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* DENOTES FREE AGENT

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. BOSTON CELTICS
G RAJON RONDO/SAM CASSELL*/EDDIE HOUSE
G RAY ALLEN/TONY ALLEN/GABE PRUITT
F PAUL PIERCE/J.R. GIDDENS/BILL WALKER
F KEVIN GARNETT/LEON POWE/BRIAN SCALIBRINE
C KENDRICK PERKINS/GLEN DAVIS/PATRICK O'BRYANT

2. ORLANDO MAGIC
G JAMEER NELSON/ANTHONY JOHNSON/CARLOS ARROYO*
G KEITH BOGANS/J.J. REDICK/COURTNEY LEE
F HEDO TURKOGLU/MICKAEL PIETRUS/PAT GARRITY*
F RASHARD LEWIS/BRIAN COOK/JAMES AUGUSTINE*
C DWIGHT HOWARD/ADONAL FOYLE*/MARLIN GORTAT


3. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
G MO WILLIAMS/DANIEL GIBSON/ERIC SNOW*
G SASHA PAVLOVIC/DELONTE WEST/DEVIN BROWN*
F LEBRON JAMES/WALLY SZCZERBIAK/DARNELL JACKSON
F BEN WALLACE/J.J. HICKSON
C ZYDRUNAS ILGAUSKAS/ANDERSON VAREJAO/LANCE ALLRED


4.DETROIT PISTONS
G CHAUNCEY BILLUPS/RODNEY STUCKEY/LINDSEY HUNTER
G RICHARD HAMILTON/AARON AFFLALO/DERON WASHINGTON
F TAYSHAUN PRINCE/WALTER SHARPE/AMIR JOHNSON
F ANTONIO MCDYESS/JASON MAXIELL/TRENT PLAISTED
C RASHEED WALLACE/KWAME BROWN/CHEIKH SAMB

5.CHICAGO BULLS
G DERRICK ROSE/KIRK HINRICH/JAMESoN CURRY
G BEN GORDON*/LARRY HUGHES/SHANNON BROWN*
F LUOL DENG*/ANDRES NOCIONI/THABO SEFOLOSHA
F DREW GOODEN/TYRUS THOMAS/DEMETRIS NICHOLS*
C JOAKIM NOAH/AARON GRAY/CEDRIC SIMMONS

6.PHILADELPHIA 76ERS
G ANDRE MILLER/LOUIS WILLIAMS/ROYAL IVEY
G ANDRE IGOUDALA*/KAREEM RUSH/WILLIE GREEN
F THADDEUS YOUNG/JASOM SMITH/LOUIS AMUNDSON*
F ELTON BRAND/REGGIE EVANS/SHAVLIK RANDOLPH
C SAMUEL DALEMBERT/MARREESE SPEIGHTS/HERBERT HILL*


7.MIAMI HEAT
G JASON WILLIAMS/MARIO CHALMERS/MARCUS BANKS
G DWYANE WADE/DAEQUAN COOK/CHRIS QUINN
F SHAWN MARION/JAMES JONES/DORELL WRIGHT*
F MICHAEL BEASLEY/UDONIS HASLEM/DAVID PADGETT
C ALONZO MOURNING*/MARK BLOUNT/EARL BARRON*


8.ATLANTA HAWKS
G MIKE BIBBY/ACIE LAW/SPEEDY CLAXTON
G JOE JOHNSON/MAURICE EVANS/SALIM STOUDEMIRE*/FLIP MURRAY
F MARVIN WILLIAMS/JEREMY RICHARDSON
F JOSH SMITH*/SOLOMON JONES
C AL HORFORD/ZAZA PACHULIA

9.TORONTO RAPTORS
G JOSE CALDERON/ROKO UKIC/WILL SOLOMON
G ANTHONY PARKER/CARLOS DELFINO*/HASSAM ADAMS
F ANDREA BARGNANI/JASON KAPONO/JOEY GRAHAM
F CHRIS BOSH/JAMARIO MOON/KRIS HUMPHRIES
C JERMAINE O'NEAL/PRIMOZ BREZEC*/NATHAN JAWAI

10.WASHINGTON WIZARDS
G GILBERT ARENAS/ANTONIO DANIELS
G DESHAWN STEVENSON/NICK YOUNG
F CARON BUTLER/DOMINIC MCGUIRE/OLEKSIY PECHEROV
F ANTWAN JAMISON/DARIUS SONGAILA/ANDRAY BLATCHE
C BRENDAN HAYWOOD/ETAN THOMAS/JAVALE MCGEE


