CSL Tonite! Atlantic Division Preview

Hi! I'm Mindy Mindy and welcome to CSL Tonite! Today we have Steve Smith, Dennis Scott, and Greg Anthony in studio and they're gonna discuss the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division and give you their thoughts on who they feel will win the Division crown!

Guys, the floor is yours...


Well Mindy, I'm gonna get things started... when you think about the Atlantic Division the first team that comes to mind is the New York Knicks! Year in and year out they get overlooked and somehow they find a way to get it done and that's a testament to the GM and coaching as well as the players, they buy into a system and it works and now they go from a guy in Jeremy Lin who was perfect for that system and Chandler Parsons as well and they trade em for a guy in Ricky Rubio who is the ultimate system player. Do they lose alot? Yes but they also gain a guy who's less dependent on scoring and more dependent on facilitating and I think with a guy like a Courtney Lee to go along with a Chris Bosh and a JaVale  McGee and Chase Budinger, if they can get them goin' then I see no reason for them not to win the Division again.


I agree with you Smitty but I think they lost alot in Lin and Parsons I mean, moving those guys they essentially moved 30 some almost 40 points a game, not to mention the defense and leadership but I can't make an argument for another team.


Well I can, the argument is there's a guy in Philadelphia who if he remains healthy, and I'm talkin' about Dwyane Wade, there is no way the Knicks minus a Jeremy Lin and a Chandler Parsons can compete against that Sixer team, remember, had Wade not broken his wrist that Sixers team was in control of that division.


I don't agree with that Greg, they were goin' back and forth all season long with the Knicks for the crown and New York dealt with some injuries of their own all season.


Don't forget about Brook Lopez of the Nets going down just 26 games into the season last year.


Yep... that's another team that dealt with injuries, the Nets. They could be dangerous, too.


So can a dog but if you keep it on a leash it won't be able to be dangerous unless you get close enough to it and the fact remains that despite injuries cause listen guys, every team deals with injuries so that isn't a viable excuse. I'm going with Philly despite the lack of leadership up there and I think they win the division.


Another team to watch out for might be the Toronto Raptors, I mean I don't see them winning the Atlantic Division but they may make some noise, they got Big Al Jefferson, they brought Pierce back and if that kid Oladipo can develop some more they could make things really hard on those teams.


Well I'm not giving them no shot Dennis, not at all. Them, the Celtics who drafted the big fella Alex Len to go along with the German kid...


Schröder.


Yeah Dennis Schröder, they're still a ways away from truly contending and you know guys like Kevin Garnett and Gerald Wallace will have those guys competing but at the end of the day I just don't see any team beating the Knicks so I'm gonna stick with my pick. I'm goin' Knicks.


Sixers, by at least 7 games. They win the division comfortably.


I'm stickin' with the Knicks, I agree with Smitty.


If I had to pick I think I'd go with the Sixers, I think Greg is right and think Wade and Bynum fight for a Playoff spot and a shot at the Eastern Conference Finals as well.

Well guys thanks for the discussion and banter. That'll do it for this edition of CSL Tonite! Let us hear your opinion and thanks for watching!

Jamal (NYK) wrote:What a great no-looking pass from Rubio at 16'!!
JaVale, you've gotta dunk that one in!!!   

Jamal (NYK) wrote:What a great no-looking pass from Rubio at 16'!!
JaVale, you've gotta dunk that one in!!!   

WillyJakkz (HOU) wrote:

Jamal (NYK) wrote:What a great no-looking pass from Rubio at 16'!!
JaVale, you've gotta dunk that one in!!!   

Yeah I know! I jumped up when Rubio dished it but was disappointed JaVale didn't slam it.

I just sim cpu vs cpu with the CSL teams and let nature take its course lol, I don't try to dunk or do anything specific for one player or team, it's all the cpu although sometimes it just does basic things, sometimes it does amazing things.