Posted by playa2:

Posted by GoNyGoNyGo:

Ny needs to play well tonight and keep their confidence up. A Win would mean a lengthy role for this team, which would put them in the middle of the playoff pack and within distance of the NETS.

So if they lose are you saying they would lose all the confidence brought on by Zeke and COACH WILKENS? Gony that sounds pretty fragile to me.

Posted by letitbeheard:

The Nuggets and Hornets are definitely not better teams than the Rockets. I let you get away with the Nuggets for now only because they are a half game above the Rockets (which still doesn't really mean anything).

whoa whoa. i just looked at the list of what teams the rockets have beaten and lost to. some of those wins aren't even against winning teams, only a few are against winning teams let alone againg the cream of the crop. the only games they have won against top-level opponents are: the lakers, wolves, pistons(if you considered them a good team before they went on this run.), i'll give them the nuggets also. look at that list dude. the rockets are not as good as you say they are. although jvg has made them a good deffensive team he has managed to make them a woefull offensive team at the same time. it's just a matter of coaching style you take the good with the bad. like the mavericks(don nelson), the kings(rick adleman)give up a lot more points but still have a better record than the rockets.
the hornets aren't necessarily world beaters but they have victories over the lakers the pistons. and they are only a half game behind the rockets, but can the rockets say that they have an important part of their puzzle coming back from injury(just what he comes with, remains to be seen) no, the rockets can't, they have nobody important on the injured list. and also, if the knicks can be put at #15(i rank them at 18) by some fool working for nba.com in the rankings. based purely on potential.
i'm atleast allowed a spot based on reason. the hornets have solid team and they are only going to get better(i hope), can the rockets even depend on this, no, they can't

Posted by letitbeheard:

If the East wasn't so weak I would have the Rockets lower. But the fact that the Pistons and Pacers are the only teams from the East to have better records than the Rockets makes me put the Rockets at a 9, 10, or 11 ranking in the NBA, give or take.

ok ok. let's see if the knicks can beat the rockets by atleast 10 today. if they do, i'll definatly give them the 10 spot, as silly as it might sound. then, you will have your team from the east at number 10(i hope you want them there) seriously, the east has to have atleast 4 teams up there, otherwise it just becomes a bit crazy to look at if 7 of those ten teams are from the west.
i hope you like my plan. lol