Spring Break
Who will be the most improved team in the NBA?
Marc Gauthier and Jake Goldberg
Issue date: 11/5/08 Section: Sports
After some great off-season moves, the Philadelphia 76ers will be the most improved team in the NBA this season. Signing Elton Brand from the Clippers adds some size to an already big frontcourt. With the talented Andre Igouldala leading the backcourt, the Sixers have filled the missing pieces on a team that will surely contend for the Eastern Conference title at the end of this season.
The Miami Heat will be the most improved team this season. A healthy Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion and explosive rookie Michael Beasley will take them from the gutter to the playoffs. Once this team gets to know how to play with each other, it should be a fast-paced, exciting team poised for great things in 2008-2009. Watch for this team to strike midseason and be the talk of the league.
Marc: The Philadelphia 76ers, without a doubt, are going to be the most improved team in the NBA this year.
Jake: Michael Beasley, Dwyane Wade and Marion have something to say about that.
Marc: Beasley? That's why you think the Heat are going to be an improved team? If so, that's suspect.
Jake: Rookie of the Year; mark it down, Marc. Plus a healthy D-Wade? That's scary stuff, man.
Marc: OK, I'll be sure to do that. All rookies aside, how about that Elton Brand? He's really good.
Jake: He is pretty good - when he plays. He's only played in eight games in the past two seasons.
Marc: Yeah, but that's due to injuries. Your main man D-Wade knows a few things about that if I'm not mistaken.
Jake: Wade does know, but his newly-won gold medal attests to his being back in form and one of the league's best.
Marc: Well, besides Marion and maybe Beasley, who does Wade have to back him up? At least Brand has another potential franchise player in Andre Igoudala.
Jake: And then the list goes downhill fast. The Heat's three are legit and they have a solid player in Haslem and a young point-guard in Mario Chalmers.
Marc: First of all, Phily's back up point-guard Louis Williams is better than Chalmers, and Haslem is a poor man's Samuel Dalembert.
The Miami Heat will be the most improved team this season. A healthy Dwyane Wade, Shawn Marion and explosive rookie Michael Beasley will take them from the gutter to the playoffs. Once this team gets to know how to play with each other, it should be a fast-paced, exciting team poised for great things in 2008-2009. Watch for this team to strike midseason and be the talk of the league.
Marc: The Philadelphia 76ers, without a doubt, are going to be the most improved team in the NBA this year.
Jake: Michael Beasley, Dwyane Wade and Marion have something to say about that.
Marc: Beasley? That's why you think the Heat are going to be an improved team? If so, that's suspect.
Jake: Rookie of the Year; mark it down, Marc. Plus a healthy D-Wade? That's scary stuff, man.
Marc: OK, I'll be sure to do that. All rookies aside, how about that Elton Brand? He's really good.
Jake: He is pretty good - when he plays. He's only played in eight games in the past two seasons.
Marc: Yeah, but that's due to injuries. Your main man D-Wade knows a few things about that if I'm not mistaken.
Jake: Wade does know, but his newly-won gold medal attests to his being back in form and one of the league's best.
Marc: Well, besides Marion and maybe Beasley, who does Wade have to back him up? At least Brand has another potential franchise player in Andre Igoudala.
Jake: And then the list goes downhill fast. The Heat's three are legit and they have a solid player in Haslem and a young point-guard in Mario Chalmers.
Marc: First of all, Phily's back up point-guard Louis Williams is better than Chalmers, and Haslem is a poor man's Samuel Dalembert.
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