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Just released my Top 25 for the week. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

They are lucky to even be as good as they are. I am sure getting football players into Notre Dame is a bit more difficult than a program like Alabama. Notre Dame is still good, but man did they run into a buzzsaw yesterday. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I was about a month old lol. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Awesomely surprised by the win. Haven’t had 6 wins in October since 1993 when we were 7-1 exiting October. I’d say exiting October at 6-2 is pretty durned good. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Maryland has had enough talent to be top 10 teams. That team in 15-16 with Trimble, Sulaimon, Layman, Carter and Stone underperformed. That was one of the best starting 5’s in the nation and should have been competing for a national title. Instead finished 3rd in the B1G and went to the S16(the furthest Maryland has went since he’s been at Maryland). Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Not every situation is the same. The Spurs is a good organization. They’ve drafted pretty well. Ginobili and Parker were going to be good on any team but they found themselves in a good spot. Like I said he is possibly still the best coach in the league. But he isn’t the greatest coach to walk the planet like so many want to think. That was proven this summer after the absolutely embarrassing performance by Team USA. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Popovich is overrated. He’s had some great talent. Arguably the best power forward to ever walk the earth would be a big reason why and they tanked for him. Last season was the first time they haven’t won 50 games under him now that Ginobili and Parker were both gone. I think the USA team has exposed his coaching a bit. He’s still one of the best and possibly the best in the league, but he’s no gift from god. Just a man with a plan and part of a great organization(like the Patriots). Celtics just brought in a locker room cancer in Kyrie Irving which was a bad move. They honestly should have went after a guy like Mike Conley over Kemba but Kemba is a bit cheaper. They do have a lot of really young talent to set them up for the future or for future trades(Ainge loves to do it and still have lots of picks). As of right now Brad Wanamaker is the only guy who is 30+ years old and he just turned 30 in July. Kemba and Hayward are the only other two born before 1993. Romeo is 20, Edwards, Grant Williams, Waters and Tatum are all 21, Robert Williams is 22. Brown is 23. Tacko is 24. Ojeleye and Smart are 25, Vincent Poirier and Javonte Green are 26, Daniel Thies is 27 and then Kemba and Hayward are 29. They are one of the youngest teams in the league. So Brad has quite a bit of room still to improve considering his roster now. People probably expect championships now, but Ainge is building for 2, 3 or even 4 years down the road. When LeBron is likely retired and guys like Durant are in the back end of their careers. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Some fun teams to keep an eye on who will be really good would be the Clippers, Nuggets, Blazers and 76ers. Clippers have the best bench in the NBA. Put up 60 points against the Lakers in their first game. Lou Williams had 21 himself compared the Lakers 19 bench points. The Nuggets are just a team that is deep as you could ask for in the NBA. They play as a team and have a superstar on their team in Nikola Jokic. The Blazers have arguably the best guard in the league and have changed up their roster yet again and are looking for a repeat and better of last season. Dame Lillard is just a fun player to watch. The 76ers will be in the running for best in the East AND best in the league. A bit more showtime than the Bucks so some more fun. As for teams to just watch for that could sneak into the playoffs with some luck or could just be really fun to watch, the Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks and the Sacramento Kings. The Bulls have a Top 3-4 power forward in the league in Lauri Markkanen. Kid is a beast on the offensive end. Coby White will be starting a PG here soon. And Zach LaVine can still dunk. The Atlanta Hawks have a young core that’s arguably the best in the league. Trae Young, Cam Reddish, DeAndre Hunter, John Collins and Damian Jones starting and Kevin Huerter and Bruno Fernando on the bench. They also have Vince Carter who is still somehow playing and I’m not really sure how. The Kings have the pieces to make the playoffs in the West if it will just click finally. De’Aaron Fox should be a Top 5 PG this season. Marvin Bagley should be a Top PF. That to go along with Buddy Hield, Harrison Barnes and Bojan Bogdanovic with some vets in Trevor Ariza and Cory Joseph, should be a team to at least give some teams trouble. This NBA season is about the duos as it seems the Big 3 era has ended and there are plenty of great duos and some young star duos. LeBron/Davis, Simmons/Embiid, Kawhi/George are 3 of the biggest ones. But there are some young ones really worth paying attention to. Doncic/Porzingis, Young/Collins, Fox/Bagley, Booker/Ayton and then the youngest is Sexton/Garland as Cleveland tries to go for the Dame Lillard/CJ McCollum approach. One storyline I think will be in Miami and seeing Kendrick Nunn continues to perform. It’ll be a fun season and I actually hope to rank all 30 teams best duos here soon. Plenty of fu teams, a very wide open league at the top and among fringe playoff teams. There is more talent now than ever before. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

ESPN picks the worst people. Especially for the NBA. Now I have to listen to Jay Williams with Paul Pierce and Jalen Rose? Garbage. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yea... that’s totally why I had Indiana winning last week and the week before... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Nebraska 31 Indiana 17 Ramsey just isn’t able to lead this team to scoring drives like he should be able to by now and this defense is bad. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Forwards play on the wing. Smith plays on the wing. That is what best fits him. Why? Because you can’t be Karl Malone and be considered a slasher. And remember, Malone was a forward. What’s so hard to understand about the role of a slasher? Was Shaq a slasher just because he caught some passes down low and dunked it? When did Shaq ever start at the 3 point line and backcut for a jam? Malone? Duncan? Ewing? Never. Does Justin Smith fit into the same role and category of player as any of them? Or does he fit into a role like Mo Harkless, Andre Roberson or evening Luc Mbah a Moute? All 3 are wing players on offense. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I had Davidson on my list. I originally wrote down 46 teams to look at for the Top 25. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Well Romeo and Juwan were pretty good scorers. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Archie can coach offense? Is that why so many of his teams haven’t been great offenses? Crean could coach an offense. We saw that. That’s yet to be seen from an Archie coached team. At Dayton or Indiana. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Well the 3 is typically a small forward. But I guess the word “forward” means nothing. And where do small forwards play at? The wing and out on the perimeter. Some are shooters and some are slashers. Smith is a guy who should be looking for lanes to cut when Phinisee and Green get in the lane. Sure you can be a 3 and be a shooting guard because Al and Romeo did it plenty last season. Both are considered SG’s and wings. Just like a SF is considered a wing. In fact, nowadays a 4, PF or small ball forward can be considered a wing depending on the type of offense you run and who that player is. Smith doesn’t play on the block. And plays the 3/4 depending on the personnel on the court. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I’m guessing people were getting butthurt and complaining. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

That’s kinda my point. The offense is likely not going to be very good no matter who is on the floor. Might as well play to our strengths On defense. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Not exactly. Smith basically never needs to dribble at the 3 or 4. We are acting like Archie knows how to coach an offense. Our offense is going to be limited whether Smith can dribble or not. It really makes no difference. Our defense is going to have to be fantastic. Like one of the absolute best and Smiths athleticism and length at the 3/4 is going to be a part of that. If we average more than 73 a game, be happy. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

His calling card will be defense. That’ll be his biggest asset to the team. I find it funny that somehow having Archie as a coach is a red flag offensively but now it’s up to Justin Smith... Smith will be playing the 3/4 all season. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I’ll have to put them on my radar. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That’s very possible, but what took them so long would be my only question. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

If people were getting suspended for that... there wouldn’t be a whole lot of media folks right now. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I wouldn’t say Smith failed. But it seems he was likely relied on as a top scoring option. Which won’t be the case when Rob and Green are back. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Smith will be starting at the 3. I don’t see Archie starting his backup point guard at the 3. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app