Let's see what ya got.
East.
1. Cavaliers
2. Bulls
3. Raptors
4. Heat
5. Wizards
6. Hornets
7. Hawks
8. Nets
9. Knicks
East is improved this year. I almost put Bulls first...they'll be very very strong if Rose is healthy. Hawks could move up with Horford being healthy. Knicks not quite deep enough yet.
West.
1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Grizzlies
4. Rockets
5. Thunder
6. Mavericks
7. Warriors
8. Trailblazers
9. Suns
2-9 could all be within just a couple of games of each other. Durant's injury and their thin bench makes OKC go down the board for me. West is a bloodbath, like normal. The Kings, Pelicans, Nuggets will all be contenders IMO.
My only prediction is this is the year Memphis finally overtakes San Antonio.
Memphis v. Cleveland for the title.
EAST:
1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Wizards
4. Hornets
5. Raptors
6. Heat
7. Nets
8. Pistons
WEST:
1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Warriors
4. Thunder
5. Mavs
6. Grizzlies
7. Trail Blazers
8. Rockets
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Cavs win East
Spurs win West
CAVS win NBA Title
GRIZZ beat Warriors and Clippers, lose to Spurs in West Finals.
1- Cleveland
2- Washington
3- Chicago
4- Miami
5- Toronto
6- Charlotte
7- Brooklyn
8- Indiana
1- LA Clippers
2- Houston
3- OKC
4- Dallas
5- GState
6- Portland
7- SA
8- Memphis
Cleveland over Houston.
(10-27-2014 08:15 PM)Mimi Wrote: [ -> ]1- Cleveland
2- Washington
3- Chicago
4- Miami
5- Toronto
6- Charlotte
7- Brooklyn
8- Indiana
1- LA Clippers
2- Houston
3- OKC
4- Dallas
5- GState
6- Portland
7- SA
8- Memphis
Cleveland over Houston.
Houston in the finals hahaha. Bold but come on.
Heat beat Cavs in the playoffs. Epic fail by Lebron
East
1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Wizards
4. Heat
5. Raptors
6. Hornets
7. Hawks
8. Nets
9. Knicks/Pistons
West
1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. Thunder
4. Grizz
5. Mavs
6. Warriors
7. Blazers
8. Rockets
9. Suns
East.
1. Cavaliers
2. Bulls
3. Wizards
4. Raptors
5. Heat
6. Hornets
7. Hawks
8. Nets
9. Knicks
West
1. Spurs
2. Thunder
3. Clippers
4. Grizzlies
5. Warriors
6. Blazers
7. Rockets
8. Suns
Thunder over Spurs in West
Cavs over Bulls in East
Thunder over Cavs in Finals
I know it is the trendy pick but looking at it I just can't see it any other way. Hope I'm wrong and Memphis wins it all though
I was impressed with the Bulls last night, lots of depth.
Hoping to see DRose get back to as normal as possible. That may never happen but he can still be a great point guard.
(10-30-2014 03:12 PM)Tiger46 Wrote: [ -> ]I was impressed with the Bulls last night, lots of depth.
Hoping to see DRose get back to as normal as possible. That may never happen but he can still be a great point guard.
I don't know why people are overlooking the Bulls. Lebron was absolutely right last week when he said that the Bulls were better and they are because the Bulls already have an offensive and especially defensive system in place for many years now where they can just plug in the new players with the veterans into the system that's there. The Cavs on the other hand are pretty much starting from scratch with a new head coach with a bunch of free agents added and even with the best player in the game being there it's going to take time to build an identity especially on the defensive side.
By the way, that preseason game last week vs the Cavs showed that DRose still had the speed, quickness and moves to be very good. He turned Kyrie into a pretzel
The Cavs are clearly a work in progress. Lost to a horrible, HORRIBLE Knicks team tonight.
The important thing is to evaluate season prospects after...one game.