The Clippers roster is stacked and Brandon Roy is the man. I love the Blazers and think they will have a fantastic year but I also think the Clips will have a fantastic season and will be better than the Blazers. Sorry we disagree, but please do not call me names or insult my intelligence because I think the Clippers roster is filthy.

I think Rudy Fernandez is a novelty act and everyone loves him because he is white and can jump.

No offense Jake but the Pistons suck. Not like Detroit Lions bad but they will give up close to 110 ppg, fact. Have fun with Ben Gordon he is very exciting because you have no idea what he is going to do. The Pistons will not make the playoffs this season with that roster. They need to make another move, perhaps Boozer.

I understand Jordan Farmar can dunk, in fact I saw he does yoga in the off season to help his athleticism so I picked up Yoga for a day. I did notice it does not help my basketball skills though. Bummer, Farmar is a bum and so is Shannon “4 Teams in 4 Years” Brown.

The Lakers are awesome because 24 and the best frontcourt in the NBA not their pathetic role players only backcourt.

Derrick Rose has an above average jumper and he is not yet 21. How many 20 year olds outside my boy Durant have a good jumper? … (crickets).

If I forgot anyone I will take a look in the near future.

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I hear what you are saying with Vujacic, but Bynum was as good as any given center before the knee injury, and if you are willing give two-thirds of the battered, aging, and balding Spurs’ big 3 the benefit of the doubt, then you have to give it up to Bynum who is only going to improve. Or are you really saying that the Clippers could not take a dude that scored 42 point against them last season?

I hear what you are saying with Walton, but Brown is extremely athletic. Check this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2zyWVieESg . That is a PG with his head above the rim.

, Walton is the team’s best passer and came big off the bench against Orlando; as for Brown, check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2zyWVieEg –yes, that is a PG with his head above the basket.

Matt, your list isn’t bad at all, but I think you’re losing people with your predictions of the Bulls and Clippers. The bulls impressed against the Celtics w/o KG, then lost their most clutch scorer; but if Rose can develop an average jumper they should make the play-offs comfortably with Deng back, but not advance to round 2. The Clippers do not have more talent than the Lakers! Team talent is only influenced by your top 8 players; no one cares about the bottom of the bench. At least people can name a bench player for the Lakers, same can’t be said for the Clippers. But the Clippers have had some talent f or years, and have under achieved for years; you can’t assume 2009-10 will be different. And for the record, “Top 10 players” should be ranked as if there was a draft at the start of the year, AND you could only sign 1-year contracts. Who’s with me?

Roy is eventually going to get paid by the Blazers. KP knows what he means to this team. If you understand negotiating at all you’d know that if there isn’t at least some haggling going on than one side (or both) left something on the table.

Oh yeah, and the Clippers are still the Clippers. First off, I’d take Portland’s roster over LAC’s any day of the week. I’d take the Lakers roster too, after all, they have a bunch of guys with rings on their fingers (most with several). Second of all, a talented roster doesn’t a good team make. If talent got you rings than Portland would have won SEVERAL championships in the late 90s and early ’00s. And your argument about Outlaw being the best out of the Blazers 2nd core of players doesn’t hold much water considering ALL of the players besides Outlaw are young guys who are rapidly improving. Rudy, Webster and Oden could put Portland over the top next year with even a 15% improvement in their stats over last year (07-08 for Webster). Which isn’t unrealistic at all for three players under 25.

The Blazers are ridiculous and don’t need to do anything to get better. It will be icing on the cake when they take advantage of another team’s financial situation and get another piece at a great price (eventually). Oden will be a beast once he’s completely back to form after surgery, and that will make them even more ridiculous. And I don’t think anyone is actually worried about Roy’s extension.

I get what you have said (6 times) that Duncan is a great player, I was simply questioning the line of thought that since he wasn’t on the USA team, he is disqualified from being considered a top 10 player. Thanks for the clarification.

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Good work on the Google news.

The article also says Colangelo asked Shaq and The Answer, two players that should never have been considered for the 2008 team.

TD is the man and one of the best players of all time (6th time I’ve said this) and may be a top ten NBA player but is not according to me. If it was up to me he would have been on the 2008 team, instead of Carlos Boozer.

I was under the impression he was not asked to play out of courtesy to his aging knees (not his talent level).

Who knows, TD and TP may be 11th and 12th on my list and there is not much difference between 10th and 12th on the list.

I mean, who is better TP or Brandon Roy? Impossible to answer but in my opinion I went with the 24 year old who made the 2nd team All NBA team.

I can consider TD as a top ten NBA player but I refuse to consider Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Jason Kidd, Kevin Garnett and anyone else over the age of 30, other than Kobe and TD (I think Yao is 28 but he plays like 35 and his career is in shambles).

The Spurs have two of the best players in the world (TD and TP) and Manu Ginobili has the abilities to play like a great player. The Spurs’ Big Three and with the addition of RJeff and other role players makes San Antonio the team to beat.

(Not saying you disagree with me, I’m just saying).

I also like the Blazers but I think the Clips severely underperformed last season. Needless to say, I LOVE THAT ROSTER!!!

I ranked the Blazers one spot away from the Clips! That’s not that bad of a disagreement, sheesh!

I think Brandon Roy is getting a little contentious with the roster and his contract. He called his teammates p*****s after the playoffs and I’m not sold on their roster yet.

Who is the best player out of Greg Oden, Jerryd Bayless, Martell Webster, Rudy Fernandez, and Travis Outlaw? As of 2009, I got Outlaw and that is not a good thing.

I just heard Lamar Odom resigned with the Lakers.

If the Lakers wanted to repeat they needed to sign LO and they boast a terrific core (24, Gasol, LO). If they can get anything out of Artest and Bynum, and that is not asking for much, they and the Spurs will roll through the West.

I’m looking forward to a Lakers/Spurs Western Conference Finals.

The Lakers move up to the second best team in the NBA because of the Odom and Artest signing and some guy named Kobe.

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How do you possibly have the Blazers so low? 2nd youngest team in the league last year with 4 rookies that played significant minutes, 54 wins and a #4 seed, yet they get passed by the Clips? Just their player improvement alone is worth more than a lot of the other teams’ moves.

Also, Duncan wasn’t invited to play on Team USA because he “had no interest in that (being on Team USA)” because of the 3 year commitment, not because he wasn’t good enough like you imply: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2006-01/08/content_510333.htm