Posted by BRIGGS:
who says we are better than the Cavs or Celtics? and have you checked our record aginst the warriors latlely? we havent beaten them in 3 years. the nets have taken a full huge step back --so thats just ludicrous and the bucks are no better but can still surely beat the knicks with TJ ford starting.
lets not get ahead of ourselves here--there is optomism but lets throw the ball up.
lets see us lose by less than 10 points opening night.
I never said we were better than the Cavs or the Celtics. However, we had the better record last season and we haven't even started pre-season yet so I would think that we would have the higher ranking. I can understand someone rating either one of those teams higher but the person should at least put a note on the side that (ranks 18-21 can basically go in any order) or something else like that. Instead, he just flat out put us there at 21 and said something along the lines that we are going to crumble and be a lottery team. I wasn't trying to bash the Celtics at all, I have said on many occassions that I think they will suprise people and that they will be our toughest competition for the Atlantic Divison title. As for the Warriors, there were always teams we didn't match up well against. This year however, should be different when we play them considering we are a much more young and athletic team.
As I said earlier, it's just one more guy to prove wrong.
"This is a very cautious situation that we're in. You have to be conservative in terms of using your assets and using them wisely. We're building for the future." - Zeke (I guess not protecting a first round pick is being conservative)
10/4/2004 6:57 PM