Who has the most promising NBA team next year. This does not include the draft or any free agents coming in.?
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The Orlando Magic. The rough years with Tracy Mcgrady and Steve Francis are over.  The midseason trades worked wonders for this team adding Trevor Ariza, Darko Milicic and Carlos Arroyo. This team is young and talented and have very good chemistry all around. Two 20 year old, "superstar potential", 7 footers in Dwight and Darko in the post is a force to be reckoned with for a decade. With this team they have fought back into the playoff race after they looked like they were left for dead at 20-40. They have gone 15-4 in the last 19 games, Won 11 out of 12, and are riding a 7 game winning streak. In that span they have beaten the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat, and the San Antonio Spurs.
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Here's the top free agents: http://probasketball.about.com/od/newsrumorsopinion/a/nbafreeagents06.htm\n\nI sure hope KG goes to the Lakers.
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Miami!!!!!! Duh! They have Shaq and Dwayne Wade w/ them so there absolutely no way they can lose.They have Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton, but they ain't nothing.
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suns, they have a team, the lakers don't!!, the lakers have kobe bryant.
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to inconsistent this year.  Bottom of the east.  So the answer is no.\n\nGo Wings!!!
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The San Antonio Spurs. They're the defending champs and have even done better than last year by just setting a franchise record 63 wins and they are showing no signs of slowing down. Duncan and Ginobili are all healthy now. Their playoff experience and deep bench will lead them to another championship this year.
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Current NBA:\n\nPG: Chauncey Billups\n\nIt was a tought choice between him and Steve Nash as they are both having break-out seasons and they are both the center around which their teams function. But Chauncey edges it with his clutch play.\n\nSG: Kobe Bryant\n\nSay what you want about him: selfish, surly and overcompetetive, but he has been completely unstoppable all season long. He had almost single handedly carried the Lakers. Dwayne Wade may be talented but Kobe has taken it to a new level.\n\nSF: Lebron James \nHe is having an absolutely standout year leading the Cavaliers and filling up just about every statistical category. He deserves the recognition. Paul Pierce is having a standout year as well, but nothing compared to Lebron.\n\nPF: Dirk Nowitski \n\nI know he plays SF for Dallas but I think that this is more of his natural position. Dirk is impossible to defend - too quick for most power forwards, the big for most small forwards. He has been pure class for the Mavericks this year. Kevin Garnett is having a very solid season but his team is struggling. Tim Duncan has been hampered by his dodgy ankle. Elton Brand is probably the closest competition to Dirk.\n\nCenter: Yao Ming\n\nThe fact that Yao can win in this position goes to show the lack of quality centers in the league. Ben Wallace deserves a mention for his tremendous defensive abilities, but he is probably only the 3rd best player on the Piston team and he doesn't have enough offensive skills. Shaq hasn't been healthy enough this season, and is not as dominant as he once was. Yao however, has really improved this year, especially in the past two months. I thought of putting Duncan or Brand in this spot as they probably deserve it more, but it is undeniable that they aren't true centers, so it is Yao Ming almost by default.
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I'm not certain, but I'm betting the L.A. Lakers.  I'm GLAD it's not the best team in the NBA right now, the Detroit Pistons!
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Artest is definitely gone.  I think the Golden State Warriors look like the front runners.  I think Baron Davis and Jason Richardson are off the table.  Troy Murphy and Pietrius have been mentioned as trade bait.
