Start your weekend off early with a look at the 5 NBA teams
that had the roughest week! New to Love
Boat Sports, the Friday Suck 5 will be a power ranking of the worst NBA teams
of the week. There will surely be some perennial
inclusions, although there will also be teams that just had a rough week or a
major injury. Here’s this week’s suck 5!
Note: Since this is the first edition, the entire season
will be included in the rankings.
5. Dallas Mavericks- The Mavericks have rebounded from an
awful start to climb within two games of .500.
They have sorely missed Tyson Chandler in the middle, as Brendan Haywood
has not been able to provide serviceable low post play. Lamar Odom has played very poorly, and the
penetration of JJ Barea has been a huge loss for the defending champs. The Mavs have seen success when playing Dirk
at the five and going with a smaller lineup.
Look for the Mavs to employ this lineup more as the season progresses,
unless early season surprise Ian Mahinmi can continue to develop into a presence
in the post.
4. New York Knicks- The Knicks have gone 1-4 since their
Christmas Day win over the Celtics, with their only win coming over the
Kings. Even with the addition of Tyson
Chandler, the Knicks rank 29th in rebounding and 27th in
points allowed. Perhaps more
importantly, they rank 25th in assists. Carmelo and Amare are getting their points,
but they are not creating opportunities for the whole team to get
involved. The Knicks must share the ball
better if they want to get off this list.
Hopefully Baron Davis will help out in that regard when he returns from
injury.
3. Sacramento Kings- The Kings have already fired a coach
and had one of their star players maybe or maybe not demand a trade. The Kings are a talented, young, team, who
will hopefully realize their potential this season. While a playoff berth seems unlikely, I would
not be shocked to see this team win 30 games and have a respectable season if
DeMarcus matures and Jimmer becomes a solid playmaker and scorer for them.
2. New Jersey Nets- The Nets have won only one game, which
was against the next team on this list, the lowly Wizards. Derron Williams has gotten virtually no help,
and the team has leaned on rookie MarShon Brooks to play second fiddle to their
All-Star, and it has not worked out. The
Nets must improve soon, or Williams will become disgruntled and possibly demand
another trade. Once Brook Lopez returns
from injury, look for the Nets to continue their pursuit of Dwight Howard.
1. Washington Wizards- I would be shocked to see the Wizkids
win double digit games this season. They
really haven’t had a close game yet, including an opener where they went up 19
in the first half to the lowly Nets.
There is already turmoil in the locker room, mostly centering around resident
idiot Andray Blatche. The lone bright
spot for the Wizards has been the improved play of Nick Young, who looks like
he might actually be a serviceable player instead of a rival for biggest fool
on the team with Blatche and Javale McGee.
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