[Gabereal33Participant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination?

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination?

Backcourt?

What player is most due for a breakout season?

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010?

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy?

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins?

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast?

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs?

09/10 sleeper team to win championship?

…Roy?

… MVP?

… Defensive Player of the Year?

[JNixonParticipant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination? Jameer Nelson and Dwight Howard (even though Nelson is overrated to me).

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination?
Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett.

Backcourt?
The most depth is Washington or Atlanta, but in terms of starters its Boston with Rondo and Allen

What player is most due for a breakout season?
LaMarcus Aldridge

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010?
Shannon Brown, Lou Williams, Greg Oden.

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy?
Turkoglu, easily.

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins? Caron Butler is the most underrated player in basketball.

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast?
Rajon Rondo

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs?
The LA Clippers

09/10 sleeper team to win championship?
Portland TrailBlazers

…Roy? Blake Griffin

… MVP? Dwyane Wade, he will be ridiculous next yr.

… Defensive Player of the Year? Dwight Howard.

[Gabereal33Participant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination?
Magic with Jameer and Dwight but the Nets also have a great pg/c combo with Devin and Brook.

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination?
Pierce and Garnett or RJ and Duncan… of those four Duncan is the best player but RJ is the worst.

Backcourt?
Jameer and Vince might be better than Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen but if Ginobili is healthy then it’s hands down Parker and Ginobili… Arenas and Caron (if he’s a “2”) can be amazing too.

What player is most due for a breakout season?
Marvin Williams, Josh Smith, Al Horford, Tyrus Thomas, Mike Conley, Andrea Bargnani, Yi Jianlian, and Greg Oden ALL have underachieved a lot so far but the winner is Andrew Bynum. He is coming into his 5th year and has the easiest cast of teammates to play solid with. He is mobile and all he has to do is rebound and play D but he can’t even do that. For someone who was compared to be the western conference yang to Dwight Howard’s ying, Bynum has a lot to prove and needs to do it soon.

Predict 3 players most likely to be MIP for 2010?
Courtney Lee, Brook Lopez, Ike Diogu

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy?
Rondo by far

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins?
Vince or Gordon. Vince was injured for a season and a half in Toronto and it has haunted his career since. No player in the NBA has played in more games over the last 5 seasons than Vince and no player has played more consistently. Gordon won a championship and is probably the best shooter in the league.

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast?
by far the majestic Kobe Bryant. If Vince or Wade played with Shaq, and all the Laker’s role players in their prime, we would be talking about them instead.

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs? Nets

09/10 sleeper team to win championship? Mavs

…Roy? Jonny Flynn

… MVP? Lebron or Dwight

… Defensive Player of the Year? Lebron or Dwight

[dwat4444Participant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination?Orlando, Nelson and Dwight

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination? San Antonio, Jefferson and Duncan own Garnett and Pierce

Backcourt?- Lakers, Kobe and Artest

What player is most due for a breakout season? Luol Deng

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010? Gilbert Arenas, Michael Beasley, Lamarcus Aldrige

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy? Rondo,

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins? Devin Harris

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast? Howard

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs? Thunder

09/10 sleeper team to win championship? Denver

…Roy? Griffin

… MVP? Kobe

… Defensive Player of the Year Howard

[justin22443Participant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination? Nelson and Howard are probably the front runners but I’m anxious to see how good Chris Paul and Emeka will be.

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination? Turkolu and Bosh if Chris Bosh plays PF, if not Pierce and Garnett

Backcourt?- Andre Miller and Brandon Roy

What player is most due for a breakout season? Greg Oden if he can stay healthy

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010? Gilbert Arenas, Greg Oden, Brook Lopez

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy? Rondo

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins? Caron Butler by far

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast? Derek Fisher, not saying he hasn’t been a big part of the Laker championships but Shaq, Kobe, Gasol, etc. have all made the difference

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs? Bucks

09/10 sleeper team to win championship? New Orleans, I know it’s a definate longshot

…Roy? Griffin

… MVP? Lebron

… Defensive Player of the Year Howard

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Overrated? Are you being serious? If anything, the guy is underrated.

