[flipdragn]

first of all, here are the records for the cavaliers and the lakers:
cavaliers: 48-32 lakers: 44-37

that's only like 3 games apart. the only reason that the cavaliers are the 4th seed and the lakers are the 7th seed is because of their conferences. the east is going to have 3-4 teams that are going to have below .500 records. the west has no teams that are going to be below .500. the 5-8 seeds in the east are most likely going to be swept or it's gonna be over in 5 games. almost all of the teams in the west are legitimate playoff teams with the exception of the nuggets(if it weren't for the playoff format, they'd be the 7th seed right now).

also i think lebron does have a better supporting cast around him than kobe. lebron has zydrunas ilgauskas, eric snow, damon jones, and donyell marshall. i also would've said larry hughes but he's been injured for like half the season. kobe has lamar odom, sometimes smush parker, and sometimes(and only recently) kwame brown. so i don't know how you can tell me that kobe and lebron have the same supporting cast talent.

i mean lakers arent BAD, i would say there average, theyere gonna get like what 44 -46 wins? and 39-40 losses?..thas average, not bad not good

oh, i forgot about this part. since the cavaliers have only 48 wins(give or take 1 or 2 wins since the season isn't over), that's only going to be 2-4 games won more than the lakers. so wouldn't that make the cavaliers average?

doesnt matter who they play, suns or spurs, they will lose in the first round, even if nash and bell arent back

i keep forgetting to reply to parts of your post. you said if nash and bell aren't back, the suns will still win. did you see the game yesterday between them? the suns got killed. the suns are nothing without steve nash. i'm not even sure if they've ever won a game without him since he came to phoenix. i wouldn't be surprised if nash won the mvp award again this year. but anyways, you can't tell me they'll win a series against a decent playoff team like the lakers without nash. they'd be lucky to win one game against them.

[plusone]

^actually 4 games is quite a bit
for example if you're 4 games back, even if you have 15 games left you better be hauling ass to catch up, especialy if its a playoff team ur trying to catch

but about the conferences, i completely agree. the cavaliers have to play more weakers teams than the lakers. i mean, there may be only FOUR teams in teh east with a winning record... whereas i think in teh west there is 8.

i hope mihm comes back strong though; lakers need him bad.
i almost fell off a chair wen i saw aaron mckie play... i though he was out

[flipdragn]

yeah chris mihm does need to come back. he screwed up my fantasy nba league when he got injured. there aren't too many decent centers in the league right now and all the good ones were taken. at least, chris wilcox was able to fill in nicely. though the maximum games played has doomed me. i'm only able to use the util position in one of my leagues.

[Mr.Wyowang]

yeah chris mihm does need to come back. he screwed up my fantasy nba league when he got injured. there aren't too many decent centers in the league right now and all the good ones were taken. at least, chris wilcox was able to fill in nicely. though the maximum games played has doomed me. i'm only able to use the util position in one of my leagues.

i thought brown was doing good, i personally think he will help tha lakes much more then mihm

[flipdragn]

i wasn't willing to take a chance on brown but anyways, the seasons gonna be over in like 2 days. i'm gonna finish 2nd in both my leagues. though everyone else gave up in like the middle of the season except for the top 3 people so that helped lol.

[plusone]

i thought brown was doing good, i personally think he will help tha lakes much more then mihm

he is doing well but in the PO its always nice to have an extra big man, espcially one that can play
he doesnt necessarily have to start...
and yeah i agree brown > mihm during PO
mihms gonna be a bit rusty and his minutes limited
i just hope brown doesnt let up on the intensity just because mihms back

[xkrndreamer]

personally i dont know why everyone thinks the lakers are still so good
they were good with shaq ( which was the stupidest trade for lakers )
personally i never was a fan, i was and i am a new jersey fan

youre just jealous we beat you in the 01-02 nba finals! no wait we swept new jersey! hahaha

[kr1x]

haha wuts there to be jealous about?
you guys arent going to make it past the first round nd like i said
yu guys arent good, like yu USED to be which means yu WERE good with shaq
buh now that hes gone kobe is all alone nd has no1, kwame brown is garbage
smush parker sucks, odom has decent numbers but is inconsistent, nd yu guys have NO big men or NO defense wat so ever...so in other words

i have nothing to be jealous of

kobe is the only player i give credit to on the LA Lakers..now hes gonna know how allen iverson, paul pierce feels nd how carter nd mcgrady felt

[plusone]

^kwame isnt shaq be he sure isnt playing like garbage anymore
parker really doesnt suck; he's inconsistant but wne u watch every single lakers game, you know he's not bad
and actually odom has become very consistant recently... this squads been coming together the last few weeks

id call it a long shot but its not impossible that they will beat phoenix

[xkrndreamer]

4-0 sweep! i felt sorry for nets fans that year

[Mr.Wyowang]

I is that laker(do L.A even have lakes?) and suns good game for we all..

