Neither can I. They're a great offensive powerhouse team with a lot of good shooters (Michael Redd, Bobby Simmons, Charlie Villanueva, Andrew Bogut, & many more), but their defense's still mediocre at best. Picking up Ruben Patterson over the offseason will defiinitely bolster the perimeter defense, but the interior D's still somewhat whack because Bogut tends to get in foul trouble & Charlie can get kinda lazy on the defensive end. If they want to make it, Redd will have to do more than just being a sharpshooter by spreading the floor for his teammates. Also, Bobby Simmons needs to have a breakout year & Andrew Bogut just needs to get stronger down there so he can bash with the best of them against bigger, stronger guys (i.e. Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett, etc).
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