NBA Predictions, Year 4

Originally posted by jrg:
crzy,

LeBron over Howard for DPOY?

Lebron is an average defender ... and I cant see anyody other than Dwight winning it for a while.

Originally posted by dman:

Originally posted by jrg:
crzy,

LeBron over Howard for DPOY?

Lebron is an average defender ... and I cant see anyody other than Dwight winning it for a while.

Well LeBron is pretty good..but Howard's blocks, rebounds, etc are just too much.

Originally posted by jrg:
Post yours as well...

Atlantic Division

3) Boston Celtics..............57-25
Toronto Raptors...............43-39
Philadelphia 76ers............38-44
New Jersey Nets..............30-52
New York Knicks..............23-59

Central Division

2) Cleveland Cavaliers.........62-20
4) Detroit Pistons...................46-36
6) Chicago Bulls.................44-38
Indiana Pacers.....................39-43
Milwaukee Bucks..................25-57

Southeast Division

1) Orlando Magic..................64-18
5) Atlanta Hawks..................45-37
7) Washington Wizards..........43-39
8) Miami Heat.......................40-42
Charlotte Bobcats.................35-47

Northwest Division

3) Portland Trailblazers.........54-28
4) Denver Nuggets...............52-30
6) Utah Jazz.........................44-38
Oklahoma City Thunder........29-53
Minnesota Timberwolves.......25-57

Pacific Division

1) Los Angeles Lakers...........66-16
8) Phoenix Suns...................37-45
Los Angeles Clippers............33-49
Golden State Warriors..........32-50
Sacramento Kings................20-62

Southwest Division

2) San Antonio Spurs............60-22
5) Dallas Mavericks...............48-34
7) New Orleans Hornets.........43-39
Houston Rockets...................33-49
Memphis Grizzlies.................22-60

MVP: LeBron James
COY: Phil Jackson
DPOY: Dwight Howard
ROY: Blake Griffin
6th Man: Manu Ginobili

Magic over the Lakers in the Finals

Your league is going 1226-1228.

Originally posted by dman:

Originally posted by jrg:
crzy,

LeBron over Howard for DPOY?

Lebron is an average defender ... and I cant see anyody other than Dwight winning it for a while.

Lechump is not that great of a defender he just gets a bunch of hype because of his fast break blocks besides that he doesnt do much defensively

Originally posted by pantstickle:

Originally posted by jrg:
Post yours as well...

Atlantic Division

3) Boston Celtics..............57-25
Toronto Raptors...............43-39
Philadelphia 76ers............38-44
New Jersey Nets..............30-52
New York Knicks..............23-59

Central Division

2) Cleveland Cavaliers.........62-20
4) Detroit Pistons...................46-36
6) Chicago Bulls.................44-38
Indiana Pacers.....................39-43
Milwaukee Bucks..................25-57

Southeast Division

1) Orlando Magic..................64-18
5) Atlanta Hawks..................45-37
7) Washington Wizards..........43-39
8) Miami Heat.......................40-42
Charlotte Bobcats.................35-47

Northwest Division

3) Portland Trailblazers.........54-28
4) Denver Nuggets...............52-30
6) Utah Jazz.........................44-38
Oklahoma City Thunder........29-53
Minnesota Timberwolves.......25-57

Pacific Division

1) Los Angeles Lakers...........66-16
8) Phoenix Suns...................37-45
Los Angeles Clippers............33-49
Golden State Warriors..........32-50
Sacramento Kings................20-62

Southwest Division

2) San Antonio Spurs............60-22
5) Dallas Mavericks...............48-34
7) New Orleans Hornets.........43-39
Houston Rockets...................33-49
Memphis Grizzlies.................22-60

MVP: LeBron James
COY: Phil Jackson
DPOY: Dwight Howard
ROY: Blake Griffin
6th Man: Manu Ginobili

Magic over the Lakers in the Finals

Your league is going 1226-1228.

Yeah, I noticed that as well...I'm in the process of tweaking it now.

