How will the worries (yes not the warriors) do in 2006?
349216
Well if i knew who the worries are i would tell you, but GOOD LUCK anyway!!!
188992
I don't know, but considering they won three rings in five years now, I wouldn't count them out just yet.  You can be sure they have a plan for the draft and the rest of free agency.
651887
NO I DONT THINK PISTONS WILL TAKE IT...I THINK SPURS WILL DO A REPEAT AND IT WILL BE SPURS AND PISTONS AGAIN... LOOK AT LAST YEAR...NOONE HAD ANY HOPE FOR THE SPURS EXCEPT THE SAN ANTONIANS... I MEAN PISTONS HAVE A GREAT EVERY THING..NOT ONLY A STARTIN 5 BUT LOOK AT THEIR BECNH.. HUNTER, MCDYESS.... ALL THE POISONS R GOOD...BUT THEY ALSO HAD THE SMAE PLAYERS AS LAST YEAR AND LOOK WHO WON... PLUS SPURS HAVE ADDED MORE GOOD PEOPLE.... WELL TO SAY IT I THINK PISTONS WONT TAKE IT...
163086
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.
363088
If Gagne and Nomar come back healthy L.A. should walk with it, but I think it will end up being close between L.A. and S.F.  I think the Rockies will fall off soon and S.D. lost to much from last year and a .500 record won't do it again.
582730
The 2006 in my opinion was a very good year for the NBA. The Dunk Contest being brought back to life with Nate Robinson and Iguodoa (not sure on the spelling). The night Kobe scored 81 points. Most people look at that night as selfishness, but when a player is hot, you do not stop passing him the ball. If I was on his team or his coach and he kept making baskets why stop passing him the ball? This isn't Jr High basketball where moms are going to complain to you saying they wanted to see their son shoot the ball. This is the pros and if you want to win you cannot stop a hot shooter. Steve Nash helped the suns once again be the top scoring team in the nation which he has done for the past 3 years. Kobe Bryant scoring over 40 points a game for like 4 games in a row or something like that. And I was anxious to see Detroit get over 70 wins but they didnt make it that far :( . Also seeing the playoffs this year has been good so far. It seems to be alot more physical this year which is bad and good but more teams are more desperate to win which makes watching the playoffs more interesting.
2852
although it's no guarantee, it looks like the mets have a great shot at winning the nl east in 2006.\n\nthe 2005 standings:\n\natlanta: 90-72\nphilly:  88-74\nmets:    83-79\nflorida: 83-79\nwash:    81-81\n\nnow, washington performed well above what was expected of them, as they gave up 30 more runs than they scored.  florida has traded all of their talent for prospects.  therefore, those 2 teams are likely not going to win the division.\n\natlanta lost their leadoff batter and sparkplug rafael furcal and replaced him with edgar renteria, who was great two years ago but does not provide the same offensive or defensive weapons that furcal does.  atlanta also got a monster year out of andruw jones, who likely will not repeat that performance.  also, the braves lost their closer, kyle farnsworth, to the yankees and will likely go with chris reitsma, who was good but not great last year in limited duty.  however, the young players on the braves roster such as jeff francoeur, adam laroche, and ryan langerhans should develop further.  also, a full season of former mvp chipper jones would be helpful.  that leaves the braves with a good chance to win 90 games again.  \n\nthe phillies traded jim thome to the white sox for aaron rowand, which improves their team even though i feel they should have gotten more for thome.  with a shot at first base for a full season, ryan howard should put up some incredible numbers.  chase utley, their 2nd baseman, should also leap to stardom this year.  however, the phillies other big star, bobby abreu, wants to be traded, and that most likely means that the phils will not get full value for him.  lastly, they lost their elite closer, billy wagner, to the mets.  tom gordon, though he's old, should be a serviceable replacement, but will not be as lights-out as wagner.  unless brett myers becomes consistent and shows he can be an ace, the phillies pitching staff is comprised basically of a #2 starter, 3 #3 starters and a #4.  many teams would be happy with that pitching staff, but it doesn't win the division for you.