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Right now, I just do not see the Nets having enough outside shooting and depth to compete in the Eastern Conference. However, they have proven us wrong in the past, and Lawrence Frank tends to muster a lot out of teams that are suppose to not perform as well. They are definitely in a great situation with a stud young PG in Devin Harris, and I think Lopez is a budding big man star. Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee gained a lot of valuable playoff experience from last year with the Magic, and bring some scoring punch to the lineup. I believe this team is a year or two away from making some noise in the east, but they will have a shot to make the playoffs as a 7th or 8th seed if they play around .500 basketball. The question is, will they get enough scoring to be able to play around .500 ball. (AP Photo)