October 8, 201015 yr I'm going to say Miami wins 65 but gets knocked out in the Eastern Conference finals by Boston. Lakers play Thunder in Western Conference final. Lakers repeat. Kobe MVP. Bulls win 53, get #4 spot in playoffs, get mowed down by Miami in semifinals.
October 8, 201015 yr Bulls start slow, finish hard, win about 55 games. Miami blows away the field wins 70 and the title.
October 8, 201015 yr Wade deals with injuries all season and the Celtics knock off Miami in the EC finals, then lose to the Lakers. ESPN cuts off towards the end of the game and declares the Miami Heat NBA Champions forever.
October 8, 201015 yr Miami wins 63 games, wins the East, loses to Lakers. Kobe seems more awesome than ever. Bulls win 52 games, finish 5th in the East, get past the 1st round and lose to the Magic.
October 8, 201015 yr Bulls 52-20, get past Celtics or Magic in playoffs. Lose to Heat. Lakers win title. Kobe averages 38 in the Finals.
October 8, 201015 yr Bulls win about 48 with their typical slow start burning them, especially with Boozer out. They beat the Bucks in the first round and lose 4-2 to the Heat in the second, getting people's hopes up for next season. Heat win in the mid-60's and don't lose more than 2 games in any eastern conference series, beating Boston in the conference finals. Lakers cruise in the first two rounds but are seriously tested by Portland (one of the few teams with the size to challenge the Lakers). LA wins the title with Artest and Odom making a huge difference.
October 8, 201015 yr Bulls win 51. Lose ECF to Heat in 6. Heat win 68 games and lose to Lakers in the Finals. Kevin Durant wins MVP.
October 8, 201015 yr Author QUOTE (sircaffey @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 12:28 PM) Bulls 52-20, get past Celtics or Magic in playoffs. Lose to Heat. Lakers win title. Kobe averages 38 in the Finals. What happened to the other ten games?
October 8, 201015 yr Some of you guys are really screwing up the brackets. If they win 50-something games and take the 4/5 seed (which seems to be the consensus), they'd get the #1 seed (the Heat by pretty much everyone's estimation) in the second round. So a lot of you are wrong on the playoff predictions by default.
October 8, 201015 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 01:04 PM) What happened to the other ten games? You mean you didn't hear about the NBA adopting the NFL rules about tie procedures?
October 8, 201015 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 01:04 PM) What happened to the other ten games? In the Heat's quest to win 72 games, ESPN lobbied the NBA to allow them to steal games from other teams, and of course David Stern ok-ed it
October 8, 201015 yr QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 01:11 PM) Some of you guys are really screwing up the brackets. If they win 50-something games and take the 4/5 seed (which seems to be the consensus), they'd get the #1 seed (the Heat by pretty much everyone's estimation) in the second round. So a lot of you are wrong on the playoff predictions by default. It's moments like these when I wish I could use Boers & Bernstein's "Who cares?" soundbite on a message board.
October 8, 201015 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 02:16 PM) It's moments like these when I wish I could use Boers & Bernstein's "Who cares?" soundbite on a message board. I wish I could use the "That's Right Brian Paruch" soundbite everywhere I go, cracks me up everytime
October 8, 201015 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 02:26 PM) I wish I could use the "That's Right Brian Paruch" soundbite everywhere I go, cracks me up everytime THAT'S RIGHT LITTLE HURT ZERO FIVE
October 8, 201015 yr I'm not going to get into seedings. The Heat, Magic and Celtics should be the top 3 from the east. While the Lakers, Thunder and Blazers (Blazers if healthy are ridiculously talented) are my top 3 from the west. Heat vs Lakers (shocking) with the Heat winning rather easily in 5. As for the Bulls? I'm not nearly as optimistic as some. They should win 45-48 games (50 tops). Should win at least one playoff series depending on who they play. But they're not a title contender in the least. Oh, and people picking Kobe to win the MVP are nuts. His MVP in '08 was more of a "I guess will give it to you since you've been around for so long" award. And he's just never been statistically dominant enough across the board to garner much consideration. It's either going to be LeBron, Durant or Anthony. Edited October 8, 201015 yr by Jordan4life
October 9, 201015 yr QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 12:34 PM) Bulls win about 48 with their typical slow start burning them, especially with Boozer out. They beat the Bucks in the first round and lose 4-2 to the Heat in the second, getting people's hopes up for next season. Heat win in the mid-60's and don't lose more than 2 games in any eastern conference series, beating Boston in the conference finals. Lakers cruise in the first two rounds but are seriously tested by Portland (one of the few teams with the size to challenge the Lakers). LA wins the title with Artest and Odom making a huge difference. This. Only thing is, Heat sadly beat the Lakers in 6 games. The world cries. Miami's fan cheers, but can't be heard. ESPN continues coverage of the celebration in Miami all the way up until preseason in which they station Jon Barry, Jalen Rose and some other guy to talk about the Heat's chances for repeating throughout all of camp.
October 9, 201015 yr Bulls get the 3rd seed and make the ECF and lose to the Heat in 7. Heat lose to Lakers in 6. Rose & Noah are All-Stars. Korver gets 6th man of the year
October 9, 201015 yr QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 8, 2010 -> 07:21 PM) BTW, top three teams in the West will be Los Angeles, Dallas, and Utah Am I missing something about Utah here? I've heard people having them in the top 3 of the West all week. No way this team is better than 7th in the West. I would go LA, OKC, Dallas, Denver, Portland & SA before Utah.
October 9, 201015 yr QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Oct 9, 2010 -> 12:37 AM) Am I missing something about Utah here? I've heard people having them in the top 3 of the West all week. No way this team is better than 7th in the West. I would go LA, OKC, Dallas, Denver, Portland & SA before Utah. After the Lakers, you could seed anyone of the next 7 teams in any order and you wouldn't look silly. Utah lost Boozer but gained Al Jefferson. Kirilenko is healthy and Deron Williams gets better every year.
October 9, 201015 yr Bulls go 47-35, hampered by a slow start due to Boozer's injury and integrating new players and getting used to TT's system. They get the 5th seed as the Bucks win the Central by 1 game, but defeat the Bucks in 6 games, before getting swept by the Heat in the Semi Finals. Miami plays Orlando who beat Boston in a tough 7 game series, and the Heat win that one in 6. Miami play the Lakers in the finals, who just get past OKC in 7 in the Conference Finals. Miami win that one in 6.
October 10, 201015 yr QUOTE (T R U @ Oct 10, 2010 -> 02:37 AM) Miami will win 73 games and the title approved
October 10, 201015 yr QUOTE (T R U @ Oct 10, 2010 -> 03:37 AM) Miami will win 73 games and the title And the only reason they win 73 is that once they're to 73 they start resting people.
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