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thehemogoblin... said 03/13, 01:42 AM
I'm going to say that the Orlando Magic are the third best team in the Eastern Conference right now.

First off, to combat what you say, I'm going to say that if you're including Daniel Gibson, Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Delonte West, Anderson Varejao and Wally Szczerbiak as players who are important, then for the Magic you must include Rashard Lewis, Carlos Arroyo, and Maurice Evans for the Magic, don't kid yourself, the Magic have better and more balanced role players than the Cavaliers do.

Maybe the Cavs are doing better because of the fact that Lebron's one of the top three players in the NBA. Anytime you have a team that's so dependent on its star, and he misses time, the team will suffer. However, does that mean that one player by himself can win a championship? Look at how many Kobe won after Shaq, look at how many Patrick Ewing won, look at how many Reggie Miller won. All of those players, while being the best, didn't have the TEAM to do it.

I ask you, is an overpaid past prime defensive post player, an undersized shooting guard, a center with foot problems, a green point guard, an energy player with no offensive skills, and a shooter with balky ankles going to do enough?

NO!

thehemogoblin... said 03/13, 11:04 AM
I called Daniel Gibson the undersized shooting guard, Delonte West the green point guard, and Anderson Varejao the energy player with no offensive skills, I wrote that sentence in order.

Szczerbiak and Ilgauskas are walking injuries though. If you even look at their ankles and feet (respectively) the wrong way, they're liable to miss two weeks.

Dwight Howard is playing like the best post player in the league right now. How many players can average 21.8 points, 14.5 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks a game? There's nobody in the NBA that can do all three of those besides Howard himself.

Hedo Turkoglu is playing fantastically this year too. 19.6 points, 4.9 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and shooting 40% from three.

Can't forget about Rashard Lewis either. 18.5 points, 5 rebounds, more than a steal per game, and 40% from three.

You put all of that on the same team, and they challenge Boston and Detroit now, you can't say that about Cleveland at all.

(postscript: I am going out of town, I may not post a last argument if I can't find a computer)

thehemogoblin... said 03/14, 12:34 AM
Green meaning inexperienced. E.G. when a piece of wood is freshly cut it is green inside, but over time, it loses that color.

Amazing is not 21-10. The Magic have a 22-12 road record, negating that, while the Magic home record is 20-12, and the Cadavers are 16-18 on the road. Cleveland has 17 games remaining and are 4.5 games back, so barring a Mets-like implosion by Orlando, there will be home court in theAmway Arena.

1.2 TO/ game isn't hard to do when you never get the ball. I average 0 turnovers a game for Cleveland, I've even got him beat there.

Did I mention that Dwight Howard's a pretty good player?...

(Sorry dwade, I got on my grandmother's computer, but I didn't think I'd be able)