[gcb3Participant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination? Right now Nelson Dwight. In two years Devin Brook

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination? RJeff Duncan

Backcourt? Parker Ginobs

What player is most due for a breakout season? Loul Deng Greg Oden Andrew Bynum and Marvin Williams

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010? Courtney Lee, Brook Lopez, Anthony Randolph

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy? Turk

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins? Ben Gordon *nice, so true! all the uconn guys are underrated. Ray Allen, Caron, Ben Gordon, Rip was back in the pistons run

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast? ok i hear you about Kobe cause he has had help but the dude still plays out of this world so its not him. Rondo– his supporting cast has inflated his value

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs? Thunder

09/10 sleeper team to win championship? Dallas

…Roy? Blake

… MVP? Lebron

… Defensive Player of the Year? Howard

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[Toronto16Participant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination? Probably the Magic

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination? Celtics or Spurs

Backcourt? Orlando again

What player is most due for a breakout season? Anthony Randolph or Andrea Bargnani

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010? Mike Beasley, Anthony Randolph, Amir Johnson

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy? Billups

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins? Vince Carter

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast? Tim Duncan

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs? Thunder

09/10 sleeper team to win championship? Blazers

…Roy? Griffin, or DeRozan

… MVP? James, or Dwight Howard

… Defensive Player of the Year? Garnett if healthy

[Gabereal33Participant]

Brandon Roy is a great player but he is often referred to as the 7th best player in the league. The guy has yet to really accomplish anything. Averaging just over 20 points a game for 2 seasons is a start but he is overrated. Sorry buddy

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

I don’t think you know how much B-Roy means to the Blazers…Yes, his stats aren’t Kobe like…But their still very good.

Roy is one of the most clutch players in the NBA and one of the best leaders…Even Ron Artest said Roy is the best player he’s ever guarded.

Stats don’t mean everything…We all know he could average over 23 ppg if he wanted to.

[Gabereal33Participant]

i know he is a great player but he still has a lot to prove. he is the Devin Harris of the blazers. a solid and amazing player but not even in the top 10 in the nba let alone the consummate 7th best player in the league. thats ridiculous.

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Dude…Roy LEAD the second youngest team in the NBA to very good seed in the West…Harris wouldn’t do that. Don’t even compare the two.

Name 9 players better than Roy.

[JNixonParticipant]

Brandon Roy is one of the best players in the NBA,regardless off position. He is a top 7 player in the NBA because he is more than a scorer. He is a good defender,passer,ball handler, he’s very clutch and he’s one of the best leaders in basketball. He simply doesnt have a weak skill, the only thing thats not elite in his reportiore is he’s isnt a freak athlete.

[justin22443Participant]

9 players better than Roy

1. Kobe
2. Lebron
3. Paul
4. Wade
5. Garnett
6. Duncan
7. D. Williams
8. Pierce
9. Allen, Carter, McGrady if healthy

Roy’s good but not as amazing as everyone says he is. Give him a couple more years

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

You have Allen and Carter over him? What a joke…Last time I checked, all Pierce did was put up good stats on TERRIBLE teams before Garnett saved his ass.

I think D-Williams and Roy are neck and neck. I’d put Roy wherever Williams is.

[Gabereal33Participant]

Kobe, Wade, Lebron, Duncan, Garnett, Amare *healthy, Dwight, Chris Paul, Paul Pierce, Nowitski

I would even say Durant is better.

Thats 11 hands down.

I would put Roy on the same level as Devin Harris, Steve Nash, Derrick Rose, Danny Granger and Vince Carter

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

HOW THE HELL CAN YOU PUT ROY ON THE SAME LEVEL AS DURANT? Roy LEAD his team to a very good seed in the West…What did Durant do? Hmm….let me think about that. Oh, put up great stats, BUT lose a bunch of games.

Amare is not better than Roy…Either is Pierce. Roy is top-10 always…You sound like a hater.

