It’s october and for us NBA’s fans, christmas comes early: It’s NBA season tip-off. Last season ended with LA back on top and Kobe finally winning one without Shaq been the Batman to his Robin. Can they do it again? Is this the year Lebron wins the championship for the first time or plays for Cavs for the last time? Which star will emerge, which one will be forgotten? We’ll only know this by june, but sure it’s fun to try to predict. So, I’ll try to get a few things right predicting how things will go down for each team. Lets start with the east and by the end of the week, the western teams!
ATLANTA HAWKS:
They were a good, solid team last season, kept the starting lineup and got a little better inside and outside with the acquisition of Jamal Crawford and Joe Smith. Good, right?? Yes if you only trying to get to the playoffs, but you can forget about getting to conference finals, not with the competition been as strong as Boston, Cleveland and Orlando seem right now.
BOSTON CELTICS
Everybody knows how strong they were the last couple of years. Adding Marquis Daniels gets them youth, another scoring option and a solid reserve to Rondo, and what about Rasheed? Can we skip this one?? I have no idea what the consequences will be. The only thing I know is that the big three it’s getting olderand we don’t know how much they still got left. They are a playoff team already, but getting to conference finals or even winning it all again rest on Garnett’s knee health and the impact of having Rasheed in your locker room.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
They fought for a playoff spot last season and will probably do it again this year, but they lost their chances of been relevant by not inking Iverson. Come on, look at that roster!! They have good role players, but what about a star? They don’t have one. They’ll need one to be a playoff team, and two or three to even think about a ring. Expect than to tank in waiting for the summer if things don’t go their way from the start.
CHICAGO BULLS
With these pieces they’ll be trouble in a couple of years, but now they are a first round exit team. They need to find a way for Hinrich and Rose co-exist or deal captain Kirk. They already seem to be a big player next summer, so dealing Hinrich could placing them in a good position to add Wade, Bosh or even Lebron. So, this season will be all about watching Rose develop and planning summer vacations.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
Let’s analyze them: Solid defense: check, Inside presence: check, Strong bench: check, Playoffs experience: check, best player in the planet and maybe the best ever: check. What?? That looks good on paper right? They’re coming from three straight eastern finals and just added swingman Jamario Moon, fighting undersized forward Leon Powe and four times NBA champion, former MVP and finals MVP and reining All-Star MVP ex-Big Cactus. That looks even better. So what’s wrong? Maybe the fact that Shaq is 37, but still bothers me the way they managed to lost to Orlando, while Lebron was playing in another level. They better stop watching Lebron playing, no matter how amazing he is, and start playing some ball or they’ll be watching Lebron playing live only two or four times a year, and he will be using a different uniform.
DETROIT PISTONS
The great Pistons team is gone, Ben Gordon will never get you a title and I hate them for what they did to Iverson’s career, so I won’t waste time on them. Fighting for a playoffs spot, hope they don’t make it.
INDIANA PACERS
They still exist??? I thought they closed after Reggie retired. Sorry, then let me take a look at that roster. OK, I like T.J Ford and Danny Granger. Period. Looking forward to watch Hansbrough going from college hoops stud to NBA non-factor. That should be fun.
MIAMI HEAT
Dwyane Wade must have done something real bad to deserve a punishment like this. His career gets one year shorter for each season he plays with this guys. Nobody carried a bigger load since Kristie Alley went on a diet. Wade is gone and every Heat fan knows it. Prepare for next season when Beasley carries the load and retires from the NBA to go rehab for life. Check out this photos http://www.nba.com/heat/roster/ … some of this guys don’t even want people taking them seriously.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS
I feel for Bucks fans. I have my doubts they’d be a sweet sixteen team if they were a college team. They better have a great summer next year. By the way, if u angry that I mentioned next summer about every team commentary, than be prepare for this season. You’ll shooting someone before playoffs. That’s how much TV announcers will talk about the famous summer of 2010, cap space and free-agency. I don’t care how nice you are, murdering someone will pass through your mind. Even if it’s your girlfriend asking where you wanna go for summer vacations. She won’t get to the vacations part.
NEW JERSEY NETS
They only have two good players and they play the same position. No, Nets’ GM isn’t playing a joke, at least Nets’ fans don’t think it’s funny, unless… they get Lebron during that time, next year. You know, responsible for some deaths, as explained up.
NEW YORK KNICKS
Another team playing on a different battle, the King James Sweepstakes. As for the actual season, they are a team of refugees, but the east it’s not deep enough to rule them out of a fight for playoffs spot. I don’t want to sound crazy, but I like D’Antoni, they even got a few good players and if with Lebron comes another good player, they may have a chance of getting James next season.
ORLANDO MAGIC
They surprised us making to the finals last season, but lost one of theirs main pieces in Torkuglu. But although Hedo is gone, they added V. Carter, J. Williams and ______. On paper that’s an improvement, making them serious contenders for the ring, except that we’re not in 2001. For almost a decade Carter e Williams showed a lot talented, but never translated to anything better that highlights. Especially Carter will have the most important season of his career when he’ll try to show us his ability to win and most important, prove us he cares about winning. So you’re on the clock Vince, if it doesn’t work out Hall of Fame won’t call, but Globetrotters may.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
They lost their point-guard but still got a young and talented team. That may not be enough, and if they'll fight for a playoffs spot, then they will need a healthy Elton Brand to lead them. The problem with that is that Brand's new injury seems as sure as the fact Lady Gaga will launch one crazy video after another. Right now both facts are almost locks.
TORONTO RAPTORS
Bosh will live a situation a little better than Wade on the court, but at least D-Wade lives in Miami. All pathways leads him out of Toronto. Next summer and drafts should be used for rebuilding (Or building, cause the re means they were relevant once).
WASHINGTON WIZARDS
I don’t know. They got talented other than Gilbert Arenas, but their hope lies on Agent Zero hands, and we all know two things about this guy. One: He’s one of the most talented players in the league. Two: He’s one of the craziest players in the league. So, good look Wizards fans, but wait for nothing more than a first round.
PLAYOFFS TEAMS IN SOME ORDER
Hawks, Celtics, Bulls, Cavs, Heat, Magic, 76ers and Wizards
CONFERENCE FINALS
Magic and Cavs (Cavs in 7, just because Lebron is too talented to be ringless)
West preview in a few days
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