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First Team\n\nPG - Jason Kidd (New Jersey)\nSG - Ron Artest (Sacremento)\nSF - Bruce Bowen (San Antonio)\nPF - Andrei Kirilenko (Utah)\nC  - Ben Wallace (Detroit)\n\nSecond Team\n\nPG - Chauncey Billups (Detroit)\nSG - Allen Iverson (Philadelphia)\nSF - Kobe Bryant (LA Lakers)\nPF - Tim Duncan (San Antonio)\nC  - Kevin Garnett (Minnesota)
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I agree with you about this team's potential down the road, especially if Grant Hill can stay healthy...Orlando is a very deep, talented, versatile and intelligent basketball team...I'd like to see them and Cleveland in the Eastern finals
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Yeah its looking good, but i would get some high profile \nPoint Guards Like:\nPG - Allen Iverson \nPG - Steve Nash\nI like Andre Igoudala as Shooting Guard, he will play well with A.I.\nI would add another Experienced Shooting Guard Like:\nSG - Ray Allen\nI would leave Charlie Villanueva and get rid of Andre Kirlenko and add Lebron James only because he is versatile player and can adapt very quickly to any team:\nSF - Lebron James\nFor the Power Forwards i would leave Dirk Nowitzki and add another less experienced Power Forward like Zach Randolph\nPF - Zach Randolph\nOther good possibilities could be:\nPF - Kevin Garnett (for Dirk Nowitzi)\nI cant really see Dirk and Kevin together cause they are both aggressive players, but yea it could be possible.\nBut Yea your team looks good
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1 Andrea Bargnani - raps hired the Italian GM in his league so it obvious\n2 Tyrus Thomas - chicago needs him\n3 Adam Morrison - MJ seems to love him\n4 Rudy Gay - pure athlete works well with portlands system\n5 LaMarcus Aldridge - atlanata needs a big\n6 Brandon Roy - KG needs a young gun\n7 Marcus Williams - bosotn needs a true PG\n8 JJ Redick - tmac needs to pass to someone who can hit an open J.\n9 Patrick O'Bryant - GS needs size.\n10 Cedric Simmons - seattle needs help.\n11 Randy Foye - could play well with howard and nelson\n12 Shelden Williams - chris paul can feed him the ball\n13 Rajon Rondo - back up to AI\n14 Saer Sene - Utah needs help!!\n15 Rodney Carney - cant think of anyone else.
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The Raptors won't start off so bad next season, and they have been playing .500 basketball lately. I would expect them to be .500...41-41 record. In the East, that may be good enough to make the playoffs, but they cannot compete with Detroit, Miami, Indiana, Cleveland, or New Jersey. So they would not get past the first round. As long as they keep Mike James, who I want back on the Pistons (also think they should have never let him go), and Chris Bosh, the Raptors will be an ok team.
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The Detroit Pistons.  \n\nLet me start with their resume: The BEST starting 5 in the NBA, including four of their starters in this year's All Star game.  One All NBA First Team Defender, two second team members.  Two ALL NBA Second Team Members.  The Defensive Player of the Year.  One player, 5th place in the MVP voting.\n\nOh by the way, last but not least, here's their recent playoff history. ON THE ROAD:\n\nMay 2, 2003 -- Down 3-2 to the Magic, the Pistons go into Orlando and spank Tracy McGrady and company, 103-88, then finish the series off at home, 108-93.\n\nMay 14, 2004 -- Down 3-2 to the Nets, after having lost a gut-wrenching Game 5 at home in triple overtime, the Pistons go to New Jersey and win, 81-75. They win Game 7 at home, 90-69.\n\nMay 30, 2004 -- With the series even at 2-2, the Pistons having lost an embarrassing Game 4 at home (83-68), they flipped the script, going to Indiana and winning Game 5, 83-65. They closed out the Pacers in Game 6.\n\nMay 15, 2005 -- Trailing 2-1, the Pistons avoided a 3-1 deficit winning another clutch game in Indiana, 89-76. The victory broke the Pacers' backs and the Pistons won the next two games easily.\n\nJune 4 and June 6, 2005 -- The Pistons were down 3-2 to Miami. They blew away the Heat at The Palace in Game 6, then did what no other team had done before -- won Game 7 on the road, 88-82.\n\nJune 21, 2005 -- After getting their hearts broken at home on a last-second three-pointer by Robert Horry, the Pistons went to San Antonio and won Game 6, 95-86.
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The Detroit Pistons have to be the best team in basketball this year. There are like the Chicago Bulls of the 1990's and I am confident that the Pistons are going to be crowned the 2006 NBA Champions.
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I think KG could go to one of three places. The Bobcats, who are in dire need of a leader and a big man; the Cavs, who, with Lebron, would be an automatic contender and team to beat, and don't rule out the Spurs--who are in the market for a center/forward who can provide! KG's good friends with Tim, and the organization is top notch. If S.A ever DID get KG..??? Heaven help the other teams..! STARTING LINEUP: Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, Bruce Bowen. One word: CRAP. LoL!