Posted by Fordy74:
all those team previously mentioned and also the Atlanta Hakws you gotta keep an eye on. this starting 5 is tight:
1. Jason Terry
2. Dermarr Johnson
3. Kukoc
4. Sharif abdur Rahim
5. Theo Ratliff
Atlanta has done a great job rebuilding but I feel they are still too young to make a huge impact.
Toronto certainly helped themselves by getting the Dream and they had a good second-half of the season so I feel they may take out the #1 spot.
Orlando looks great on paper but it'll be interesting to see how Ewing and Grant go in the East. There's also a big question mark on Grant Hill, if he comes back 100% healthy than they'll be a hard team to compete with.
Milwaukee I feel needs to upgrade its frontcourt (Mason?) in order to make any improvement from last year.
I don't understand why Phila made those moves in the off-season because they now don't have a decent power-forward on their team. Why fix it if ain't broken???
Finally, we shouldn't underestimate the Heat. They've always been strong in the regular-season and the return of Mourning will help a lot. They lost Bug but Gill is a good player when healthy, they still need a point guard and the small-forward position is too thin if Maosn leaves.