11.INDIANA PACERS
G T.J. FORD/JARRETT JACK/TRAVIS DIENER
G MIKE DUNLEAVY/BRANDON RUSH/MARQUIS DANIELS
F DANNY GRANGER/SHAWNE WILLIAMS/STEPHEN GRAHAM
F TROY MURPHY/JOSH MCROBERTS/MACEO BASTON
C ROY HIBBERT/JEFF FOSTER/RASHO NESTEROVIC


12.MILWAUKEE BUCKS
G CHARLIE BELL/LUKE RIDNOOUR/TYRONNE LUE
G MICHAEL REDD/DAMON JONES/RAMON SESSIONS
F RICHARD JEFFERSON/ADRIAN GRIFFIN/LUC MBAH A MOUTE
F CHARLIE VILLANUEVA/JOE ALEXANDER/MICHAEL RUFFIN*
C ANDREW BOGUT/DAN GADZURIC/JAKE VOSKUHL*


13. CHARLOTTE BOBCATS
G RAYMOND FELTON/D.J. AUGUSTION/EARL BOYKINS*
G JASON RICHARDSON/MATT CAROLL/KYLE WEAVER
F GERALD WALLACE/ADAM MORRISON/JERMAREO DIVIDSON
F EMEKA OFAFOR/SEAN MAY/JARED DUDLEY
C NAZR MOHAMMED/RYAN HOLLINS/ALEXIS AJINCA


14. NEW YORK KNICKS
G STEPHON MARBURY/CHRIS DUHON/NATE ROBINSON/ANTHONY ROBERSON/TAUREAN GREEN
G JAMAL CRAWFORD/QUENTIN RICHARDSON/JARED JEFFRIES
F WILSON CHANDLER/DANILO GALINARI/BOBBY JONES
F ZACH RANDOLPH/DAVID LEE/MALIK ROSE
C EDDY CURRY/RANDOLPH MORRIS*/JEROME JAMES


15. NEW JERSEY NETS

G DEVIN HARRIS/KEYON DOOLING/DARRELL ARMSTRONG*
G VINCE CARTER/CHRIS DOUGLAS-ROBERTS/MAURICE AGER
F JARVIS HAYES/BOBBY SIMMONS/TRENTON HASSELL/RYAN ANDERSON
F YI JIANLIAN/SEAN WILLIAMS/STROMILE SWIFT/EDUARDO NAJERA
C BROOK LOPEZ/JOSH BOONE/NENAD KRSTIC



WEST

1.LOS ANGELES LAKERS
G JORDAN FARMAR/DEREK FISHER/COBY KARL
G KOBE BRYANT/SASHA VUJACIC/JOE CRAWFORD
F LAMAR ODOM/TREVOR ARIZA/IRA NEWBLE*
F PAU GASOL/VLADIMIR RADMANOVIC/LUKE WALTON
C ANDREW BYNUM/CHRIS MIHM/DIDIER ILUNGA-MBENGA*

2.NEW ORLEANS HORNETS
G CHRIS PAUL/JANNERO PARGO*/MIKE JAMES
G MORRIS PETERSON/BONZI WELLS*
F PEJA STOJAKOVIC/JAMES POSEY/RASUAL BUTLER
F DAVID WEST/JULIAN WRIGHT/RYAN BOWEN*
C TYSON CHANDLER/MELVIN ELY//HILTON ARMSTRONG

3.PHOENIX SUNS
G STEVE NASH/LEANDRO BARBOSA/D.J. STRAWBERRY
G RAJA BELL/GORDAN GIRICEK*/MALIK HAIRSTON
F GRANT HILL/ALANDO TUCKER/MATT BARNES
F AMARE STOUDEMIRE/BORIS DIAW/SEAN MARKS*
C SHAQUILLE O'NEAL/ROBIN LOPEZ/BRIAN SKINNER*

4.HOUSTON ROCKETS
G RAFER ALSTON/BOBBY JACKSON/STEVE FRANCIS
G TRACY MCGRADY/LUTHER HEAD/BRENT BARRY/AARON BROOKS
F SHANE BATTIER/CHUCK HAYES/DONTE GREENE
F LUIS SCOLA/CARL LANDRY*/JOEY DORSEY
C YAO MING/DIKEMBE MUTUMBO/LOREN WOODS