That was a rough draft..

crzy...why the 19 game dropoff for the Bobcats?

Originally posted by LA9erFan:
crzy...why the 19 game dropoff for the Bobcats?

16 wins for Charlotte?!?!?!

Originally posted by jrg:
crzy,

LeBron over Howard for DPOY?

He was the runner up last year. I don't see why it isn't possible.

Originally posted by crzy:

Originally posted by jrg:
crzy,

LeBron over Howard for DPOY?

He was the runner up last year. I don't see why it isn't possible.

A VERY distant runner up.

Originally posted by LA9erFan:
crzy...why the 19 game dropoff for the Bobcats?

I see this team imploding

1) They downgraded from Emeka Okafor to Tyson Chandler to save money.

2) Boris Diaw is overweight and injured his ankle this summer. He's trying to rebound from that injury, but I can see him reaggravating that injury during the season and missing a ton of games.

3) Their best player, Gerald Wallace, isn't really all that great offensively, and gets hurt way too often.

4) Raja Bell is shooting under 20% from the field this preseason. The Bobcats are trying to dump him for just about anything at this point.

5) The Southeast Division has improved. Washington is back.


Watching the development of Augustin and Gerald Henderson should be interesting, but the Bobcats are going nowhere this season.

Originally posted by pantstickle:


Over the Magicians.

go spurs!

Originally posted by crzy:

Originally posted by LA9erFan:
crzy...why the 19 game dropoff for the Bobcats?

I see this team imploding

1) They downgraded from Emeka Okafor to Tyson Chandler to save money.

2) Boris Diaw is overweight and injured his ankle this summer. He's trying to rebound from that injury, but I can see him reaggravating that injury during the season and missing a ton of games.

3) Their best player, Gerald Wallace, isn't really all that great offensively, and gets hurt way too often.

4) Raja Bell is shooting under 20% from the field this preseason. The Bobcats are trying to dump him for just about anything at this point.

5) The Southeast Division has improved. Washington is back.


Watching the development of Augustin and Gerald Henderson should be interesting, but the Bobcats are going nowhere this season.

Fair enough. I was just interested in your reasoning. I have a hard time seeing that big of a plunge w/Larry Brown as the coach, personally. I was unimpressed by Henderson when they played the Lakers a couple of nights ago, but I do like Augustin. We'll see.

FWIW, it looks like Raja Bell's gonna miss about 4 months after tearing a ligament in his wrist.

lakers repeating nuff said

Originally posted by LA9erFan:

Originally posted by crzy:

Originally posted by LA9erFan:
crzy...why the 19 game dropoff for the Bobcats?

I see this team imploding

1) They downgraded from Emeka Okafor to Tyson Chandler to save money.

2) Boris Diaw is overweight and injured his ankle this summer. He's trying to rebound from that injury, but I can see him reaggravating that injury during the season and missing a ton of games.

3) Their best player, Gerald Wallace, isn't really all that great offensively, and gets hurt way too often.

4) Raja Bell is shooting under 20% from the field this preseason. The Bobcats are trying to dump him for just about anything at this point.

5) The Southeast Division has improved. Washington is back.


Watching the development of Augustin and Gerald Henderson should be interesting, but the Bobcats are going nowhere this season.

Fair enough. I was just interested in your reasoning. I have a hard time seeing that big of a plunge w/Larry Brown as the coach, personally. I was unimpressed by Henderson when they played the Lakers a couple of nights ago, but I do like Augustin. We'll see.

FWIW, it looks like Raja Bell's gonna miss about 4 months after tearing a ligament in his wrist.

Flip Murray will start at shooting guard then, or Larry Brown will go with the Augustin/Felton backcourt.

Either way, this team is the worst offensive team in the league and I think their defense won't be all that great either.

Originally posted by crzy:
Flip Murray will start at shooting guard then, or Larry Brown will go with the Augustin/Felton backcourt.

Either way, this team is the worst offensive team in the league and I think their defense won't be all that great either.

What are your thoughts on Portland this year?