Who will dominate the league in 5 years? Top 5 future contenders.

This team was phenomenal last season. Its tough to call them a young team as they have many veterans on the roster such as Peja and Posey but they have a fantastic nucleus of talent which exploded this season. Tyson Chandler is just 25 years old and is one of the leagues most dominant centers. As long as CP3 keeps throwing those passes Tyson will be up there throwing them home (as long as Jason Maxiell isn't in the way) he may of only averaged 11 ppg last year but hes a huge defensive presence and will shut other big men down, if he can get his point average up he could become one of the best centers in the league. David West was a force this year. He was almost as valuable to the Hornets as CP3, offensively he shows shades of Tim Duncan, hes a pure power forward with a fantastic scoring touch and i cant imagine him getting any worse. Defense isn't a problem for West either he has the ability to stop players when needed and cleans the glass well, no doubt next year he will improve into an even more dominant scorer. The only problem visible with West is his age, hes 27 which is a players prime age so in 5 years time will he still be as good as he is now? Only time will tell. Chris Paul. Possibly one of the greatest point guards to ever live. At 23 he's mentioned with the likes of Isiah Thomas, John Stockton and Magic Johnson. He pretty much carried the team to the 2nd place in the West just behind Kobe's Lakers and only just missed out on the MVP award to Kobe. Averaging 20.1 ppg and 11.g apg he put the Hornets straight past the like of Jason Kidd and the Mavs only to be knocked out by the Spurs (whom had some rather generous referee decisions come they're way in game 6 and 7). All this and he's only been in the league 3 seasons. Imagine what next year brings. 22 ppg and 15 apg is my estimation but don't hold me to it. No doubt he shall dominate the point guard position until he is way past his prime. With David West's scoring, Tyson Chandler's defence and potentially one of the greatest point guards ever in CP3 the Hornets are huge contenders for a championship in the future

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Portland Trailblazers.

Now before you hail me with 1000s of comments complaining as to why the Blazers are holding the top spot just hear me out. The Blazers have an absolutely RIDICULOUS (the good kind of ridiculous) team in terms of talent. Jerryd Bayless just completely tore up the summer league and although the summer league is an NBA reject area i can still imagine him contributing with the big guys. He's a scoring point guard but still has great awareness and can assist the ball when needed to players such as Roy and Oden. I think he could potentially be a candidate for ROY but don't hold me to that as we wont know until the season starts in November. The Blazers other rookie is Greg Oden (still technically a rookie) he was a college giant and a defensive god so people expect big things from old Greg weather he can live up to the huge expectations is something only time will tell. Every Dynasty is built around a center (except the Bulls) and Greg Oden is a center you build a franchise around which they have done. Lamarcus Aldridge was a force last year, his play exploded from a rookie season of 9 ppg and 5 rpg to 17 ppg and 7 rpg which is a huge improvement especially on the offensive end. Hes only going to get better and at a young age he should become more dominant hes a great building block for the franchise and will play a huge part in the Blazers future success. He shows similar comparisons to David West although he doesn't quite have the same shooting touch as West and is more of a physical player. Brandon Roy is a fantastic player one of the best 2 guards in the league winning the ROY award two seasons ago and continuing to improve. He has phenomenal scoring awareness and shows good ability to find his team mates and i can only see him improving into a superstar. This team is on the way up they have 4 potential All Stars (one of which already is an All Star) and they have all the building blocks needed to win a championship in the next 5 years give it time and Blazers could be top, as long as injuries don't hurt them.


   The truth is in 5 years time we cant know for sure who will be topping the league many changes could happen to the squads in the top 5 catapulting other teams to the top. Only time will tell.

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