I'm so happy Lavar singed with the Giants. Don't they look like the defenses of the 60s and 80s?
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as a redskin fan you can have him.
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They're a pretty good team... but good luck with big frank.  He was a menace in Chicago and all he does is whine and complain.  When he was putting up MVP numbers he was tolerable, but now... I don't know.
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Dwight Howard is beginning to shape up for the competition in the NBA. He is more like the franchise of the team now. I think the Magic really had the greatest decision in getting Howard instead of Okafor that year. Well, they need the "magic" of Grant Hill and other players like Pat Garrity who is a great shooter and scorer. Hedo Turkoglu is beginning to put up some points also in his stat sheets so he's one of the players we would like to look up to. Darko Milicic will improve because he can team up with Dwight in the post presence and dominate the paint if you may. Ü Orlando is one of my favorite teams so I would like to see them improve in the coming years.
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Many teams were better than the '78 Bullets: '87 Lakers, '67 Philly, '83 Philly, '71 Bucks, '72 Lakers, Celtics '81 thru '88 etc...\n\nI do however agree that no team today could beat them in a seven game series. \n\nNot even the Bulls of the '90's would beat them.\n\nIn my honest opinion, the greatest team to ever take the floor is the 85-86 Celtics. Greatest frontline in history (Bird, McHale, Parish, Walton), fantastic backcourt (D. Johnson, Ainge), and a great bench.\n\nThey blew thru the regular season going 67-15, losing only once at home (40-1), went 15-3 in playoffs including 10-0 at home (That's a 50-1 home record, not even the '96 Bulls could match!)\n\nThe poster who mentioned the '83 76ers also has a good arguement. That was an awesome team. I just believe that the '86 Celtics would be too strong up front for the '83 Sixers, although it would be a great series.
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LAKERS- to be more specific the 1980's Lakers.  Then the 90's Bulls.
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Yes, why because they beat the hardest team for them, and we seen they got the talent and skills to blow out the best of teams. Now they got experience to win it in OT and on the road against the Spurs. So it look like they are well prepared.
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I cannot claim to know about all the teams you mentioned.  However, I know about the 1980 team and how much they meant to us as Americans.  There may have been better (technical) US teams, but they were the greatest US team.  I will never forget 2/22/80 as long as I live.
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It was definitely better when teams didn't regularly score in the 60's and 70's, isn't it? I think the league has suffered some since Jordan's *second* stint - his Wizards years weren't all that special - but it seems to be rebounding somewhat. Yeah, the Artest/Pacers thing was hideous, but that and the Antonio Davis incident were it for such things, weren't they? I don't recall any other problems between the players and fans.\n\nBut even though I'm a Bulls fan, I can respect what the Pistons are doing lately - having a championship team with no superstars that plays as a team is a relative anomaly in sports, though that seems to be changing slowly (as with New England in the NFL). If the Bulls had any inside presence, they might be on their way to doing what Detroit's doing right now (though they'd need a couple more years to gel properly).\n\nBut you can't tell me you don't enjoy watching LeBron James - that kid scores and dunks a lot, yes, but he grabs rebounds and dishes the ball out, too, and could be the next guy to average a triple-double in a season.
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By far Orlando is gonna improve the most next year. They used to be horrable in the beggining  and middle of the season but after the got rid of S. Francis and Traded for Milicic and Arroyo they became better. Then towards the end of the season Jameer Nelson started to show skill and ability. At the end of the season (like the last two weeks) they were the hottest team in the NBA and they actualy had a chance to get to the playoffs (which in the beggining of the season seemed imposible). Next year Milicic will start for Tony Battie, (which is good because Battie is getting old and its Milicic's 3rd year [he came out of highschool]) Howard who also came out of highschool will improve over the summer as will Jameer Nelson. Not only are their starters good but the Orlando bench isn't that bad. They have Arroyo, Battie and Ariz who are all great players and helped the Magic get some wins this year. However in the summer of 07', Lebrons contract with the Calvs will expire and since the Magic are getting rid of Grant Hill they will be able to offer the the best contract for Lebron.
