Best Team Under .500?

Post #1 » by **KF10** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:29 am

Which team(s) are the best under a .500 record?

West:

Sacramento, LA Clippers, Memphis, Seattle, Minnesota

East:

Atlanta, New Jersey, Indiana, Chicago, Milwaukee, Charlotte, Philadelphia, New York, Miami

MagicFan3 · Post #2 » by **MagicFan3** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:31 am

Chicago and NJ have the talent, they just can't win.

NetsForce · Post #3 » by **NetsForce** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:32 am

Sacramento. They've battled through injuries all season long and have at least consistently played with passion...

...Unlike the Nets...

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:33 am

hawks

That Other Guy · Post #5 » by **That Other Guy** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:34 am

West - Sacramento (especially now with Artest and Bibby healthy)
East - Nets

deeney0 · Post #6 » by **deeney0** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:36 am

I think all of those West teams will still be under .500 at the end of the season - the rest of the West is so close, the top 10 teams are going to be showing up every night.

In the East, a couple of Atlanta, New Jersey, Indiana, Chicago, Milwaukee, and Charlotte could end up over .500 depending on who steps up. My guess would be Chicago and New Jersey.

High 5 · Post #7 » by **High 5** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:40 am

Hawks could be well over .500 if they played with the same effort and intensity each game (often times they go from a great quarter to a god awful quarter), but they're too inconsistent to be considered a good team just yet. Talent's there, but the mindset isn't.

Alex_De_Large · Post #8 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:56 am

I think it's clearly the Kings, they had bad luck with injuries (martin, bibby, ron)

jzmagik · Post #9 » by **jzmagik** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:11 am

The Knicks are the best 13-27 team in NBA history

kandiking · Post #10 » by **kandiking** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:06 am

jzmagik wrote:The Knicks are the best 13-27 team in NBA history

+1

Griever24 · Post #11 » by **Griever24** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:08 am

Kings no doubt .. Injuries held them back but they are healthy now and a tough game for anyone

HarlemHeat37 · Post #12 » by **HarlemHeat37** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:10 am

easily New Jersey..they've shown flashes of being a good team many times..the problem with them is that they have BY FAR, the least heart I've seen in an NBA team in a long time..

Sacramento is good too, just dealt with injuries..

Entengtot · Post #13 » by **Entengtot** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:15 am

i like philly's scrappy attitude.
give them elton brand and they can bring something next year.

dre miller
willie
iggy
brand
daly

still not good enough to be east faves but i think this team can do wonders

WarFan · Post #14 » by **WarFan** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:20 am

This is Sacramento.
Everyone says the west has 10 playoff worthy teams and two will miss probably because of injuries. I think it's really 11 but the Kings have already had their injuries so people don't realize that their a better team. I wouldn't be shocked if they still make the playoffs but it will take a good amount of luck. If they were in the east I think they'd end up the 4th or 5th seed pretty easily.

Post #15 » by **KF10** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:24 am

At this rate, the Sacramento Kings wont be a sub .500 team for long :lol:

TheKingOfVa360 · Post #16 » by **TheKingOfVa360** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:52 am

Post #17 » by **dockingsched** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:00 am

WarFan wrote:This is Sacramento.
Everyone says the west has 10 playoff worthy teams and two will miss probably because of injuries. I think it's really 11 but the Kings have already had their injuries so people don't realize that their a better team. I wouldn't be shocked if they still make the playoffs but it will take a good amount of luck. If they were in the east I think they'd end up the 4th or 5th seed pretty easily.

its 12 if the clippers were healthy.

livingston/magz/thornton/brand/kaman

with a bench of
knight/cassell/mobley/ross/thomas/davis

RIPskaterdude · Post #18 » by **RIPskaterdude** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:15 am

Definately Sacramento.

And I would be surprised if any sub .500 team could defeat them right now, with the way they are playing and with their full team back.

CzBoobie · Post #19 » by **CzBoobie** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:16 pm

Right now Sacramento by far. Then I would go with Atlanta and New Jersey.

Obviously the healthy Clippers should be up there with Sacto, but they are not healthy right now.

jefe · Post #20 » by **jefe** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:59 pm

The questions not fair - you have almost twice as many options in the East!