Eastern Conference 1-Miami Heat 2-Orlando Magic 3-Chicago Bulls 4-Boston Celtics 5-Atlanta Hawks 6-Milwaukee Bucks 7-New York Knicks 8-Charlotte Bobcats Western Conference 1-Los Angeles Lakers 2-Dallas Mavericks 3-Oklahoma City Thunder 4-Denver Nuggets 5-Portland Trail Blazers 6-Utah Jazz 7-Phoenix Suns 8-Houstton Rockets MIA over CHA in 6 ORL over NYK in 5 CHI over MIL in 6 BOS over ATL in 7.
Eastern Conference: 1. Miami 2. Orlando 3.
Chicago 4. Boston 5. Atlanta 6.
Milwaukee 7. Charlotte 8. Philadelphia Western Conference 1.
LA Lakers 2. Denver 3. Oklahoma City 4.
Dallas 5. Portland 6. Utah 7.
San Antonio 8. Houston Playoffs Eastern Conference: MIA over PHI ATL over BOS CHI over MIL ORL over CHA MIA over ATL ORL over CHI MIA over ATL Western Conference Playoffs: LAL over HOU POR over DAL OKC over UTA DEN over SA LAL over POR OKC over DEN LAL over OKC NBA FINALS: MIA over LAL.
East 1. Miami Heat - Their toughest time will be at the start of the season when they try to gel and late season when they may be dealing with injuries. 8 of their first 12 games are at home, so I see them winning 60-65 games on motivation.
However, I think they'll tire come playoff time with such a weak bench, and be upset. 2. Orlando Magic - Their deeper than the Heat, but haven't really figured out how to help Howard.
Lewis is under utilized, Carter's washed up and Nelson is injury prone. 3. Atlanta Hawks - They'll do much the same as last year.
Solid regular season, then disappoint in the playoffs. 4. Chicago Bulls - An improved Derrick Rose is what boosts them this year.
5. Boston Celtics - Just the opposite of Miami. Their season will be laden with injuries, and assuming their healthy in the playoffs, they'll make another run at a championship.
6. Milwaukee Bucks - If Bogut's healthy, they should be better next season. Jennings has a full year under his belt, they've added Corey Maggette (though not sure yet how he fits) and Gooden is solid.
7. Philadelphia 76ers - They've added a solid Evan Turner, and Jrue Holiday's looking good. 8.
Cleveland Cavs - The East is weak, and the Cavs are scrappy. People forget how solid Jamison and Mo Williams are. Why not the Bobcats?
Do people really think Wallace and Jackson will be able to put in near-40 minutes per game again? Plus, they lost all their inside players other than a thin, inconsistent Ty Thomas, and they lost Ray Felton. Sure, those aren't huge losses, but when you don't replace them you go from a semi-deep team to a shallow team with not much inside.
West 1. LA Lakers - Mavs will give them headaches in the season, but it's hard to see anyone else representing the West come playoff time. 2.
Dallas Mavericks - The Mavs weren't two games from winning the west last year. In fact, they were eliminated in the first round by the Spurs. Dirk will come back fired up, though I suspect they'll rest him more during the season.
Adding Ty Chandler was a good move, because it gives the Mavs an even deeper lineup. 3. Denver Nuggets - The Nuggets always seem to do better than they ought to.
I expect them to be consistent this year, while a few other teams drop around them due to age.
East 1. Magic... strong team, not a team that was just thrown together last season 2. Heat... last time I checked the nba dosent play with 3 balls, cant see them getting 1st 3. Hawks... minus there shitty postseason there still a really good and deep team 4.
Milwaukee... good and young, not good and old like celtics, coulg go to 5th though but dosent really matter since 4 and 5 play first anyway 5. Celtics... young usually beats old, but I feel really bad for putting them this low after taking lakers to 7 in finals and crushing orlando and cleavland... idk I might be underrating them 6. Chicago... not a huge boozer fan but I think il put them up 2 ranks 7.
Charlotte... not good not bad just ehh 8. Wizards... seeing how week the east is I think bringing back arenas and wall might somehow magically put him here, really just about any east team can end up here last 4 teams... T-Wolves- They suck terribly Detroit- old and nothing new Goldenstate- no1 really great and not deep Indiana- I have a huge feeling that granger wants out, and if he does they are going way down btw I have been wondering why people think that rockets arnt making playoffs... even 9th in the west. There getting back the best center in the league and if he doesn't get hurt (I pray everyday he never does again) how do they fall?
With brooks getting better and we only had k0mart for half a season and the chemistry is getting really good.
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