Mitch Lawrence: C's 5th Worst Team In The NBA

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

Mitch has the C's 5th from the bottom. That might be a little
low, perhaps somewhere between 6 and 10....


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            Spurs Present Double Trouble

            By MITCH LAWRENCE 
            Daily News Sports Writer
            CLEAR-CUT FAVORITE

                  Tim Duncan
            San Antonio <snips>
    
            NO CHANCE
            Minnesota — Still need a quality shooting guard before they're taken 
            seriously.
            Charlotte — Talented? Yes. Can they work together? Paul Silas prays.
            Philadelphia — With Allen Iverson the closest thing to an 
            unstoppable player, they could finish third in the East.
            Sacramento — How long before Chris Webber starts dragging this team 
            down?
            Milwaukee — A playoff team last year, the Bucks need power players 
            to make some noise.
            New Jersey — Don Casey's biggest challenge: Not letting Stephon 
            Marbury and Keith Van Horn engage in a game of "Who gets the most 
            shots?"
            Atlanta — The NBA's new odd couple: Isaiah Rider and Lenny Wilkens.
            Toronto — The playoffs finally come to Canada this May.
            Detroit — The team isn't going anywhere, but Grant Hill could leave 
            for Orlando at season's end.
            Seattle — If Paul Westphal feels his seat getting hot, it's because 
            they're expecting him to win now.
            Golden State — Hosting two of the season's premier events: The 
            All-Star Game and Latrell Sprewell's return to the Bay Area.
            Denver — Dan Issel would never have returned to the bench if he 
            didn't think he could win a few games.
            Washington — Talent combined with all the chemistry of a toxic dump.
            Cleveland — Shawn Kemp remembers the good old days with Gary Payton.
            Vancouver — The countdown to St. Louis continues.
            Boston — Whoever has found the master blueprint, please return to 
            Rick Pitino.
            Chicago — Now when people want to know, how'd Chicago do?, they're 
            talking about the Blackhawks.
            Orlando — When Darrell Armstrong is you're go-to man, you're in 
            trouble.
            Dallas — At some point this season, the Don Nelson era mercifully 
            ends.
            Clippers — There'll be more than a few days when Lamar Odom wishes 
            he's playing for the other team in Staples Center.