Suns lead Power Rankings
November 9, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball, Phoenix Suns, Shaq, Steve Nash
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
The Phoenix Suns came to play this year, led by MVP candidate Steve Nash and coached by Terry Porter.
NBAObsessed has written about Steve and the Suns before.
This one came out yesterday:
Steve Nash and the Red Hot Suns
And this one came out a week ago:
Now the Phoenix Suns are leading the Power Rankings from NBA.com edging out the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. Here is what John Shuman had to say about Phoenix.
Pace: 100.6 (2), Off: 109.1 (5), Def: 103.8 (15)
Most impressive about the Suns’ start is that five of their seven games have been on the road. In handing the Celtics their first loss on Friday, they made Boston look like a bad defensive team. Then the Suns got defensive themselves in Washington.
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Surprising Atlanta is positioned at number 6 by sacrificing defense for offense led by Jamal Crawford the former New York Knick.
Even more surprising is Portland at number 9 using a 3 guard lineup featuring Andre Miller the former 76er.
LeBron is stuck at 11
Woeful, at least woeful for Cleveland, the Cavaliers are placed at number 11. NBAObsessed warned that adding Shaq may plug up the middle and slow down the team. There are no doubts that Shaq can still play high caliber ball for a game or two, but for a season? Remains to be seen. Hopefully Shaq proves NBAObsessed wrong on this one, because how can you not root for the Shaq?
Mike Brown admits that he’s still experimenting with his lineups, looking for the right combinations. The Shaq/Ilgauskas twin-towers frontcourt is even (+0) in 33 minutes of floor time, but Shaq and LeBron are a -11 in 122 minutes together. They need time.
As a side note my Detroit Pistons are lagging back at number 18, three spots up from last week, but have lost Hamilton and Prince to injuries and are depending on an aging Ben Wallace.
Chris Paul and the Hornets are stuck at 25. What has happened to them?
Last and least are the Knicks and Nets. New York is certainly hurting for good basketball right now.
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