The East 8th Spot

4 teams are currently fighting for the 7th and 8th spot for the playoffs, just recently the Nets and Bucks were knocked out of the race for the spot and with only four games left for all four of those teams the teams that will be in the playoffs are most likely going to be the ones standing in their respective seed right now and that’s the Bulls and Pistons.

In order for the Bobcats to get a spot, they will need to win at least their 3 of their fourth games and hope that the Pistons lose all their games, but they could win all four of their games and hope the Pistons only win one. Right now I don’t see that likely. Nor did I see the Pacers getting into the playoffs, they are 4 games behind with 4 games left.

First let’s have a look at the Bobcats’ upcoming schedule – They will be playing at Atlanta in their next game and the remaining three games will be played at home against the Pistons, Cavaliers and Bucks. This will be a hard one, if they can beat the Hawks in Atlanta or the Cavs at home (Charlotte) then they might actually get the playoff spot, but if they lose any one of those games then they won’t be seeing a playoff spot.

Now let’s look at the Pacers’ upcoming schedule – They will be playing away for all four of their remaining games, now this will be a tough challenge for them. They haven’t had much success on the road at all this season so that makes it even tougher. Unless Granger steps up and plays the important role that he needs to to lead the Pacers into the playoffs, then the Pacers will be ending their season just before the post-season.

Now the Pistons – They will be playing New Jersey at home and also the Bulls at home and the Pacers and Heat at their home court. The Nets and Bulls will be a challenege, maybe they can take the win, maybe they won’t. With all their recent decline I don’t see them winning at the Bulls at all, they might pull a win out of the Nets but in Indiana and Miami they might only get one win out of that. If they can at least win 2 games then they will be safe.

So overall I see the Pistons and Bulls fighting for the 7th spot, but I’m not sure that’s the smartest idea as that will be 2nd at the end of the season will be the Celtics, now they are a team you don’t want to play in the first round. Neither would you want to play the Cavs either but if I were to choose I’d want to play the Cavs as they are a  much easier opponent, well as far as experience goes. The Cavs seem to be the team that might disappoint and get swept out but on everyones predictions they are the predicted to make it to the Finals.

So if the Pacers or Bobcats can step it up, then maybe they will have a hope and get to the playoff but if they play normal basketball that they have been playing this whole season then I don’t see them making it.

Future for the Phoenix Suns still unclear

There has been many discussions on message boards on the internet all around the world whether the Suns have a future or not. People, especially Suns fans, have been asking questions like ‘Will the Suns continue to make the playoffs in the next 3 years?’ ‘Can the Suns have a solid player they can build around?’ ‘Do the Suns even have a chance?’ etc. These questions have been going around everywhere. But still the answer is unclear.There’s nothing you can guarantee with Kerr as General Manager. Some people didn’t even think they’d get rid of Shawn Marion, nor did some people think they were ever going to trade Bell and Diaw. These things were just so sudden, there weren’t any rumours spread about it a week before.

Right now all we can say is that we will choose one or possibly two players to stay with the Suns for the next few years, right now I believe those players are Jared Dudley, Goran Dragic and Leandro Barbosa. Amare Stoudemire could be another possibilty but right now I’m not sure whether he could stay or not, earlier this season or we could say mid-way through the season, Amare was not happy with the team nor the coach, but mainly the coach. Also he suffered a possible career-threatening eye injury when former team-mater Boris Diaw had poked him in the eye to tear his retina during practice. Also Amare Stoudemire’s contract will expire on 2011 but he will be given the option to opt-out if he wishes to, now this is the part where we must convince Amare Stoudemire not to do. The Suns have to prove themselves so that they can make Amare sign an 6-year extension with the Suns, if they can do this then they won’t have a problem with losing Amare without knowing so, which will most likely be via. trade.

But for now, all we can do is wait and see.

Iverson Done For The Season

Detroit Pistons President of Basketball Operations Joe Dumars announced earlier today that thee Detroit Pistons’ guard Allen Iverson will miss the remainder of the season. The all-star guard missed 16 games between February 27 and March 28 after exiting a game at New Orleans with a sore back on February 25.

“After talking with Allen and our medical staff, we feel that resting Allen for the remainder of the season is the best course of action at this time,” said Dumars. “While he has played in our last three games, he is still feeling some discomfort and getting him physically ready to compete at the level he is accustomed to playing this late in the season does not seem possible at this point.”

There was also a bit of drama going on a few days ago after Iverson had returned from his injury. He had been complaining because he was given a bench role. Iverson was unhappy playing off the bench as he believed that he should be starting.

Introduction

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