5.UTAH JAZZ
G DERON WILLIAMS/BREVIN KNIGHT/RONNIE PRICE
G RONNIE BREWER/MATT HARPRING/MORRIS ALMOND
F ANDREI KIRLIENKO/KYLE KORVER
F CARLOS BOOZER/PAUL MILLSAP/JARRON COLLINS
C MEHMET OKUR/KOSTA KOUFOS/ANTE TOMIC

6.SAN ANTONIO SPURS
G TONY PARKER/GEORGE HILL/DAMON STOUDAMIRE*
G MANU GINOBLI/ROGER MASON/JACQUE VAUGHN
F BRUCE BOWEN/MICHAEL FINLEY/DEMARR JOHNSON*
F TIM DUNCAN/ROBERT HORRY*/JAMES GIST
C FABRICIO OBERTO/KURT THOMAS/MATT BONNER

7.PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS
G JERRYD BAYLESS/STEVE BLAKE/SERGIO RODRIGUEZ
G BRANDON ROY/RUDY FERNANDEZ
F MARTELL WEBSTER/TRAVIS OUTLAW/NICOLAS BATUM
F LEMARCUS ALDRIDGE/IKE DIOGU/RAEF LAFRENTZ
C GREG ODEN/CHANNING FRYE/JOEL PRZYBILLA

8.DALLAS MAVERICKS
G JASON KIDD/JASON TERRY/JOSE BAREA
G JOSH HOWARD/EDDIE JONES/GERALD GREEN
F JERRY STACKHOUSE/ANTOINE WRIGHT*/DEVEAN GEORGE*
F DIRK NOWITZKI/BRANDON BASS/MALIK ALLEN*
C ERICK DAMPIER/DESAGANA DIOP/JAMAAL MAGLOIRE*

9.SACRAMENTO KINGS
G BENO UDRIH/SEAN SINGLETARY/BOBBY BROWN
G KEVIN MARTIIN/JOHN SALMONS/QUINCY DOUBY
F RON ARTEST/FRANSISCO GARCIA/PATRICK EWING JR.
F SHELDEN WILLIAMS/JASON THOMPSON/MIKKI MOORE
C BRAD MILLER/LORENZEN WRIGHT*/SPENCER HAWES

10. DENVER NUGGETS
G ALLEN IVERSON/CHUCKY ATKINS/TAUREAN GREEN
G J.R. SMITH/DAHNTAY JONES/SONNY WEEMS
F CARMELLO ANTHONY/RENALDO BALKMAN/BOBBY JONES/YAKHOUBA DIAWARA*
F KENYON MARTIN/LINAS KLEIZA/CHRIS ANDERSEN
C NENE HILARIO/STEVEN HUNTER

11.GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
G MARCUS WILLIAMS/C.J. WATSON
G MONTA ELLIS/MARO BELINELLI
F STEPHEN JACKSON/COREY MAGETTE/ANTHONY RANDOPH
F AL HARRINGTON/BRANDAN WRIGHT/RICHARD HENDRIX
C ANDRIS BIEDRINS/RONNY TURIAF/KOSTA PEROVIC


12.LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
G BARON DAVIS/SHAUN LIVINGSTON*/JASON HART
G ERIC GORDON/CUTTINO MOBLEY/MIKE TAYLOR
F AL THORNTON/TIM THOMAS/RICKY DAVIS
F MARCUS CAMBY/JOSH POWELL/NICK FAZEKAS*
C CHRIS KAMAN/DEANDRE JORDAN/PAUL DAVIS*

13.MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
G RANDY FOYE/SEBASTIAN TELFAIR*
G MIKE MILLER/RASHAD MCCANTS/RODNEY CARNEY
F COREY BREWER/BRIAN CARDINAL/CHRIS RICHARD*
F AL JEFFERSON/RYAN GOMES*/CRAIG SMITH*
C KEVIN LOVE/JASON COLLINS/MARK MADSEN

14. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES
G MIKE CONLEY/KYLE LOWRY/JAVARIS CRITTENTON
G O.J. MAYO/MARKO JARIC/GREG BUCKNER
F RUDY GAY/CASEY JACOBSEN*
F HAKIM WARRICK/DARRELL ARTHUR/ANTOINE WALKER
C DARKO MILICIC/ANDRE BROWN*

15 OKLAHOMA CITY SONIC
G RUSSELL WESTBROOK/EARL WATSON
G KEVIN DURANT/RONALD DUPREE/DAMIEN WILKINS
F JEFF GREEN/DONYELL MARSHALL/DESMOND MASON
F D.J. WHITE/NICK COLLISON/JOE SMITH
C CHRIS WILCOX/ROBERT SWIFT/DEVON HARDIN

nice post.wow after looking at this it makes the east look like it will be very competive, and not all that easy to make the playoffs. the top 1-5 teams are probably locked for playoffs but then it could be anyone. I think the bucks might be a very tough team this year with the addition of RJ.

