So, who is the early pick to win the NBA championship?

Cavs, yeah

Talk to me in June when the pituitary cases in underwear league is about done.

Spurs!Parker-Ginobili-Jefferson-McDyess-Duncan....that's a hell of a starting 5, even McDyess is still a pretty good player who grabbed 3 offensive rebounds per game last season.

Its the Celtics baby all the way!!!

Boston guy wrote:

Its the Celtics baby all the way!!!

LoL! Good luck with that, especially since it worked out SO well for the foul-mouthed Celtics fans from last season:

who gives a damn?

1. San Antonio

2. Lakers

3. Miami

4. Orlando

5. Portland

Portland.

Everybody's healthy....knock on wood.

Nobody's talking about the "No-guts" again. They will be a player, not just a minor annoyance this year. They have renewed confidence and just need another defensive stopper.

you have lost it. it is going to be a repeat of last years finals.

Portland and orlando will be very good this year. You can count on that.

It would be pretty cool t see portland win it because they have no actual super star yet on the team. Orlando lost turkoglu.

Lakers are easily favorite to win again. They could be even better this year! Clevland still one player away. Shaq is just to old to give the cav the jolt they need.

I'd say Lakers and Portland in the western finals....and that will be the best series of the year.

Please dont nobody sleep on Miami. They will cause trouble in the east, if they not too nuckleheaded.

Clippers!

How many free throws could Bekele make in a row if he only ran 15 miles/week?

the only talented player Miami has beside Wade is currently in psychiatry...i doubt that they even make the playoffs.

East

Orlando(VC+Bass>Turk,Lee)

Cavs(Old Shaq is not gonna help that much)

Celtics(getting old but still good enough for the #3 in the east)

Hawks(plenty of talent)

Raptors(Turk + a bunch of nice additions)

Bulls(Rose-Salmons-Hinrich can shoulder the loss of BG)

Detroit(weak front court but enough talent on the perimeter)

Pacers(a bunch of no-nonsense players si enough to make the playoffs in the east)

West

Spurs(All-Star starting five)

Lakers(signing crazy Artest was a mistake)

Portland(young cats getting better + Andre Miller)

Nuggets(tough)

Jazz(deep)

Rockets(ultimate hustle n' defense team, no offensive talent but can outwork a lot of teams as demonstrated last year)

Mavs(too much talent)

Hornets(weak on the wings)

trollometer wrote:

I say Cleveland might be at the top.

ummmmmm ever heard of the orlando magic?

tenndude wrote:

ummmmmm ever heard of the orlando magic?

Yes, I have. They are the team that got crushed on their home court at the end of the 2009 NBA Finals!

They had their chance, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt that they were the inferior team. You can stay up all night creating childishly trendy "ummmmmm ever heard of" posts, but in the real world Orlando won't even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals this season.

tenndude wrote:

ummmmmm ever heard of the orlando magic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQYPBn4qGxo

tenndude posted the wrong link. here ya go.

the 1992 Chicago Bulls