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Celts are #7 at best. Atlanta is ranked too far down the list, and Spurs have never been exciting to watch lol.

 

Speak for yourself. Iso ball is boring, and the Spurs always put on a good showing. Why is Sac-town a top-10 team? They look like the most boring team to watch in the West.

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Speak for yourself. Iso ball is boring, and the Spurs always put on a good showing. Why is Sac-town a top-10 team? They look like the most boring team to watch in the West.

 

Sacramento has this Tyreke Evans character, not sure if you heard of him.

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I wouldn't say the Spurs are exciting. More like...nice. Refreshing to a basketball mind? :lol:

 

I don't exactly get up off my seat watching a team like the Spurs, but I do learn a lot.

 

And, yeah...lots of bias. It's Simmons. I could've told you Boston was going to be first on this list before I even knew what the list was for, as long as it's positive.

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I dont know why the Rockets are 17th, they should be top 5, this isnt just a fan perspective but when Yao was injured last year and we played much faster, and our players were playing like it was their last game every night in the 09-10 season, and it was super exciting to watch.

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Obviously he puts the Celtics first, its almost a running gag now that he favors the Celtics in almost anything if you keep up with his column. Still it doesn't make his articles any less entertaining for me and I don't have much of a problem with his list either.

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Here's MY rankings from most and least exciting to watch...

 

1) Utah---Efficient team offense is exciting to me, okay!

2) Mia

3) Hou---Hard work is exciting to me, okay!

4) LAL

5) OKC

6) SA---Getting the job done professionally is exciting to me, okay!

7) Chi

8) Bos

9) Mil---Overachievers getting by on guts and smarts is exciting to me, okay!

10) Por

11) Mem

12) Den

13) Orl

14) NY

15) Pho

16) LAC

17) Cha

18) Wash---Gilbert Arenas is one of the most boring players in the game to watch. Dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, chuck is not exciting.

19) Phi

20) Dal---Iso ball is boring

21) NO---one man offense is boring

22) Atl---Iso ball is boring

23) Sac---Awful defense and limited talent is boring

24) Min---Moderately interesting just for the sheer curiosity. Darko at starting center?!?!?

25) GS---Run amok, no defense basketball is boring

26) NJ---Bad, lifeless teams from 26-30.

27) Ind

28) Cle

29) Tor

30) Det---They're bad, and they don't care...and neither do I...

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Since when is basketball player with 4 players?

 

Its not, but there's a lot of young talent on the Kings. I don't see a lack of talent there right now to be hoenst. It just has to be developed.

 

Washington needs to be higher as well. Wall is going to be one of the most exciting players all season and it'll be interesting to see if Blatche builds on last year and the development of McGee.

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Tyreke Evans, DeMarcus Cousins, Jason Thompson and Carl Landry on a team is considered limited talent? Sheesh.

 

Cousins is a rookie, who knows how much "talent" he has. Jason Thompson has done what in his NBA career to make anybody want to tune in to see him play. Does anybody on the Kings play defense? The one guy who did (Nocioni) got banished cause he didn't bow down to Evans. That's not a team I particularly want to see play.

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Cousins is a rookie, who knows how much "talent" he has. Jason Thompson has done what in his NBA career to make anybody want to tune in to see him play. Does anybody on the Kings play defense? The one guy who did (Nocioni) got banished cause he didn't bow down to Evans. That's not a team I particularly want to see play.

 

Thompson has a real high ceiling and can only go up IMO. He's a career 11 and 8 guy who will benefit from both Evans and Cousins being there. I think you're selling Cousins short as well. He's as talented as any big man that's been drafted recently.

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Thompson has a real high ceiling and can only go up IMO. He's a career 11 and 8 guy who will benefit from both Evans and Cousins being there. I think you're selling Cousins short as well. He's as talented as any big man that's been drafted recently.

 

Every team (except like...Detroit) has players who have real high ceilings. The Warriors have players with real high ceilings. The Nets have players with real high ceilings, the Sixers have players with real high ceilings...Let's watch some teams with players who don't need stepladders to meet their ceilings.

 

You know what team doesn't have players with high ceilings? The Lakers, cause they already live on the roof. Let's watch those teams instead of getting too hyped about a defenseless two-guard with poor court awareness playing the point.

 

Evans is a nice player, and the Kings have some nice pieces. I enjoy watching them play on offense, but I'm not running home from wherever to see Jason Thompson block a shot, miss a layup, fill a lane, and be in one place when he needs to be in another.

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