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1) Agree 2) Disagree, OKC takes that title at the moment. 3) Disagree, I believe SA is for real. I am not sure anyone listen to Sir Charles about basketball stuff, I know I only listen to him say funny things at most times.

Stay safe everyone, happy new year to y'all.

Team A. I didn't really bother looking at the bench but Paul + Griffin + Manu = sure win. Not to mention you got Bogut and Rudy Gay as well.

Is Ajinca a good 3-point shooter? I am quite surprised he is getting PT over Haywood and Mahinmi considering the former is a solid big man and the latter has performed when given PT. EDIT: That was a good move that any guard would have been proud of doing, let alone a 7-foot center.

What will happen to Ridnour and Jonny Flynn when he arrive? I know Kahn said Flynn and Rubio might play the 1 and 2 together but then guys like Corey Brewer and Wes Johnson won't get the minutes.

Regardless of how trash Thabeet has been, he is still a #2 pick and he should attract more assets than Joel Anthony and Eddie House at this moment in time.

It's still a really close game with all these runs going on.

I uploaded my custom roster for those who likes to play quick games and I have made a lot of adjustments so if anyone of y'all want to check it out, search "Quick Game Roster" in 2kShare (360 only). My game sliders is available as well by the same name.

He is only going to get better, the problem is when will a significant improvement in his shot be seen.

You won't know Jason Kidd is 37 by the way he is playing.

At least Yao is definitely unable to play so a replacement can be chosen.

You know something is wrong when Fish is in the top 10 of AS votes for guards...

^ I am not saying you're wrong, but not having Amare is basically the difference between this year and last year for the Suns. They had the poor defense problem for ages and they were still able to get into the WCF last year. Now, without him, they aren't going to even make the playoffs. The main problem is still defense, but the lack of inside scoring only makes matters worse.

^ That's not news. Now they are also lacking someone who can score inside i.e. someone like Amare. I love Warrick, I think he is a good fit to the system, but he isn't spectacular. Same for Gortat and Lopez. These two issues combined drag the Suns out of playoff contention.

About Beverly and Butler, I don't think they are going to get signed any time soon, so if the Heat is willing to look back they should still be available.

That should be a 11 game win streak (including today's win against NO), seriously.

This reminds me of Devin Harris' game winner, although the Grizzlies definitely should have played some D.

I am very glad I am wrong. Good to see T-Mac back to the old self.

Shaq had been dominant for 10 years...Kobe has been dominant for around 10 as well so that's equal. Since you can't teach height, I am going with Shaq.

Don't think interest will be high as I don't think any team needs a scorer at the moment with the exception of the Bobcats. He's got a long contract and he isn't getting consistent minutes with the Bucks so I don't see any team trading for him at this point. However, when the trade deadline is looming, teams may think that he might bring them over the hump and may consider trading for him then.

^ Indeed we do, but I don't want to part with anyone in the team besides Scal, James Johnson and maybe Kurt Thomas. I believe Forman is thinking of the same thing so it would be hard for us to get anyone decent as teams would at least want someone like Taj Gibson back for a decent SG.

I would rather have Ryan Anderson than Troy Murphy playing minutes if Murphy can't shoot the 3 ball well. He is a terrific rebounder though, no doubt about that. Still, I would rather have a tall C who play in the post than Murphy if I am the Magic.

IMO the recent slump is still not sufficient for anyone of us to write the Lakers off as a Championship contender but it should serve as a warning bell as to how other teams have improved to a point where they can rout the Lakers on a bad day for the latter. Every player of the team has to improve or at least be more focused in order for the Lakers to get back on the winning road.

Double-doubles to me, is a poor measuring stat of consistency at most.

That's not too bad, but I am pretty sure you can pick up someone in the FA who is more consistent than T-Mac.