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Originally Posted by NAMushrooms
lol @ the hornets. call me a hater but I dont think they are that great. and dont use Dallas as a reason. That was the biggest flaw of Dallas entering the playoffs is beating teams above .500 and Dallas hasnt been very good since adding Jason Kidd
since when was it the in thing to trade a bunch of star prospects for washed up allstars? Its supposed to work the other way around.
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You trade future talent for playoff experience (washed up all stars) if you want a championship NOW....although I would hardly call Jason Kidd "washed up". PHX had to bring shaq on board...you just cant turn away a big man like that if you have the chance to snatch it up, even if he is nearing the end of his career. The value of a 7 ft 300lb center in the playoffs with championship rings and playoff experience is just too good to pass up.
The hornets are for real, you cant deny that. They've kept their spot near the top of the WC for the entire season...not an easy thing to do. Its not like they're just playing well as of late, they've done it all season and continue to do it in the post season.
They may not be a "great" team in the sense of star power, but they play hard as a unit and play together very well. They certainly have a good chance of making it to the finals if they can avoid injuries to their key players.
Just keep in mind that the west is stacked and you dont stay near the top of the west if you arent legit.
On the other side, Detroit can beat Boston in a 7 game series....in fact they likely will. You've seen what happens when they play teams that they feel arent quite on their level (ie philly), they fall asleep. They will be ready for Boston and you can bet your ass they wont be sleeping.
Either way that would be one hell of a ECF...probably go down as one of the greatest series in playoff history by the time its all said and done. Theres just too much at stake for both teams for it to play out any other way.