\n\nthat leaves the mets.  the mets record last year was worse than it should have been, as they scored many more runs than they gave up.  trading for carlos delgado to replace the worst 1b positional output in the majors will be a big boost.  signing wagner to close instead of the shaky braden looper will help a lot as well, as looper blew 8 of 36 save chances.  add in the continued development of david wright, who exploded at the end of last season, and jose reyes, as well as a bounceback year for center fielder carlos beltran, and the mets look very good up and down.  paul lo duca should provide similar numbers to last year's fading mike piazza, but should also stay healthy, as the mets backup, ramon castro, is solid and should play every fourth game or so.  the mike cameron-xavier nady trade made a lot of people say "huh?", but it's actually good for the mets, as victor diaz has proven himself worthy of a shot to play in right field every day.  if jae seo gets a chance to start for the full season and performs like he did at the end of last season, he will be a solid #2 pitcher.  problems could include the aging of tom glavine and steve trachsel, the inconsistency of kris benson, and the lack of bullpen depth.  i'm not convinced that uber-GM omar minaya won't get his team more help in the bullpen, with rumors abound that the mets wish to sign danys baez, the devil rays all-star closer, to set up for wagner.\n\nall in all, this mets team could win 100 games and take the nl east easily.
710463
I think we have a solid core of players with Bosh, Nestovich, and Parker up front and Mo Pete and Ford in the back court. Also this year they have a good reliable bench. Last if Sam Mitchell took CB4 out of the game. He would have nobody on the bench to turn to. I think this year will be much improved. Do I think they will be the best, no but they will definitely be knocking on that playoff door.
178389
Absolutely they will.\n\nOh, wait, you mean this year?  No.
135805
not this season. look at their record. as for the future, i doubt it. with tracys injuries every season, and yaos schedule of having to play in china in the off season, im not sure they will ever be healthy and rested at the same time. i live in houston, so i would love for it to happen, i just dont think it will.
328156
Will they, I can assure you that no human being can tell you that for sure, people will guess and speculate on it. My view is they show that they can beat the pistons so there is hope, however it will be very tough. Just keep this in mind the beauty in Sports is that sometimes the result of a game, series or competition is unpredictable. Upsets have happened plenty in the past and this will be far from the biggest ever.
481103
Sun will never come back!! it's in ur dream only!!!\nLaker will win this series for sure!!!!!\nim very intersting to see LA Laker v.s LA Clipppers...\n\nspurs can't even handle king right now!!\nim sure Laker will get their 2006 final!!
386883
to inconsistent this year.  Bottom of the east.  So the answer is no.\n\nGo Wings!!!
430923
The Clippers are handlin business this year.  They've beaten many of the league's elite teams.  They have a solid starting five and can go 8 deep when they're healthy.  If Cassell returns, they'll make a serious run at winning the West next year.  I am a huge fan and its good see them starting to win consistently.  LET'S GO CLIPS!!!!!
506930
I have to go w/ the Spurs in 7, based on their experience, past championships, and ever-so-slightly depper bench. (These teams are very evenly matched this year!)
328093
I think that this year's final will be a repeat of 2005 with the Pistons coming up against the Spurs. Like last year it will be a very tight series, though the Pistons will have home court advantage this time. Although I am a big Spurs fan, I admit that the odds favour Detroit with home court advantage, especially considering the two large defeats that San Antonio suffered at the hands of Detroit this season. However, I believe that San Antonio have a deeper team and they are peaking at the right time and can repeat as Champions.
551872
HECK YEAH it's gonna be fun! For the first time in a long time the playoffs are actually proving to be ENTERTAINING ( if only the refs would let the players decide the game more, though)! There is no SURE THING this year, which I think only adds to the fascination! Personally I see it being Spurs and Heat in the finals, but who knows?! All I do know, is that it is going to be a great race to the end....! =)