I know they have takent, but they have underachieved every year since the days of Robinson, cassell, and allen.

Jefferson has already expressed his anger of being dealt there

Edited to reflect the Chris Duhon to New York Transaction

orlando at #2 is wrong, shard and turk doesnt work together, if they were smart they would trade turk for a sg or pf or w.e value they could get because it's just stupid putting shard as a power forward when he cant play the position at all, he is tall enough but he is a pure power forward. also, their point guard is ok...average, they have no shooting guard or real inside presence (at all) other than dwight.

with big z and big ben aging and getting worse by the minute (altho big z will be solid) the cavs basically have a terrible backcourt, LEBRON, and a mediocre frontcourt for a team that u think can be #3 in the east...i take the pistons over lebron alone any day...

the bulls have lots of talent, but they had loads of talent this year too and look what happened, it depends on their chemistry. also, ben gordon cant play defense, their rank shouldnt be so high when derrick rose hasnt proven anything in the nba yet (while i think he will be great, just maybe not right away).
also, it depends how well gooden can carry a frontcourt in which he is the biggest presence.

the heat are a tossup, i mean, zo is their only real frontcourt player and he's aging and injury prone, beasley should be playing sf in the nba...wade is coming off not playing a whole year, and when he did play it seemed to me like he was turning the ball over too much.
and having mario chalmers as ur starting point guard is gonna hurt.

hwaks are really talented, and if their coach can work the rotation with smith.m.williams.childress properly and bibby can play as wella s he did late last season then they can do good things.

the raptors' success hinges on their frontcourt's health, how much jose is going to take over on offense when needed, if kapono decides to chuck up more shots and if jamario can improve his handles and parker can not regress as much as his age should show...btw, parker isnt leaving this off-season...lol

wizards have no defense, period.

if thadeus young can continue to improve and andre miller plays like he did in the playoffs...i can see this team beign pretty good, altho they have no post players AT ALL, dalembert is weak offensively but can grab boards and such.

if ford plays as well as he is capable of, a team with granger, rush and dunleavy can and will hurt other teams, but i have trouble seeing any consistent production from troy murphy...if hibbert can be a scoring option in the post that will help the pacer's half-court play a lot.

bucks have no one that plays defense, villanueva is never motivated, but they have lots of talent, they're just never able to put it together.

the rest o dont care about, the knicks will be worse than the nets, at least the nets have a real rotation throughout while the knicks just have people all over the place, worst built team ever, they shoulda picked up a point guard in the draft rather than galinari imo.

btw:

this is just my opinion on the matter....i wont rank anyone or anything i was just going thru ur order and giving my opinion on each team...peace.

I agree with a lot of what has been posted. It would be a miracle if Indiana could get passed the first round. Boston, Detroit, Orlando, Cleveland and Chicago are pretty much locks. Everything else is up for grabs IMO.

The pacers will make the playoffs. I don't know what else to say, I have a feeling that a young team like ours with new pieces and a running offense will make strides.

cb4lif3 wrote:orlando at #2 is wrong, shard and turk doesnt work together, if they were smart they would trade turk for a sg or pf or w.e value they could get because it's just stupid putting shard as a power forward when he cant play the position at all, he is tall enough but he is a pure power forward. also, their point guard is ok...average, they have no shooting guard or real inside presence (at all) other than dwight.

with big z and big ben aging and getting worse by the minute (altho big z will be solid) the cavs basically have a terrible backcourt, LEBRON, and a mediocre frontcourt for a team that u think can be #3 in the east...i take the pistons over lebron alone any day...

the bulls have lots of talent, but they had loads of talent this year too and look what happened, it depends on their chemistry. also, ben gordon cant play defense, their rank shouldnt be so high when derrick rose hasnt proven anything in the nba yet (while i think he will be great, just maybe not right away).
also, it depends how well gooden can carry a frontcourt in which he is the biggest presence.

