NBA Preview

The NBA started yesterday, highlighted by a thrilling finish in the Lakers/Rockets game. The Cavs open tonight, against Dallas. The Cavs will start the season with Sasha Pavlovic (signed yesterday for $3 million/year), but no Anderson Varejao (who thinks he is worth $9 million/year, despite no team in the entire league considering such an absurd thing). Here is an analysis of the teams I think will make the playoffs.....

EAST
1) Detroit - the same team as always but in a weak conference there consistency should get the job done (in the regular season)
2) Boston - KG, Allen and Pierce makes for the best talent, but Doc Rivers still sucks as a coach
3) Cleveland - I see a boring season for them, as they will beat the teams they should beat, like always, but they have not improved at all (and for some reason, they refuse to sign any available players....I mean, at least sign Boykins)
4) Toronto - they seemed to have improved from last year...unless last year was a fluke
5) Miami - Wade is hurt, Shaq is old, and they have no depth.....but they now have Tricky Ricky
6) Washington - Gilbert Arenas is great and playing for a contract (note to Cavs fans: Arenas is a player on Washington....you may not know that since you lucked out in last years playoffs)
7) Orlando - picked up Rashard Lewis, but lost NBA Champion Darko Milicic
8) Chicago - I want to pick Milwaukee here, but many analysts say Chicago will win the East, so I should at least pick Chicago to make the playoffs

WEST
1) Phoenix
- they were the best team last year, but got screwed. now Grant Hill should put them in a spot where the NBA cannot screw them
2) San Antonio - big intimidation factor with a cold-blooded killer like Horry on the court.....I just hope Nash doesn't have too much PTSD from his violent attack last year
3) Dallas - they are forever ruined after last year's disaster....unless they get Kobe
4) Denver - good team
5) Utah - annoying, but good team
6) Houston - they are a trendy pick this year, but there is no reason to think T-Mac/Yao stay healthy all year
7) New Orleans - just missed the playoffs last year, and seems they should be a bit better this year
8) Lakers - well, everyday it seems more likely Kobe will get traded, so all these predictions will change, depending on where he goes (most likely Chicago or Dallas).

33 Comments:

Anonymous San Antonio Sam said...

Yah, Grant Hill. Everyone knows he's the missing piece. Did you read the headlines?

"Suns sign injury plagued/under-achieving Hill, Championship guaranteed!"

Also, have you not noticed the unahappiness of Shawn I can't speak clearly Marion? If you do not think that will pose a problem, you're a fool. Plus, they still do not have an inside presence, which does not bode well when matched-up against the Spurs.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Blogger Chuck said...

no point in the Manute/Mugsy pic....I just saw it and thought it was funny.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Blogger Chuck said...

Marion will be fine.

and doctors say Hill is 100%....and he has looked great.

adding 15 more points to this team will only make them better.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous Colin Finnerty, Duke Lax '05 said...

Chuck's predictions are always on.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous San Antonio Sam said...

"Houston - they are a trendy pick this year, but there is no reason to think T-Mac/Yao stay healthy all year"

OK, so you think T-Mac and Yao will get injured, but Grant Hill will not. I see the logic.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous San Antonio Sam said...

Chuck said,

"...adding 15 more points to this team will only make them better."

Once again, going by this foolish logic, that means Denver would've been 31.4 points better when they picked up A.I. DID THAT HAPPEN????????????????

Get someone who can write coherently about sports.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous Dan said...

Chuck picked San Antonio last year, and Miami the year before. I would say his analysis is pretty decent.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what's with all the medical analysis?

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One more solid player on the Cav's team and they'd be unstoppable. If only LeBron had a wingman.

Larry Hughes hasn't cut it - Danny Ferry has done a pretty poor job getting someone to compliment LeBron.

Counting down till LeBron leaves for bigger and better offers.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bill Simmons picks the Cavs to miss the playoffs!!!!!

and he is an "expert"

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Anonymous San Antonio Sam said...

And I pick the Pats to win the Super Bowl...

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Blogger Kyle said...

The Cavs needed to pick up some new talent in the offseason. Hopefully they have something in the works.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Blogger Ben said...

funny picture.

east is more competitve in the past, thats for sure. chicago has the talent i think but i wonder if they will be able to put it together.

Wednesday, 31 October, 2007  
Blogger Chuck said...

Cavs looked terrible tonight. Why won't they pick up Boykins????

and Dan is correct: I have been on the mark with my preseason picks the past 2 years. and since i did not pick an actual champ in my post, i will now: Phoenix over Boston in the Finals.

and the bashing from a person that appears to be silent majority - whatever. i am not a doctor. i just know that they say Hill is fine. he played in 65 games last year, which would be great.

and Yao has not played in 65 games in each of the last 2 seasons. and T-Mac has missed about 30% of the games over the past 2 seasons.
so suck it.

and your stupid iverson comment ignores that: a) denver is better now and b) they gave up 20 points in Miller and Smith.

Thursday, 01 November, 2007  
Blogger Chuck said...

finally, i read Simmons preview. normally i feel he is right on, but something seemed odd this year. maybe it is just my hate of the Red Sox

Thursday, 01 November, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree that Detroit may be the #1 seed, but there's no way they will win the east. This is due to one fact. Flip Saunders is a douchebag. His name says it all.

Thursday, 01 November, 2007  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i thought you picked Phoenix last year

Thursday, 01 November, 2007  
Anonymous San Antonio Sam said...

Good point young Chuck.

Nuggets: got Iverson = 31.2ppg

76ers: got Miller (13ppg) and Joe Smith(5.1ppg) = total of 18.1ppg.

The Nuggets were 14-9 pre-Iverson.
The Nuggets were .500 when he played.

Thursday, 01 November, 2007  
Blogger Chuck said...

to say or insinuate the nuggets are not better with iverson is moronic. they got off to a bad start with him....to be expected, since he is a very unique player that changed the way they had to play.

but they ended the regular season ridiculously hot (i am pretty sure they only lost once in the last 15 games). then they played well against the Spurs.

so they are better with Iverson and the 8 points differenc with him (he only averaged like 24 ppg in denver). thanks for agreeing

Thursday, 01 November, 2007  
Anonymous San Antonio Sam said...

You took Iverson's ppg with Denver. If you are going to do that then you cannot use Grant Hill's ppg with Orlando. For, if you do, then you would also use Iverson's ppg w/ Philly. Thanks for agreeing.

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