Friday, October 23, 2009

Bill Simmons' NBA preview

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmonsnflpicks/part1/091023&sportCat=nba

PREDICTIONS
Eastern Conference
1. Boston, 62-20
2. Orlando, 60-22
3. Cleveland, 59-23
4. Chicago, 49-33
5. Atlanta, 44-38
6. Washington, 43-39
7. Miami, 42-40
8. Philly, 40-42
9. Charlotte, 39-43
10. Toronto, 39-43
11. New York, 32-50
12. Detroit, 31-51
13. Indiana, 26-56
14. New Jersey, 25-57
15. Milwaukee, 19-63

Western Conference
1. San Antonio, 64-18
2. L.A. Lakers, 63-19
3. Utah, 51-31
4. New Orleans, 48-34
5. Dallas, 46-36
6. L.A. Clippers, 45-37
7. Houston, 44-38
8. Denver, 44-38
9. Phoenix, 43-39
10. Zombies, 42-40
11. Portland, 41-41
12. Golden State, 28-54
13. Memphis, 24-58
14. Minnesota, 22-60
15. Sacramento, 15-67

Final Four: Boston over Cleveland, San Antonio over Lakers
Champion: San Antonio over Boston in 6
MVP: LeBron
ROY: Griffin
Coach: Gregg Popovich
Posted by That Trevor fellow at 10:48 AM

5 comments:

  1. That Trevor fellowFri Oct 23, 10:50:00 AM MST

    Humility won't like we're talking about the NBA in October during football season, yeah, I get it.

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  2. Ace the GuruFri Oct 23, 01:37:00 PM MST

    I will post my NBA preview on Monday. We all know who's going to win the championship.

    Back to Back!!!

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  3. trey_the father of balanceFri Oct 23, 02:13:00 PM MST

    i thought the celtics would run thru cleveland... but i forgot the cavs picked up leon powe and still have big z (now off the bench)... there frontcourt outside of bron obviuosly looks formidable with side show bob, 14 pts in 5 min against the lakers powe, big z and shaq...going up against something stank perkins, 3 pt big man sheed, garnett and mr candace parker shelden williams, big baby... the williams acquisition can be huge from a fouling/banging/interior d standpoint. but the cavs signed the best unheard straight shooter in the league in candace parker's brother.... this will be interesting... if the cavs can get a courtney lee/early boobie gibson play out of (not boobie) but danny green, that will be crucial too....

    who are the zombies (new expansion team).... guess i have to read the article.

    don't think the hornets get in at 4 (more like a 6-7 seed).

    why is portland bad with a point guard in miller... they should be better...

    the clippers really... c'mon

    houston will struggle a little but still make the playoffs... artest for ariza is a bad exchange. who knows if yao and t-mac make it thru a season.

    the east is straightforward... the most healthy of the top three (magic, cavs, celts) will play the lakers.... i like the spurs with r-jeff but artest/odom should shut that down...

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  4. trey_the father of balanceFri Oct 23, 05:41:00 PM MST

    people are high on the clippers... they have kaman, camby, blake, gordon, davis...

    they can make it as an 7-8 seed. they are not deep enough to go far into the playoffs plus they have the rickey davis on the teir team...

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  5. That Trevor fellowSun Oct 25, 11:26:00 AM MST

    Playoff seeds in order:
    East: Magic, Celts, Cavs, Hawks, Heat, Wizards, 76ers, Bulls
    West: Lakers, Spurs, Blazers, Nuggets, Jazz, Hornets, Mavs, Thunder

    Conference Finals: Magic over Celts, Lakers over Spurs.
    Finals: Lake Show over Magic
    MVP: Lebron
    RoY: Griffin
    Biggest Surprise: Okla Thunder are kinda legit, Durant makes the All-Star game and leads them to the playoffs
    Biggest Dissapointment: Shaq doesn't fit in with Cleveland, preventing them from winning the title.

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