the heat are a tossup, i mean, zo is their only real frontcourt player and he's aging and injury prone, beasley should be playing sf in the nba...wade is coming off not playing a whole year, and when he did play it seemed to me like he was turning the ball over too much.
and having mario chalmers as ur starting point guard is gonna hurt.

hwaks are really talented, and if their coach can work the rotation with smith.m.williams.childress properly and bibby can play as wella s he did late last season then they can do good things.

the raptors' success hinges on their frontcourt's health, how much jose is going to take over on offense when needed, if kapono decides to chuck up more shots and if jamario can improve his handles and parker can not regress as much as his age should show...btw, parker isnt leaving this off-season...lol

wizards have no defense, period.

if thadeus young can continue to improve and andre miller plays like he did in the playoffs...i can see this team beign pretty good, altho they have no post players AT ALL, dalembert is weak offensively but can grab boards and such.

if ford plays as well as he is capable of, a team with granger, rush and dunleavy can and will hurt other teams, but i have trouble seeing any consistent production from troy murphy...if hibbert can be a scoring option in the post that will help the pacer's half-court play a lot.

bucks have no one that plays defense, villanueva is never motivated, but they have lots of talent, they're just never able to put it together.

the rest o dont care about, the knicks will be worse than the nets, at least the nets have a real rotation throughout while the knicks just have people all over the place, worst built team ever, they shoulda picked up a point guard in the draft rather than galinari imo.

btw:

this is just my opinion on the matter....i wont rank anyone or anything i was just going thru ur order and giving my opinion on each team...peace.

Orlando was #2 in the East most last season, and that was the first year that core of players had played together, Dwight Howard is the Beast in the East and gets better every year.. I think he may end up being more dominant than Shaq was because he is more fit and will probably be hurt less through the course of his career.

With the Bulls, I don't do predictions based off of what Derrick rose has proven already... I base predictions off of what I think will happen

The Cavs have servicaable big men (remember they have joe smith, varejao, and hickson) and Gibson and pavlovic were hurt a lot last year... Lebron has showed no signs of peaking yet plus the Pistons are bound to have a down year with their bigs aging and their GM unhappy.

Unless Anthony Parker has already declined... he was offered a big deal in Europe.

76ers have Marreese Speighst now which will help. and they have unlimited quick guards who can score

The Knicks didn't finish in last place this year, and I think they have too much talent to be the worst record, but I see no team being below them excpet the Nets. Carter is an unmotivated jumpshooter, Simmons has been hurt the last 2 years, Jianlian and Lopez are both raw talents that may not produce much soon, especially jianlian. No, I don't think the Nets are ready to play this year, I think they made their move to aquire future assets while putting themselves into the race for lebron

Dcbaseballer52 wrote:

cb4lif3 wrote:orlando at #2 is wrong, shard and turk doesnt work together, if they were smart they would trade turk for a sg or pf or w.e value they could get because it's just stupid putting shard as a power forward when he cant play the position at all, he is tall enough but he is a pure power forward. also, their point guard is ok...average, they have no shooting guard or real inside presence (at all) other than dwight.

with big z and big ben aging and getting worse by the minute (altho big z will be solid) the cavs basically have a terrible backcourt, LEBRON, and a mediocre frontcourt for a team that u think can be #3 in the east...i take the pistons over lebron alone any day...

the bulls have lots of talent, but they had loads of talent this year too and look what happened, it depends on their chemistry. also, ben gordon cant play defense, their rank shouldnt be so high when derrick rose hasnt proven anything in the nba yet (while i think he will be great, just maybe not right away).
also, it depends how well gooden can carry a frontcourt in which he is the biggest presence.

the heat are a tossup, i mean, zo is their only real frontcourt player and he's aging and injury prone, beasley should be playing sf in the nba...wade is coming off not playing a whole year, and when he did play it seemed to me like he was turning the ball over too much.
and having mario chalmers as ur starting point guard is gonna hurt.

hwaks are really talented, and if their coach can work the rotation with smith.m.williams.childress properly and bibby can play as wella s he did late last season then they can do good things.

the raptors' success hinges on their frontcourt's health, how much jose is going to take over on offense when needed, if kapono decides to chuck up more shots and if jamario can improve his handles and parker can not regress as much as his age should show...btw, parker isnt leaving this off-season...lol

wizards have no defense, period.

