About.com's 2007-2008 NBA Team Previews

by Atma Brother ONE on Oct 22, 2007 10:52 PM PDT in NBA

It's time for another 2007-2008 NBA preview party hosted by our man Dennis Velasco over at About.com. Dennis assembled a cast of very knowledgeable NBA junkies to preview all 30 teams in the association. Somehow I managed to make the cut... and I didn't even have to bribe the man this time around!

Like Master P when it comes to hoops,
I'm 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT!

Check out some of my thoughts on the upcoming Warriors' season as well as these other previews:

How the West will be won...

Pacific Division

Golden State Warriors, Me, Myself, and I - Golden State of Mind
Los Angeles Clippers, ClipperSteve - Clips Nation
Los Angeles Lakers, Kurt - Forum Blue & Gold
Phoenix Suns, Dan Hilton - Phoenix Suns
Sacramento Kings, Tom Ziller - Sactown Royalty

Northwest Division

Denver Nuggets, Nick Sclafani - The Nugg Doctor
Minnesota Timberwolves, Dave Kelsey - TWolves Blog
Portland Trail Blazers, Dave Deckerd - Blazers Edge
Seattle SuperSonics, Peter Nussbaum - SuperSonicSoul
Utah Jazz, Layton Shumway - Utah Jazz Blog

Southwest Division

Dallas Mavericks, Wes Cox - Mavs Moneyball
Houston Rockets, Austin Kent - Hoops Addict
Memphis Grizzlies, Ryan McNeill - Hoops Addict
New Orleans Hornets, Ron Hitley - Hornets247.com
San Antonio Spurs, Kori Ellis - About San Antonio

Over in the East...

Atlantic Division

Boston Celtics, Brendan Sullivan and Benjamin Peisch - I *Heart* Celtics
New Jersey Nets, Anne-Marie McGintee - Nets Fan in New York
New York Knicks, Marcel Mutoni - SLAM and AOL FanHouse
Philadelpia 76ers, Roland Laird - Sixers Shots
Toronto Raptors, Tas Melas - The Basketball Jones

Central Division

Chicago Bulls, Nels Wadycki - Give Me The Rock
Cleveland Cavaliers, Amar Panchmatia - Cavalier Attitude
Detroit Pistons, Natalie Sitto - Need 4 Sheed
Indiana Pacers, Tom Lewis - Indy Cornrows
Milwaukee Bucks, Brandon Haraway - The Fantasy Lounge and Dropping Dimes

Southeast Division

Atlanta Hawks, Chase Kuech - Impending Firestorm
Charlotte Bobcats, Ziggy - Bobcats Planet
Miami Heat, Vivek Wallace - Crazy From The Heat
Orlando Magic, Brendan Sonnone - Believing In Magic
Washington Wizards, Mike Prada - Bullets Forever
Washington Wizards II, Ronald Chow - Dropping Dimes

Who's your sleeper team for this season? Which team do you think is in for the biggest disapointment a la last year's Dallas Mavericks?

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Good work, Atma

Not just on your article for Yahoo (and your points are all well taken), but for your wonderful work on this site. Thanks.

by San Francisco Slim on Oct 23, 2007 12:23 PM PDT reply actions

I have to admit

I actually had to submit that preview for About.com 2+ months ago if I remember correctly. One glaring omission from my analysis is Kelenna Azubuike.

If I had to write it now, I'd really throw some more hype Kelenna's way. Maybe I'm getting carried away but I see MIP honors for the man. He's so solid, built like a rock, and hard working. If Nellie can light a fire under him and help give him that JRich intensity, Kelenna could BLOW UP this season.

Written 2+ months ago

makes it all the more impressive, bro.

It's funny, that would have been my one criticism, was that you didn't mention Buike in the "what has to go right for the Warriors to successful" section. When you put it in the context of a Matt Barnes breakout season, Buike is the best bet to do that. But, of course, 2 + months ago was before the pre-season shed more light on how he's improved. Also, player personelle has played out since then, in the rookie dept. It now looks like none of the rooks, including Belinelli, will have much of an impact, at least at the beginning of the season. And Hudson looks to play more than we would have then guessed.

by San Francisco Slim on Oct 23, 2007 1:00 PM PDT up reply actions