[gcb3Participant]

in no particular order

Tim Duncan
Kevin Garnet
Dirk Nowitsky
Lebron James
Dwyane Wade
Chris Paul
Kobe Bryant
Dwight Howard
Chris Bosh

[Gabereal33Participant]

Arenas over roy too.. the list goes on

sorry.

he is good. not amazing. relax dude your team is good and he could be a great player one day.

[gcb3Participant]

i agree man. Brandon Roy is good but not great….

[justin22443Participant]

Ray Allen and Vince Carter are both better than Roy. Put either one on the current Blazers squad and you’d get the same results or maybe better. I think everyone forgot how good Ray Allen was when he was the #1 option on a team. And duh Garnett and Allen saved Pierce, his teams were absolutely horrifying, nothing compared the to the talented group the Blazers have.

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Actually, they wouldn’t…Ray is not as good as Roy. The ONLY thing he has on his Roy is a better jumper. Roy is stronger, a better ball handler, a better all-around scorer, a better passer…I could go on and on.

And B-Roy’s stats were better than Vince last year, and their team was better…

[Gabereal33Participant]

Thank you Justin, you make some valid points!

[justin22443Participant]

Ray is not better than Roy, you my friend are out of your mind. Maybe in terms of who I’d rather take to build a team around because Allen is getting older but in his prime, Ray Ray would destroy Roy.

and your welcome gabereal33 haha

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Roy was second team…He lead a young team to a very good seed in the West. He puts up good stats and is very clutch.

You guys just sound like a bunch of haters…Lol if you switched Roy and Allen the Blazers would be a 7th-8th seed and the Celtics would have repeated last year.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

I think BRoy is legitimately in the conversation for being a top 10 player… he’s clutch, he’s a good leader, he gets his teammates involved, he’s an all-around player, not one-dimensional at all… I’d definitely take him over bosh.

Which team has the best PG/Center combination?

——-i’ll take CP3-Okafor… I’m not that high on jameer, especially defensively

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination?

——-KG-Pierce… veterans who are committed to defense, and obviously provide tons of offense too

Backcourt?

——-Parker-Ginobili. The international duo gets the basket at will and they finish with the best of em… they’ve also won 3 championships?

What player is most due for a breakout season?

—–Anthony Randolph may blow up, but I think Courtney Lee is really going to shine in NJ

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010?

——-Randolph, Lee, (^^) George Hill

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy?

——–Rajon or Hedo

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins?

——–Caron, he gets almost no recognition

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast?

———Kobe (what do u mean by continuos supporting cast? lol, just saw you also picked kobe, so yea i guess i get what u mean)

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs?

———OKC

09/10 sleeper team to win championship?

———Nuggets

…Roy?

———Flynn or Evans or Jennings (depends on sessions)

… MVP?

———-LBJ or DWade

… Defensive Player of the Year?

——–KG/Dwight/Artest (he might be able to focus even more on the defensive end this year)

[QHaynes20]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination? Underrated but Rose and Noah

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination? Celtics- Pierce and Garnett

Backcourt? I like Miwaukee’s if healthy- Jennings and Redd

What player is most due for a breakout season? Branden Wright

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010? JR Smith, Joe Alexander and Rodney Stuckey

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy? Turkoglu

Who is more underrated: Vince Carter, Devin Harris, Caron Butler, Ben Gordon, or Kendrick Perkins? Perkins

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast? Rondo

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs? Charlotte

09/10 sleeper team to win championship? Dallas and Denver

…Roy? All-Star

… MVP? Dwight Howard

… Defensive Player of the Year? Dwight Howard

[Gabereal33Participant]

this is why Roy is inflated. You are comparing a future hall of famer in Ray Allen to Roy who has played 3 solid seasons. Let me list you other players who performed well for their first few seasons but cannot touch Ray Allen

Steve Francis
Baron Davis
Mike Bibby

all great team leaders. all scored well in the beginning of their careers and all are not better than Ray Allen– including your Roy.

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Dude…Roy had more than “3 solid seasons”. ROY first year, all-star second, and all-star and second-team third year.

I don’t care if Ray Allen is a future hall of famer…Right now, Roy IS better than Allen. And to be honest, I don’t know how you can argue that.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

Isn’t the argument more about who you’d want on your team? because right now i’d definitely take Roy to be on my squad rather than Allen, even if it was just for one year.

