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With all the trades that has gone down this season, the NBA is now better than ever.
With that , this could be the most unpredictable race to the chip the NBA has ever
seen.
As many as 9 teams in the West; namely LA Lakers, Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio, New
Orleans, Utah, Houston, Golden State and Denver, could be in the hunt and as many as 5
in the East with Boston and Detroit the clear favorites and Orlando, Cleveland and
Toronto settle for leftovers. I have ranked them thinking how important they are
for their team as well as individual perofomance. Let me breakdown for you the
starters for each of the contending teams and give them their rankings.
Point Guards:
Rafer Alston, Houston. 12.2ppg, 3.4rpg, 5.7apg, 1.8 threes made pg.
Chauncey Billups, Detroit. 17.5ppg, 2.8rpg, 7.1apg, 91ft%.
Jose Calderon, Toronto. 13.0ppg, 3.1rpg, 8.9apg, 54%fg and 93%ft.
Baron Davis, Golden State. 22.0ppg, 4.8rpg, 8.0apg, 2.2 threes made pg.
Derek Fisher, Los Angeles. 12.4ppg, 2.2rpg, 2.9apg, 42% 3fg.
Daniel Gibson, Cleveland. 11.5ppg, 2.4rpg, 2.5apg, 2.3 threes made pg.
Allen Iverson, Denver. 26.6ppg, 3.0rpg, 7.3apg, 21.spg.
Jason Kidd, Dallas. 11.1ppg, 8.0rpg, 10.4apg, 37%fg
Jameer Nelson, Orlando. 11.2ppg, 3.8rpg, 5.6apg.
Steve Nash, Phoenix. 17.6ppg, 3.6rpg, 11.5apg, 2.2 threes made pg.
Tony Parker, San Antonio. 18.7ppg, 3.0rpg, 5.9apg.
Chris Paul, New Orleans. 20.7ppg, 4.0rpg, 10.8apg, 2.7spg.
Rajon Rondo, Boston. 10.7ppg, 4.4rpg, 4.7apg, 1.7spg.
Deron Williams, Utah. 19.3ppg, 3.0rpg, 9.7apg, 52%fg.
This is a tough bunch to rank because you have a combination of "old" and
"new" point guards with different kinds
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