Comments on: Summer 2009 NBA Power Rankings

By: Bango

Bango — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:32:58 +0000

December 25th, 2009 is knocking on the door… and these “Power Rankings” down.
Matt, you gave it a good shot and all, but Bulls, Clippers, Suns, Rockets, Wizards, Hornets, Raptors, Bucks, Spurs (some predictions will be wrong even from the best of them, but that’s simply too much)… shouldn’t have said definitely Matt, you just shouldn’t have said it!!!

By: babosch

babosch — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:25:16 +0000

LMFAO at the I hate Tim Duncan guy… haha hey you POS its just a game no need to wish death on anyone. Makes me wonder why you hate TD so much…? He’s a winner and a stand up guy from what I’ve seen. My guess is Mommy didn’t really love your or daddy touched you. Anyhow just wait if the Spurs stay healthy they have a good chances. BTW Jefferson has the right personality and talent to fit in with SA. The Celtics if KG comes back strong and the addition of Wallace have a great chance at aonther championship. Its tough to say with the Magic, Lakers and Cavs. Theyll all be good but hard to say who will be the best with all the roster changes.

By: Matt Anaya

Matt Anaya — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:50:26 +0000

Guys good to hear from all of you. I have not checked this in awhile but I am back, so lets chat.

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.

THANKS FOR READING!!

Twitter.com/shmattshmanaya

By: nicco

nicco — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:37:04 +0000

So, the Clippers are a more talented team than the team that made it to the NBA Finals twice in the past two years. Interesting. I mean, I may be a Bryant fan but even I don’t think that he is so good that he could carry all that dead weight to the NBA Finals.

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.

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By: Danny

Danny — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:26:29 +0000

HMMM I’M NOT SO SHURE ABOUT THIS LIST BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE CLIPPERS AT NUMBER 10 IN FRONT OF THE BLAZZERS????? ALTHOUGH I DO AGREE THEY HAVE SOME TALENT ( BARON DAVIS ERIC GORDON BLAKE GRIFFIN MARCUS CAMBY AND CHRIS KAMAN ) N IF HEALTHY I SAY A 38 – 42 WIN TEAM BUT NOT BETTER THAN THE BLAZZERS. EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE LAKERS MAGIC CELTICS SPURS CAVALIERS BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZZERS NEXT YEAR THEY GOT A CORE OF TALENTED PLAYERS AND IF GREG ODEN STEPS UP N AVERAGES ABOUT 13 11 AND 3 WATCH OUT FOR THE BLAZZERS TO CONTEND WITH THE LAKERS N SPURS NEXT YEAR. EVEN THOUGH HUSTON BASICALLY LOST YAO AND ARTEST I DONT THINK THEY’RE AT 27 I SAY 13 BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY SOMETIMES ARE BETTER WITHOUT YAO N MCGRADY I SAY THEY’RE A 45 WIN TEAM NEXT SEASON. AND AS FAR AS THE BULLS BEING 9 LISTEN I’M A CHICAGO BULLS FAN FOR ABOUT 3 YEAR KNOW EVER SINCE I STARTED WATCHING THE NBA AND EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT ROSE I DONT THINK THEY’RE AT NUMBER 9 BECAUSE TEAMS LIKE THE CAVS CELTS AND MAGIC HELL EVEN ATLANTA ARE GOING TO BEAT UP ON THEM AND WITH THE LOSS OF THEIR CLUTCH SHOOTER BEN GORDON THEY’RE NOT AS GOOD BUT HEY MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT THEY’RE A YOUNG ENERGETIC TEAM THAT CAME FRESH OUT OF A VERY TIGHT ENJOYING TO WATCH 7 GAME SERIES WITH THE DEFENDING CHAMPS AND I BELIVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE TYRUS’ BREAK OFF SEASON WERE HES GOIN TO AVERAGE 16 8 N 2 SO AT BEST IN THE EAST I SAY A 5TH OR 6TH SEED UNLESS MIAMI GETS BOOZER N ODOM WHIC WILL PORBABLY LOWER THEM TO 7 OR THE WORST 8 BUT THEY WILL MAKE THE PLAYOFFS NEXT SEASON.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:37:47 +0000

No offense Matt,
But you really couldn’t have much knowledge on the nba, or basketball for that matter if you think the pistons “suck” and are an 8 at best. CV is an underated played who never got consistent starter minutes, same with wilcox, when they did they both produced. They will add Big Ben Wallace and trade rip for a decent big man at the least. 5 seed, maybe 4 with a good aquisition and Kuester turns out to be half the coach that hack Curry was, just watch

By: Curtis

Curtis — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:07:52 +0000

My rankings go like this…you’ll notice the East and West each have 4 teams listed, and I’ll be shocked if at least 6 of the 8 teams aren’t in the second round of the play-offs. Lakers, Spurs, Celtics, Magic, Cavs, Nuggets, Blazers, and Hawks. Blazers and Hawks are both young and improving with age. Spurs and Celtics are both most vulnerable to injury, but they each have a key addition and no real deductions, so even if they lose one of their Big 4, they should make the second round. Plus Rondo and his triple doubles would say the Celtics have a Top 5 equal to the Lakers. Speaking of the Lakers, Fisher is a rock, and great distributor for the talent around him; Artest is way better than Ariza too. If the defending champs re-sign Lamar Odem, they must be the faves. Magic, Cavs and Nuggets are all one solid player short of scaring the Lakers, Spurs, or Celtics, as long as those top 3 teams are healthy come play-offs. And Shaq and Vince Carter are too old to put them over the top – ask Steve Kerr about that.

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?

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:49:54 +0000

Please please please please please show me a source where Brandon Roy calls his teammates pussies OR ANYTHING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE TO THAT. I live in Portland and am I huge Blazer fan and have heard nothing of the sort. If your paraphrasing, rephrasing or just making this shit up than your not being very professional.

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.

By: kyle

kyle — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:38:23 +0000

Matt,
Brandon Roy may not be “the greatest athlete in the world”, but if you are claiming the man isn’t a great athlete, then you haven’t watched his play much. He very much has an old man’s game, but also a young man’s body. Dude has a 40 inch vert and makes acrobatic plays on a nightly basis. I know he plays for the Blazers and everything, but you might try watching one of their games before posting this stuff.
PS: This is the first I’ve ever heard of B Roy calling out his teammates after the playoffs or even saying anything negative about his teammates ever. He handles himself with class and doesn’t make statements that aren’t true. Try it.

By: john

john — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:12:38 +0000

And I can tell by your responses to people that you are somewhat reactionary and hot-headed so I’ll save you the trouble. I solemnly swear this is the last time I will look at this site!

By: john

john — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:11:24 +0000

Um where did you see that Brandon Roy called his teammates p******s after the playoffs. Or are you paraphrasing. Or are you rephrasing. Or are you making that up. You seem to think the only important thing a player does on the court is score. The reason BRoy is a top ten player is because he is a complete player. And you seemed to have left someone, although a minor oversight, off of your list of who is good after BRoy. LaMarcus Aldridge!! So go ahead and crown the clips, sight-unseen the new golden boys of the league. You must have based this list on a summer league game you HEARD about. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!

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By: ThunderingE

ThunderingE — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:39:14 +0000

I’m not saying the Blazers are too low compared to the Clippers (that is a given)… I’m saying too low in general… maybe 6th or 7th (definitely ahead of the Hawk, Bulls and Clips). The Clips on the other hand still have Dunleavy as coach, their talent doesn’t mesh well, and they are still the Clips… so they are about 10 spots too high.

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.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:51:12 +0000

Sure thunder,

hit me up on twitter if u wanna talk hoops, ill give u my email there.