Now that New Orleans is out will they make playoffs next year?

N.O.?

No.

 

No way. They will be the post-Hakeem, pre-Yao rockets, and not like the 2001 rox either!

They should move the T-wolves out east in exchange for Milwaukee or something, or swap the Southeast & Central Divisions

 

For the sake of the Rockets, I sure as hell hope Nawlins doesn't make it.

 

The NO team of this year would not have made the playoffs in the West. They'll have to improve the team substantially in the offseason in order to make it next year. I doubt they have the resolve to do that.

 

They're in the East, which means, YES, they'll make it...Tough break for BDavis...

 

Let's see.....

They have 3 All-Stars on the team!
-Except that the SF All-Star has alienated himself from the entire team and managment, feuds with both the coach and PG, has chronic injuries, played 19 games this year, misses an average of 26 game a year and is threatening retirement.

-Except that the PG All-Star struggles with chronic back, knee, and ankle injuries and has feuded with the coach.

-But they have an All-Star Center! You have to have that in the West! ......Except that their "all-star center" is no more than an Eric Dampier-level talent playing in a center-less conference.

-Let's see, they fired an extremely good coach only to replace him with a hack whom they'll fire in the next month and replace with a bargin bin guy.

-Arguably an ownership worse than Donald Sterling. At least Sterling doesn't manage to get his team run out of town. David Stern should have had the balls to remove Shinn then. Now, he's going to have to face the very real possibility that the Hornets may have to leave their second city.

SOOOO, um, they're dead meat in the Midwest.

Evan

 

well said