I have already made predictions for the next season, but as more trades happen I am changing my predictions. So there will probably be another NBA prediction by me near the start of the season.
REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS
West:
1 - Los Angeles Lakers
2 - New Orleans Hornets
3 - San Antonio Spurs
4 - Houston Rockets
5 - Utah Jazz
6 - Portland Trailblazers
7 - Dallas Mavericks
8 - Phoenix Suns
East:
1 - Boston Celtics
2 - Orlando Magic
3 - Detroit Pistons
4 - Philadelphia 76ers
5 - Miami Heat
6 - Cleveland Cavaliers
7 - Washington Wizards
8 - Toronto Raptors
PLAYOFFS
West:
First Round
1 Lakers (4) - 8 Suns (0)
2 Hornets (4) - 7 Mavericks (1)
3 Spurs (4) - 6 Blazers (3)
4 Rockets (4) - Jazz (3)
Second Round
1 Lakers (4) - 4 Rockets (2)
2 Hornets (4) - 3 Spurs (3)
Conference Finals
Lakers (4) - Hornets (3)
East:
First Round
1 Celtics (4) - 8 Raptors (2)
2 Magic (4) - 7 Wizards (1)
3 Pistons (4) - 6 Cavaliers (3)
4 76ers (2) - 5 Heat (4)
Second Round
1 Celtics (4) - 4 Heat (2)
2 Magic (4) - 3 Pistons (2)
Conference Finals
Celtics (4) - Magic (3)
FINALS
Lakers - Celtics
Game 1: Lakers
Game 2: Lakers
Game 3: Celtics
Game 4: Celtics
Game 5: Lakers
Game 6: Lakers
NBA Champions - Los Angeles Lakers
Finals MVP - Kobe Bryant
AWARDS
MVP - Chris Paul, Hornets
Rookie of the Year - Michael Beasley, Heat
Defensive Player of the Year - Kobe Bryant, Lakers
Coach of the Year - Nate McMillan, Blazers
Executative of the Year - Joe Dumars, Pistons
6th Man of the Year - Lamar Odom, Lakers
First Team All-NBA - Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard
Second Team All-NBA - Deron Williams, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Garnett, Yao Ming
Third Team All-NBA - Jason Kidd, Brandon Roy, Paul Pierce, Chris Bosh, Andrew Bynum
First Team All Defense - Kobe Bryant, Bruce Bowen, Shane Battier, Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard
I am SO surprised that you are predicting that the Lakers will win the championship!
In the games against the Celtics after the Donaghy press release, what about the results gives you hope that the Lakers will find a way to win against the Celtics' brand of "defense" this year?
I Know. Posey won't be with them, that must be it.
It would be better to hope that another team comes out of the east, perhaps the Cavs. Oh yeah, the Cavs always beat the Lakers...
Oh well, I hope you end up right, after all, the Lakers are America's team. It's going to be tough for Kobe to be considered one of the top 10 players of all time if he plays like he did in this year's finals (allowing his team to blow a 40 point lead), opts out for the Euro money, and can't get another title.
Last edited by nba is the worst on August 10th at 5:04 PM.
Rockets are probably the front runners if healthy(that is a pretty big If), I doubt Portland will make the playoffs and if they do it will be as an 8th or 7th seed.
Absolutely no chance in hell the Heat are gonna be in the 4th spot ahead of the healthy Washington Wizards, or the Toronto Raptors. Bosh, O'neal, and Calderon is a better trio than Wade, Marion duo(B-Eazy aint gonna have it so easy his first year).
Am I the only one who thinks people are sleeping on the Bucks? Never watched them play, but I somehow doubt they were playing with a winners mindset last year- with their squad and the Eye of the tiger they should be able to make the playoffs. I know they are definitely better than the Hawks, Heat, Pacers, Bulls, and Bobcats and can compete with teams like the Wizards, Cavs, Pistons, Raptors eastern playoff teams.
So you have the Rockets (who still haven't beaten the Jazz in the playoffs in several years) going to the second round.
I just don't see it happening, don't count out a team like the Jazz, they are full of surprises.
edclinchsaint,
I think that the Lakers should try starting Farmar next year and if that doesn't work then they should start Sun Yue. If he is as good as in the youtube videos than we there will be major matchup problems for other teams. The shortest person in the starting lineup would be 6'7 (kobe).
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NBAistheworst,
Since the Celtics won the championship last year they probably won't be getting 38-10 freethrow advantages anymore and the Lakers will have a more experienced Pau, Bynum, Farmar, Odom, Sasha, and DJ Mbenga!!!
If the series had gone 7 games (if the alleged "best player on the planet" had led his team to victory rather than defeat in a game they led by 40), the fixed game would have meant something.
The evenly called games showed the Celtics to be the superior team. LET'S HOPE BYNUM COMES BACK FROM HIS INJURY LIKE WADE!
I am a die-hard Lakers fan. I write a lot of blogs for foxsports. I know a lot of stuff about basketball and have been named "The Basketball Oracle" by my family because of my basketball knowledge. I'm a huge Kobe Bryant fan and think he is the best in the game today. L.A. Lakers - 08-09 NBA Champs!!!
