Decent signing, he's like a cheap version of Boozer except he's more inconsistent. He can get 12 and 10 on any night even off the bench, but he'll also give that up or even more. But if he plays hard like Young said then tis could be good for you guys. You guys are still fifth at best.
No, I say LA/SA/POR/DEN/DAL. But really you could say Portland, Denver and Dallas could all swap eachother out through out the season. Those three will battle it out in the standings all season. The West is even stronger now, Dallas Portland and Denver could all finish with close to 50 wins and still be in fifth place... damn
Like I said before, Portland needs 1 more season before they are true contenders. They will finish 5th or 6th.
As for Denver, I like them a lot. But they haven't done anything to improve this off-season really, while everyone else has improved around them. Billups there during training camp will help but I don't think they can finish higher than Dallas.
I'm not saying Portland is a contender.. I'm just saying they can finish third, but those 3/4/5 spots will all have great teams. Billups was there almost all season, a training camp doesn't really mean anything now lol. But they should have tried for something like you said.
The Mavs get a guy who can play solid role player minutes behind Dirk, they can play them both on the court at the same time versus softer or smaller teams.