was last year when he was killing the boards .. see how a change in conferences can do to a guy ?), and shareef abdur-rahim of portland (whatever happened to this guy .. he was putting up monster numbers at memphis and atlanta, and now he goes to portland, and isn't doing anything .. he is hurt right now, but that is no excuse when all your numbers fall almost 20 % your career average ??)

and the pacers .. as long as reggie miller has a night he had last night (36 points), they would be fine .. they are really missing the big #1 go to guy .. oneal is good, but not the guy that can put it on the floor, and take control of the game .. the starting 5 between indiana and miami look pretty much even (before and after Artest) .. it's all about the bench, and frankly, i have to say miami's bench does look better than indiana's right now ..

and agreeable with what fratello and musselmann are doing at memphis .. they have brought control back to a team that needed it .. this team can go far with one trade .. they need a big center that can block shots .. then that team is set with gasol, swift, battier, and williams/watson running the starting 5...

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Originally posted by Omegasox Washington is the most overrated team. Their record may not reflect it at this point, but I don't see them being over .500 by the end of the year. They've lost 4 of their last 5, and got pummelled by 30 last night in Houston. They're simply taking advantage of a weak Eastern conference.

they may look overrated, but this team is totally dependent on their offense .. i saw them play against the hornets a couple of nights ago, and jamison and areanas were getting their shots at their own will .. then again, it was against the hornets .. hahhahaa .. but still .. both of them are having huge seasons this year, and makes the team click ..they have a great home record (20-7), so i guess that is all that counts to get into the eastern conf playoffs .. you win at home, you're booked for the playoffs .. you can be a subpar .400 team away from home, and get away with it in the eastern confernece ..

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first of all Kandiman has been a huge dissapointment since the day he stepped into the NBA

biggest improved team from last year :
Gonna have to go with the Supersonics
although I dont think theyll do much in the playoffs, this team is now very much more defensive oriented then in the past.

biggest disappointment, team :
Twolves
what a piece of shit team they turned out be this year,Sprewells attitude dosnt help.

best team, western conf :
Spurs, nuff said

best team, eastern conf :
Heat , nuff said

coach of the year :
I would say Eddie Jordan because of the teams improvemnt, but they never give credit to hard working coaches that keep talented teams performing well.If you look at the Heat, other than Wade, Shaq and maybe Eddie Jones, the heat arent very talented, but he has managed to make all these no names productive like Damon and Haslem giving them their roles.If he can fit ZO perfectly into the mix and make things work then without a doubt Stan Van Gundy deserves it.

rookie of the year :
I dunno yet to early, but Ben Gordon has been doing a good job.so have Okafor and Howard


oh and Im interested in the Dunk contest I dunno yet the ones thatll compete in it but it should be fun

So it's about time to start the All Star Weekend!!! Hope to see some good plays on Sunday...

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