And then there's the tossup in the Southwest Division between Dallas and San Antonio. With respect to rabid Rockets fans in China,abercrombie, Houston doesn't have a chance against either of the two to win the division. The Mavericks are stacked (but old) not only on offense with the likes of Dirk Nowitzki,abercrombie and fitch, Caron Butler and Jason Terry, but on the defensive end as well, with a host of top-flight defenders in Shawn Marion, DeShawn Stevenson and the twin trees of Brendan Haywood and Tyson Chandler.
Last year's NBA darlings,ralph lauren, the Oklahoma City Thunder,doudoune moncler, will also flummox Miami, the as yet unjustified measuring stick in the NBA. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook may carry the Thunder on offense but this team is built on defense with the right pieces to stop the Lakers and the Heat. Thabo Sefolosha is a shutdown defender on the perimeter and Serge Ibaka is a beast in the paint. Durant himself showed vast improvement in his defensive skills,moncler, clamping down on Kobe in the Thunders' surprising playoff run last year. If the Lakers don't win the conference, this team will.
(China Daily 10/24/2010 page8)
There might be a power struggle being waged in the NBA,abercrombie, but after all is said and done, the championships will rest in the hands of the West.
The Spurs are the same old,franklin marshall, same old (literally). They might be longer in the tooth but their plodding,polo ralph lauren, efficient style of offense works when it counts the most: in the playoffs.
B.W. Liou is a hapless Golden State Warriors fan whose hopes for the new season are dim. He can be contacted at [email protected]
Let's start a rundown of the West with the perennial favorites to win the conference, the Los Angeles Lakers. Aside from the Miami Heat's highway robbery of LeBron James and Chris Bosh,franklin et marshall, the Lakers quietly had the second best retooling in the offseason, acquiring the steady hand of point guard Steve Blake, feisty small forward Matt Barnes and veteran center Theo Ratliff. Second-round pick Devin Ebanks could be the second coming of Trevor Ariza, but a big what-if for the Lakers is whether Andrew Bynum will return to form in time for the playoff push. If he lives up to his billing as a dominant center, the Lakers are unstoppable,abercrombie france, even for the Heat.
Welcome to the wacky Western Conference, which critics have dropped to third-world status. But before we anoint the East as the new superpower, do not discount the fact that a Western Conference team has won the NBA Finals nine out of the past 12 years in the post-Jordan era. King James who?
Carmelo Anthony, the Denver Nuggets' superstar (for now), is in limbo as his lucrative contract renewal remains unsigned; Kobe Bryant is still finding his errant jump shot after knee surgery; a slower Yao Ming attempts to right the ship at Houston; and two teams - the Phoenix Suns and the Utah Jazz - are suffering after each of their star power forwards bolted in the offseason.
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