only problem with expecting that houston can win anything is that they have to depend on two guys who have yet to show they can step up...yao really hasn't progressed all that much and mcgrady has never shown the ability to do much...his one shot in orlando he did nothing when they made the playoffs

as far as phoenix they are a bit of an 'x' factor...no one could stop them all season and as someone said earlier their defense maybe isn't as bad as u would think for a high scoring team...i just dont think they are big enough up front to go far

basically we have san antonio and detroit and a bunch of otherwise unproven teams, regardless of what stars they may have

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