- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Why Do Some Expansion Teams Do Well Early While Others Struggle to this Day?
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:07 am to Khal Drogo
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:07 am to Khal Drogo
Are you the one who said Shaq outplayed Hakeem in the 95 Finals in the other thread?
1
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:14 am to JabarkusRussell
quote:
Are you the one who said Shaq outplayed Hakeem in the 95 Finals in the other thread?
I was one of the people yes - because he did.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 1:50 am to JabarkusRussell
quote:
With the exception of the Hornets, all of those teams have been to the conference finals
And look at the rosters of each of those Conf final teams and what do you see? An NBA team managing to get lucky and draft a NBA superstar/top 5 player in the league.
Orlando - Shaq, Miami - Wade, Timberwolves - Garnett(and why you don't consider him a star for the wolves to have built around is beyond my comprehension)
So in the NBA it seems the biggest ingredient is managing to draft a superstar, expansion team or not.
And let's be honest the Wolves made the conference finals in 03 for the first time, and Miami's first trip was 06. More than a decade plus of existence.
Is it really right to still be using expansion on them that far into their history for the purposes of this thread?
Posted on 5/8/13 at 11:55 am to Khal Drogo
quote:
Garnett(and why you don't consider him a star for the wolves to have built around is beyond my comprehension)
I was referring to stars drafted closer to the creation of the team. Garnett was 7 years after they were formed.
quote:
So in the NBA it seems the biggest ingredient is managing to draft a superstar, expansion team or not.
Paul was a superstar and the Hornets have no banners to show for it.
The Heat may won for the first time 18 years after creation but considering the vast majority of teams with no title that have been around since the merger, that is significant. The USA may be 200 plus years old which is a long time but in the grand scheme of things, they are teenagers (as said in the Mighty Ducks) compared to the rest of the countries.
This post was edited on 5/8/13 at 11:59 am
Page 2 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News