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Has Mil surpassed ATL in the East?

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Has Mil surpassed ATL in the East? 

Post#1 » by Jamaaliver » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:11 am

MIL made it apparent in this year's playoffs that they can hang with the Hawks. They have one of the best coaches in the league and one of the top up & coming stars in PG Brandon Jennings.

In the playoffs, they took a healthy, experienced ATL team to seven games while missing their two best players, C-Andrew Bogut and SG Michael Redd.

In addition to getting those players back healthy, they also re-signed John Salmons, who did the majority of the scoring during their 2010 playoff push. The Bucks also traded for Corey Maggette, signed Drew Gooden and drafted PF Larry Sanders in the 1st round.
Their offseason has done nothing but build on the momentum of their impressive showing in 2010 postseason. They have one of the deepest rosters of all the Easter Conference contenders.

And now, with Lebron's defection to Miami, the Bucks have to be the favorites to win the Central division next year.

I say, yeah, they'll be better than they were a year ago. They'll be gunning for Hawks. And they are unquestionably one of the top 4 teams in the East.
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Post#2 » by azuresou1 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:18 am

No. I'd say we're dead even with them. Although I do have my reservations about Maggette and Gooden under Skiles, which I think is a player/coach mismatch.
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Re: Has Mil surpassed ATL in the East? 

Post#3 » by Jamaaliver » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:24 am

azuresou1 wrote:I do have my reservations about Maggette and Gooden under Skiles, which I think is a player/coach mismatch.


lol. Agreed. But who'd have thought that Skiles and Brandon 'Hot Dog' Jennings could mesh so well last season? Momentum is huge factor, and since Maggette and Drew will essentially be role players behind Milwaukee's big three, it should be less of an issue.

Plus, I see Maggette filling a role similar to what Jamal Crawford filled for us last season. And few thought that Crawford and Woodson were a great fit.
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Post#4 » by HoopsGuru25 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 6:38 am

It's hard to say because Skiles has had teams quit on him in the past.
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Post#5 » by fatboy1111 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 8:17 am

have you guys forgot about the bulls, the bucks or the hawks will not be better than chicago.......... sorry guys
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Post#6 » by Harry10 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:52 pm

Gooden is a scrub, and Maggette is a slight improvement but i don't think he turns the tides. and as mentioned, players quite on Skiles. after PHX and CHI, i think Skiles starts getting a big head (like Larry Brown) and starts btching players around when the media report what a genius he is.

Al and Josh are still way better than Noah and Booz. Joe has dominated the Bulls for years, and Chicago has done nothing to solve that problem.

these discussions are pointless, Bucks and Bulls are an after though, Hawks don't need to worry about the lesser team, just have to focus on Miami and Orlando.
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Post#7 » by HoopsGuru25 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 1:02 pm

The thing is that the Hawks are much closer to the Bulls/Bucks than the Magic/Heat come playoff time. Not having any significant injuries throughout the course of an 82 game season inflated the Hawks record.
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Post#8 » by fatboy1111 » Thu Jul 22, 2010 7:08 pm

harry10 your foolish, josh is a chucker and al is decent, no way near noah and boozer.. bulls will be much much better than the hawks.........and bucks...... just wait and see.
the haWKS WERENT MUCH BETTER THAN THE BULLS LAST YEAR WITH ALL OF THE BULLS INJURIES AND ALL..
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Re: Has Mil surpassed ATL in the East? 

Post#9 » by Jamaaliver » Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:14 pm

fatboy1111 wrote:the haWKS WERENT MUCH BETTER THAN THE BULLS LAST YEAR WITH ALL OF THE BULLS INJURIES AND ALL..


:-?

Let's be serious. The Hawks were 12 games better.

The Bulls will be better. But they were a .500 team last year. Barely made the playoffs. As the 8th seed. In the East.
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Post#10 » by Harry10 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 1:34 am

fatboy1111 wrote:harry10 your foolish, josh is a chucker and al is decent, no way near noah and boozer.. bulls will be much much better than the hawks.........and bucks...... just wait and see.
the haWKS WERENT MUCH BETTER THAN THE BULLS LAST YEAR WITH ALL OF THE BULLS INJURIES AND ALL..


Josh has dominated Boozer for years. Boozer is just too small and too slow, Josh can blanket him on defense and blow pass him on offense. Josh not only out scored but also out rebounded Boozer in every meeting in the last two years. Boozer can't keep up with Josh, and Josh ends up shooting .600 on Carlos, while Carlos struggles and only chucks .300 against Mr. Smith.

say Josh is a chucker just shows your stupidity. Josh shoots .505FG%. it is obvious that you are making dumb comments without even thinking.

i can see you are not a serious basketball fan, because you don't understand that injuries are apart of basketball, and sorry to say that Rose is one of those super athletes, and just like Wade, Carter, and Kobe, he will struggle with injuries throughout his whole career and will miss a good chunk of games every year, and David Stern is not going to exempt any team just because their players are prone to injuries.
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Post#11 » by fatboy1111 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 6:27 am

first off idiots josh is a small foward.........playing out of position with your smallish not going anywhere team..
again idiots you guys won 12 more games than us, and half our starters were hurt after allstar break, what does that say about the hawks?
you guys will be ;lucky to be 5th or 6th seed this year,dysfunctional teams don.t win, 2 many 1 on 1 players to win.................
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Post#12 » by D21 » Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:54 am

Jamaaliver wrote:
fatboy1111 wrote:the haWKS WERENT MUCH BETTER THAN THE BULLS LAST YEAR WITH ALL OF THE BULLS INJURIES AND ALL..


:-?

Let's be serious. The Hawks were 12 games better.

The Bulls will be better. But they were a .500 team last year. Barely made the playoffs. As the 8th seed. In the East.


Jamaaliver, if you want to be serious, you can't forget that ATL was the 1st team in the league with the less injuries all season long.

That's why I still think the team was not clearly better than the previous season.
They were at 47W with lots of injuries. Without injuries like this year, they would have made 50W, at least. And keeping the same guys would have bring these +3W needed.

End of the story, they did the same playoffs, while not injured this year (last year, several players were injured).

CHI and MIL got lots of injuries this season.

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