4-1 suns will da big bad offense shootout

[flipdragn]

so who do you guys think will win in the first round and in how many games?

here's my predictions:

east:
detroit vs. milwaukee: detroit in 4 games
miami vs. chicago: miami in 5 games
new jersey vs. indiana: new jersey in 6 games
cleveland vs. washington: cleveland in 7 games

west:
san antonio vs. sacramento: san antonio in 6 games
phoenix vs. los angeles lakers: phoenix in 5 games
denver vs. los angeles clippers: los angeles in 6 games
dallas vs. memphis: dallas in 6 games

[Mr.Wyowang]

San Antonio Spurs(1) Vs Sacramento Kings(8), Spurs win series 4-2
Phoenix Suns(2) Vs Los Angeles Lakers(7), Suns win series 4-0
Denver Nuggets(3) Vs Los Angeles Clippers(6), Clippers win series 4-3
Dallas Mavericks(4) Vs Memphis Grizzlies(5), Mavericks win series 4-2
Detroit Pistons(1) Vs Milwaukee Bucks(8), Pistons win series 4-0
Miami Heats(2) Vs Chicago Bulls(7), Heats win series 4-2
New Jersey Nets(3) Vs Indiana Pacers(6), Nets win series 4-2
Cleveland Cavaliers(4) Vs Washington Wizards(5), Cavaliers win series 4-2

San Antonio Spurs(1) Vs Dallas Mavericks(4), Mavericks win series 4-3
Phoenix Suns(2) Vs Los Angeles Clippers(6), Suns win series 4-1
Detroit Pistons(1) Vs Cleveland Cavaliers(4), Pistons win series 4-2
Miami Heats(2) Vs New Jersey Nets(3), Nets win series 4-3

Phoenix Suns(2) Vs Dallas Mavericks(4), Mavericks win series 4-3
Detroit Pistons(1) Vs New Jersey Nets(3), Pistons win series 4-2

Detroit Pistons(1) Vs Dallas Mavericks(4), Pistons win series 4-2

[DOVAHKIIN]

so who do you guys think will win in the first round and in how many games?

here's my predictions:

east:
detroit vs. milwaukee: detroit in 4 games
miami vs. chicago: miami in 5 games
new jersey vs. indiana: new jersey in 6 games
cleveland vs. washington: cleveland in 7 games

west:
san antonio vs. sacramento: san antonio in 6 games
phoenix vs. los angeles lakers: phoenix in 5 games
denver vs. los angeles clippers: los angeles in 6 games
dallas vs. memphis: dallas in 6 games

Those look pretty good, but I doubt Detroit will sweap the Bucks. Maybe, but then there's always a good possibility they get one win off. so I say Pistons over Bucks in 5 games.

[flipdragn]

San Antonio Spurs(1) Vs Dallas Mavericks(4), Mavericks win series 4-3

i think the spurs will beat the mavericks in the second round. it probably will be in 7 games though.

Those look pretty good, but I doubt Detroit will sweap the Bucks. Maybe, but then there's always a good possibility they get one win off. so I say Pistons over Bucks in 5 games.

i don't think milwaukee is that great of a team to get a win in the playoffs against detroit. they're the only team below .500, even though it's only by 1 game. i think the bulls or pacers might've been able to get at least one win against them but not the bucks. but i guess we'll have to wait and see.

[Mr.Wyowang]

sucks hoiw this years playoff works, i wish they could meet in the west finals...but wont happen.

:&_**

[flipdragn]

yeah, i think this playoff format rewards teams for being in crappy divisions

[plusone]

or rewards the clippers for tanking games to play teams in crappy divisions

[flipdragn]

lol that too. but it will be nice to (most likely) see the clippers actually be in the second round of the playoffs.

[BluexSky]

Ummm how does the seeding work exactly?? I'm kinda confused cuz Dallas got like the 5th seed and Denver is the 3rd even though they have a worse record?