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I think that they have a good chance of winning. I like the Giants and I like to watch Barry Bonds hit. But I think the Giants can win the World Series if they stop relying on Bonds to win all of their games for them. If you are a Giants fan then you know what I am talking about.
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lol!!!!!!\ni bet they are and i hope they do LeBron James fr MVP next year!!
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I am a Mavs fan and I give all due respect to SA for being a great team and even one of the all-time great teams. 3 championships in 7 years is no small feat. Duncan is still the best all around player in the game.  Dallas has been able to hang with them because of quickness at the guard position and depth, not because SA makes like a vacuum.  The only reason I think Dallas will win this series is that SA is a little more nicked up. It hasn't shown the last couple of games, but I'm hoping they begin to wear down come Friday......
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Da Franchise used to be my favorite balla. He erupted into the limelight when he went to Maryland after San Jacinto College. Continued his superstar ascendance with the Rockets and then got traded to my team the Magic. But thats when it all went into a freefall, right now he looks like he lost all his passion and he isnt playing like he used to. I wanted him to get back on top but he isnt going to be on top again with his growing ego and attitude. Its a shame and a waste of talent. Francis is a wash now.\n\nedit: Hey Michellee, dont worry about the magic. They are not suffering. Trading away francis was the best thing to ever happen to them. They made the best trades of any team this past midseason when they dumped francis' bloated contract for trevor ariza, and topped that off by trading kelvin cato's 8 mil per season for darko milicic and carlos arroyo, which is already arguably the worst trade in nba history for the pistons. Grant Hills 15 mil is also about to come off the books after this season so that magic will have the most cap room of any team in the summer of 07 (20-30 mil). Theyve already resigned jameer nelson who has been a better starter at PG than francis, and they resigned Dwight Howard, Tony Battie, and working on extending Darko. They also have the eleventh pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Heres the crazy reality of it all. \n\nyou have a young talented team with in my opinion the best PG depth in Nelson, Arroyo and Dooling.\n\nShooting guard is the weakest position with deshawn stevenson, but he still isnt that bad. He has good defense and at times he provides offense. The magic will probably use their top pick for a SG and im praying for Brandon Roy, who is an assasin, deadly shooter in the mole of Gilbert Arenas.\n\nHedu Turkaglu is still an underrated player. When he starts he is a machine, plain and simple. He was their leading scorer for the last several months of the season. Trevor Ariza is capable of becoming a good bench player because he is very energetic. He has a knack for rebounding and he could develop into a Tayshaun Prince type of player. Hence, you have to like how they look at small forward for next season. However, you have to take into consideration all that money the magic have to spend after next year, when the likes of carmelo anthony and vince carter are free agents. There is one other player that could be a free agent if cleveland does not give him an extension, and yes that player is lebron james. I've heard rumors that the Magic are set themselves up to sign him so if he is not on the cavaliers in 2008, he will be a magic.\n\nDwight Howard at PF. Enough Said.\n\nDarko Milicic at C, forming the 7 foot 20 yr old twin towers is deadly. They compliment each other formidably. \n\nThis team has the best future and chance to be the greatest team ever, if king james does become a magic, can you say dynasty? yes.
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They will be awesome. With Hinrich, Gordon, and Duhon in the back court and Chandler and hopefully Tyrus Thomas in the front court with Deng or Gordon coming off the bench they will surprise a lot of people. They already play in the toughest division which all 5 teams made the playoffs last year proving they can compete with the best.
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I'm with the guy up there. You have all the "young guns" so to speak in the East--but what they don't have and the West DOES--is EXPERIENCE! You are oozing with it in the West with Duncan, Parker, Bryant (yes, even him..), Garnett (even though he's only made it to round 1), Nash, Nowitzki, etc!!! I'd take age and experience over youth and "bounce" any day of the week!
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the starters will be there next season. what they need is a big man who will patrol the shaded lane effectively but that's hard to fill in. i'd love to see ilgauskas in yellow and purple though! i say get rid of all the bench warmers...they're useless!!!!
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the royals were beastly back when Major League was made....