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I bet anything, you can screen shot this, bump it bank on it these two teams WON'T MAKE IT. You will see the biggest decline in both franchies because of the Kidd and Shaq trade.

I doubt the Mavs keep falling

I doubt either team misses the playoffs. Denver is way too inconsistent to make it over them

LOLZ, and the Blazers are gonna what? Win out the regular season while the Suns and Mavs tank every game?? 1 of them is GUARANTEED to make it..

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yeah, the blazers aren't exactly in a position to jump either of them.

Mavs and Suns will make it. Mavs have a good schedule coming up and Suns will stay alive through their brutal schedule. I trust Denver as much as I trust a rag doll.

Honestly, as hot as they are now, I expect the Rockets to meet the reality of Yao's loss pretty hard at some point.

Mavs will. Not sure about the Suns.

I don't think that the Mavs are any worse than they were before the Kidd trade. They are going to make the playoffs.

The Suns, on the other hand, are really in trouble. Their weaknesses on defense have been exposed, not by the addition of Shaq but by the subtraction of Marion. If the Suns don't turn it around soon, their brutal schedule could get them out of the playoffs. Their record against winning teams were not good before the trade and have been downright horrible (1-5) since.

JK80 wrote:I don't think that the Mavs are any worse than they were before the Kidd trade. They are going to make the playoffs.

The Suns, on the other hand, are really in trouble. Their weaknesses on defense have been exposed, not by the addition of Shaq but by the subtraction of Marion. If the Suns don't turn it around soon, their brutal schedule could get them out of the playoffs. Their record against winning teams were not good before the trade and have been downright horrible (1-5) since.

100% agree

mavs have been playing a brutal schedule since the kidd trade and have played very tough in their losses.

The curse of Juwan Howard & Grant Hill lives on. The downfall will continue until they leave the team.

I mean look at what happens to the rockets/magic after they ran them outta town.

With 21 games remaining, Dallas is 8 games above the tenth place Blazers.

With 22 games remaining, Phoenix is 9.5 games above tenth.

If Portland goes 15-6 over their remaining schedule (extraordinarily unlikely), Phoenix could finish above them in the standings by going 7-15, and Dallas by going 8-13.

In other words, ain't gonna happen.

Schadenfreude wrote:With 21 games remaining, Dallas is 8 games above the tenth place Blazers.

With 22 games remaining, Phoenix is 9.5 games above tenth.

If Portland goes 15-6 over their remaining schedule (extraordinarily unlikely), Phoenix could finish above them in the standings by going 7-15, and Dallas by going 8-13.

In other words, ain't gonna happen.

Wins and losses are just numbers, and I have been reliably informed that numbers don't mean much when compared with how a fan feels about something.

So take this weak-assed argument elsewhere, and get back to me when you have something of real value to add, like who you really, really like.

They can't BOTH miss the playoffs. The suns are in real trouble though. They got the kind of game they want from shaq. 5/6 shooting, 18 rebounds - he's not going to do much more than that, and they still lost by 13 to the team trying to bump someone out of the playoffs..

Dinty wrote:The curse of Juwan Howard & Grant Hill lives on. The downfall will continue until they leave the team.

I mean look at what happens to the rockets/magic after they ran them outta town.

they turned mediocre?

Dinty wrote:The curse of Juwan Howard & Grant Hill lives on. The downfall will continue until they leave the team.

I mean look at what happens to the rockets/magic after they ran them outta town.

this is the worst post i have ever read.

ok edited. haha!

I'm surprised.... living in Singapore? You sure you haven't read worst?

Both will probably make it.

Suns look like they're in trouble

Mavs had to play SA, Lakers, Jazz on the road. Don't tell me many teams would survive that. Elite teams like those are supposed to protect their homecourt and Mavs have played them down to the wire (except for the Jazz game maybe). Too early to say for the Mavs.

It'll be really tough for the Suns and the Mavs to miss the playoffs. What's even more weird is that the team who finishes 1 or 2 could play either team in the first round.

Imagine a Spurs Suns, and Lakers Mavs in the first round. Not exactly the easiest of matchups for the top 2 teams is it? The west is so wide open its ridiculous