What teams do you see as being at the top in 5 years?

[red33]

heat, bulls, and okc only locks to me. LA needs another star soon, not sure how many people here remember the good old days of elden campbell, van exel, and sedale threatt.

To me a darkhorse is gonna be NJ cause of Dwill and Lopez, along with a move to basketball loving place and a billionaire owner from russia.

In the west Im also liking portland a lot. they got a good core going on along with good ownership and fanbase. Imagine if the Oden pick panned out even slightly better.

[Dez]

Thunder, Anaheim Royals, Sixers, Bulls, Spurs

[G-men]

this shit again?


Thunder will take the west
Knicks/Heat/Bulls will challenge for the east

not sure why youre laughing considering you looked like a complete fool in that thread

[Juggernaut]

Compared to you looking like a fool in every thread?

Dwight's not going to Los Angeles. Until he leaves, you have no proof he's going there. I can link you to tons of articles that said LeBron to the Knicks was a lock and all that shit.

[manchild24]

Bulls/Sixers (east)
Thunder/Nuggets (west)

Celtics are fucked

Knicks will not be any better, the'll make the playoffs each year not receiving a lottery pick in the draft and Melo will be the down fall of that team. He leaves Denver plays better. Things that make you say hmmmm!


Durant has the sweeetest shot in the game.

[G-men]

Compared to you looking like a fool in every thread?

Dwight's not going to Los Angeles. Until he leaves, you have no proof he's going there. I can link you to tons of articles that said LeBron to the Knicks was a lock and all that shit.

comeback of the century :applause:

and its not even that i was guaranteeing he would go to LA in that thread but you were dumb enough to try to argue he would much rather choose Boston over LA when he publicly said otherwise.

either way, lets end this argument.

[Palooza]

NETS

[EmpireWF]

Thunder and believe it or not, if they draft well...the Cavs could be a good team around then.

I don't know about 5 but the Knicks should be up there when they get a legit center and can get a better bench. Hopefully Walsh sticks around.

[stevsta]

If the Bulls can pull off a trade for Howard and possibly pick up a better SG..they will be scary.

I see the Bulls/Heat/Thunder/Knicks being the top dogs for a while.

lol you should just get that crazy thought out of your head

the bulls have nothing any other team could offer to orlando

btw, as long as the Lakers have bynum they will be top 10, pushing them into the top 5 will require some good free agency pick ups which isn't such a stretch for the Lakers

also Kevin Love's free agency is just around the corner

[Champ]

Knicks

[EmpireWF]

Knicks

I don't know, Knicks big two are gonna be old.

Melo will only be 32, but Amare will be 34 and who knows how his body will hold up.

Window for the Knicks is 2012-2014 IMO...perhaps longer if they can get a franchise PG somewhere and a serviceable center.

[Bear Pand]

Nuggets getting overrated in this thread. They have no stars and it's difficult to be an elite team w/o any. Plus who knows how much longer Karl will coach.

[red33]

Nuggets getting overrated in this thread. They have no stars and it's difficult to be an elite team w/o any. Plus who knows how much longer Karl will coach.

this is a case of perfect timing. just wait til these lower tier players try to be the star of the team. JR Smith the number 1 is a disaster.

Biggest question is going to be leadership. Before Billups came that was the issue and its going to be the issue again.