Ray-Ray is too one-dimensional.

Roy definitely still needs many more years of production to be in the conversation with Ray CAREER-WISE, but IMO he’s definitely the better player right now, unless you’re a team like the Magic which really thrives off of outside shooting, but even then, I might take BRoy.

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

I never said Roy is better than prime Allen (even though he might be in a year or two). I am just saying that Roy NOW, is better than Allen…

[gcb3Participant]

Blazerfan is saying “right now” Roy is in the top 7. Remember when Stevie Franchise was a top player for a season? Remember when Jermaine Oneal was playing good for a season? Oneal was being compared to Garnett and Duncan that year. Longevity speaks volumes. Right now Roy had a solid year but I’d put my money on Ray Allen or if you want to use the building a team argument then I would definitely use a Kevin Durant. Either way Roy isn’t in my top 10… sounds like he isn’t in others either?

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Roy has had three good years…Do you think his stats are just going to fall out of nowhere? I don’t get what you are saying there…Also, how can you have Ray over Roy? What does he do better than Roy besides shooting? I am a big fan of Ray, but right now he’s not as good as Roy.

Whether you have Roy in the top-10 or not, he was second all-NBA and that puts him in the top-10 no matter what you say…He probably will be second all-NBA next year and don’t be surprised if he’s 1st all-NBA in the future.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

1. LBJ
2. Kobe
3. DWade
4. KG
5. Dwight
6. BRoy
7. Billups–>i think he’s probably the most underrated player in the league, IMO
8. DWill
9. CP3
10. Nowitzki/Melo

~ this list is in regards to winning basketball games, not necessarily who the best 1-on-1 guy is. CP3 is clearly one of the most talented guys in the league but he was exposed this postseason as a bit of a one-trick pony, IMO

[QHaynes20]

O’Neal had a couple good seasons.

[QHaynes20]

how is Roy rated higher then Durant?

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

Because Durant’s team sucks…That’s why…

[gatorheelsParticipant]

Brandon Roy is better than Ray Allen right now & it isn’t even close.  

[QHaynes20]

Yea, but if you take Roy off Portland and put him on OKC and Durant on Portland…

OKC would prob be worse

Portland would prob be better.

[blazer_fan_foreverParticipant]

I completely disagree with you…By a mile.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

Because Durant is a stick… defensively he still can’t hang with everyone, and he still has a long ways to go before he’s a leader of Roy’s stature

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

Q, check out that trade i offered u in thetruth league… ps

[QHaynes20]

Ok I will.

Durant is a monster man. To do what he’s doing being that skinny he is a stud. I would take Durant without a second thought.

[gatorheelsParticipant]

If any of yall want to join my Fantasy Football League…you are welcome to..I still need a bunch of teams…Draft is tommorrow night at 8Central time.  Yahoo.com

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password- Gatorheels 

[JNixonParticipant]

I wouldnt put Roy over D Will or CP3, but I kinda ge your point. The conversation has gone from Roy currently being a top 10 or top 7 player, to whether Ray Allen has had a better career. Of course Allen has been a better player in terms of his career so far, but thats a misleading argument because Roy has been in the NBA for 4 years entering this yr. Its crazy to say Allen iscurrently the better player. You know better than that.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

Iguodala~

I guess my list is more about who I’d want on my team if I was in the finals for a 7 game series… (which assumes that i’ve got a team good enough to make the finals)

I don’t think the BRoy or Billups could carry a team like CP3 does down in NO… what he’s pulled off down there is amazing. Whether he will ever win a championship is another story.

