Atlanta is full of athleticism. The only thing that stopped their end of the year run last year were the Celtics who took 7 games to stop the Hawks. Portland, with players like Roy and Fernandez, will be contenders in the West.

Real men play contact sports
without body armour.....:nanana:

at least we can agree that real men and woman drive bmws

Real men and women drive Corvettes AND play/follow hockey :) :nanana:

You CAN'T be serious!

Current medical terminology in the United States uses the term collision sport rather than contact sport to refer to Rugby, American football, lacrosse, and ice hockey. The term contact sport is used to refer to sports, such as basketball and association football that allow limited contact. For example, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement in 2001 entitled "Medical Conditions Affecting Sports Participation" that included the following definitions:

In "collision" sports (eg, boxing, ice hockey, football, and rodeo), athletes purposely hit or collide with each other or inanimate objects, including the ground, with great force. In "contact" sports (eg, basketball and soccer), athletes routinely make contact with each other or inanimate objects but usually with less force than in collision sports.

My chin going into somebody's forehead playing basketball the other day requiring stitches may prefer the term collision. :D

P.S. GO BLAZERS!!!!!!!

Looks like Detroit didn't have the heart......:(
Detroit wont look the same next year.

The team was getting old. At the beginning of the year, it was the same team that beat the Lakers in 2004 minus Ben Wallace.

Billups was traded for AI's $20M expiring salary. Rasheed's gone, Tayshaun Prince will probably get traded, and Rip Hamilton wants off the team unless Michael Curry gets fired which is a good possibility.

If they clean house this year, they could potentially clear enough cap space to get into the Lebron sweepstakes.

Yep...the pistons misfired badly on this one...