[QHaynes20]

My top 10 is

1.Kobe
2.Lebron
3.Wade
4.Howard
5.Paul
6.Durant
7.D.Williams
8.Melo
9.Roy
10.Stoudemire ( i did not know who to put here)

[QHaynes20]

My top 10 is

1.Kobe
2.Lebron
3.Wade
4.Howard
5.Paul
6.Durant
7.D.Williams
8.Melo
9.Roy
10.Stoudemire ( i did not know who to put here)

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

KG dude…. he’s WAY better than stoudemire

[QHaynes20]

I was thinking KG..but top 10 right now? I dunno because even before he got hurt he was slowing down

[JNixonParticipant]

People on this site are crazy about 1-dimensional scorers, Kevin Durant is not better than Brandon Roy and neither is Carmelo Anthony. They are good offensive players, but I dont think they have the overall talents of Roy. Im sorry

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

hahahaha please… stoudemire has some of the worst defensive positioning in the league today. i mean, it’s like the guy just doesn’t have the lights on in his brain when he’s playing defense. he’d much rather have a block than play good defense. with his athleticism he has all the tools to play good defense, he just doesn’t have it mentally at this point.

KG can still knock down jumpers out to about the 3-pt line with the best of em and u can throw it down to him on the block too (although his post moves are nothing compared to his replacement in MN, Big Al)

[QHaynes20]

Uh….look at the numbers. The same reason I dont have Duncan and Garnett in there is

Both slowed down last season. Duncan did not get and KG did but both after the all-star break slowed down and you could see it in thier games if you watched them.

[QHaynes20]

Uh….look at the numbers. The same reason I dont have Duncan and Garnett in there is

Both slowed down last season. Duncan did not get and KG did but both after the all-star break slowed down and you could see it in thier games if you watched them.

[QHaynes20]

Igudala…Durant had 25ppg and 6rpg….not one dimensional to me.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

I don’t buy that… KG doesn’t put up ‘numbers’ cuz he’s not concerned in the least with stats, all he cares about is winning games. He just doesn’t have to do damage offensively for his team to be successful

[QHaynes20]

Carmelo had 22, 6 and 3..not one dimensional to me

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

Carmelo should be grabbing more than 6 boards per game. he is an absolute BEAST and if he really put in the effort he could be grabbing WAY more than 6rpg… it’s nearly impossible for any 3’s to contain the guy because of his strength

[JNixonParticipant]

Kevin Durant is one dimensional. 6 rebs for a 6 10 player with a 7 5 wingspan is not anything to write about.

[QHaynes20]

but he still puts up 6 rebounds a game…so he’s not one-dimensional

[QHaynes20]

Igudala…he wieghts like 210. 6 rebounds from the 3 spot is good not great

[JNixonParticipant]

If Brandon Roy averages more boards than him and Carmelo thats a problem. Both are much better physical talents, and they are 1 dimensional. Nobody thinks anything more of them outside of scoring.

[QHaynes20]

Roy didnt so it does not matter then.

Roy had 4.6 rebounds

Durant had 6

Melo had 6

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

I think Melo is WAY less one-dimensional than he used to be, for the record. he’s turning the ball over less, and Q he grabbed 7 rpg, which helps your case. good for melo. the biggest difference i saw was on defense.

[QHaynes20]

He had 6.8 in 66 games. I didnt wanna round up because some ppl get upset when you do.

This Year, Melo really stepped us his game to me.

[WizardofOzParticipant]

Which team has the best PG/Center combination?
Nash/Stoudemire but that is if Stoudemire moves back to center this year

Small Forward/ Power Forward combination?
Turkoglu/Lewis

Backcourt?
There are a lot of good backcourt combinations but I would say the best is Jameer and Vince

What player is most due for a breakout season?
Greg Oden, if he stays healthy

Predict 3 players in the running for MIP for 2010?
Andray Blatche, Javale McGee, and Andrea Bargnani

Who is more overrated: Hedo Turkoglu, Chauncey Billups, Rajon Rondo, or Brandon Roy?
Hedo Tukoglu because without Billups, Rondo, or Roy, the Nuggets, Celtics, and TrailBlazers probably wouldn’t make the playoffs. If the Magic didn’t have Turkoglu, they would still be good because the rest of there starting lineup is really good and they have a few good bench players too.

Which current NBA player’s career has succeeded the most from his continuous supporting cast?
Dwight Howard

09/10 sleeper team to make playoffs?
Washington Wizards

09/10 sleeper team to win championship?
Denver Nuggets

…Roy?
Blake Griffin

…MVP?
LeBron James

…Defensive Player of the Year?
Dwight Howard

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