if thadeus young can continue to improve and andre miller plays like he did in the playoffs...i can see this team beign pretty good, altho they have no post players AT ALL, dalembert is weak offensively but can grab boards and such.

if ford plays as well as he is capable of, a team with granger, rush and dunleavy can and will hurt other teams, but i have trouble seeing any consistent production from troy murphy...if hibbert can be a scoring option in the post that will help the pacer's half-court play a lot.

bucks have no one that plays defense, villanueva is never motivated, but they have lots of talent, they're just never able to put it together.

the rest o dont care about, the knicks will be worse than the nets, at least the nets have a real rotation throughout while the knicks just have people all over the place, worst built team ever, they shoulda picked up a point guard in the draft rather than galinari imo.

btw:

this is just my opinion on the matter....i wont rank anyone or anything i was just going thru ur order and giving my opinion on each team...peace.

Orlando was #2 in the East most last season, and that was the first year that core of players had played together, Dwight Howard is the Beast in the East and gets better every year.. I think he may end up being more dominant than Shaq was because he is more fit and will probably be hurt less through the course of his career.

With the Bulls, I don't do predictions based off of what Derrick rose has proven already... I base predictions off of what I think will happen

The Cavs have servicaable big men (remember they have joe smith, varejao, and hickson) and Gibson and pavlovic were hurt a lot last year... Lebron has showed no signs of peaking yet plus the Pistons are bound to have a down year with their bigs aging and their GM unhappy.

Unless Anthony Parker has already declined... he was offered a big deal in Europe.

76ers have Marreese Speighst now which will help. and they have unlimited quick guards who can score

The Knicks didn't finish in last place this year, and I think they have too much talent to be the worst record, but I see no team being below them excpet the Nets. Carter is an unmotivated jumpshooter, Simmons has been hurt the last 2 years, Jianlian and Lopez are both raw talents that may not produce much soon, especially jianlian. No, I don't think the Nets are ready to play this year, I think they made their move to aquire future assets while putting themselves into the race for lebron

parker can accept it all he wants, he's under contract and with the raptors lacking depth at the wings we arent letting him go without getting something big in return.

speights is a huge project and wont be the post scorer the sixers need.

the knicks are in trouble worse than the nets, at least the nets have players at proper positions, and a young point guard in harris.

The Knicks are in more trouble in the long haul

But do you honseslty think they will be worse than last year with Isiah as the coach?

if they're smart they'll tank it hard...but then again it's the knicks.

EDITED TO SHOW GERALD GREEN TO SAN ANTONIO TRANSACTION
WESTERN CONFERENCE DEPTH CHARTS ADDED

eruhhhhh...GG is on the Mavs...

seriously.

Hassan Adams and Roko Ukic should be on the raptors roster as well.

If I am wrong about GG then NBA.com is wrong

http://www.nba.com/transactions/current ... tions.html

Error confirmed... NBA.com transaction guy is an idiot

I can't find anything about Ukic and Adams on the Raptors.com roster

http://www.nba.com/raptors/roster/

Edited to reflect the Gerald Green to Dallas transaction

Dcbaseballer52 wrote:If I am wrong about GG then NBA.com is wrong

http://www.nba.com/transactions/current ... tions.html

Error confirmed... NBA.com transaction guy is an idiot

I can't find anything about Ukic and Adams on the Raptors.com roster

http://www.nba.com/raptors/roster/

Edited to reflect the Gerald Green to Dallas transaction

they agreed to contract or have already signed...it's as done as the oneal trade really.

Edited to reflect the Roko Ukic and Hassan Adams to Toronto transaction

toronto raptors in 8th.,, hahah wow... lets see here shall we, depending on the health of our players

Jose Calderon has proven to be one of the best point guards in the league, and shot 50/40/90,, this past season...

O Neal and Bosh commanding double teams, and kicking it out to 3 of the best 3 point shooters in the league, kapono, parker, and calderon.

pretty good bench,, bargnani, ukic, adams, humphries, graham, jawai, moon, to be continued

and Anthony Parker is not a free agent and is under contract for 1 more year which means, even if he wanted to, he can not sign with a european club due to his contract.

As of today, my guess is that the Pacers are better than the Bucks, Bobcats, Heat, Knicks and Nets. The Bucks and Bobcats are thoroughly incompetent organizations, the Knicks will take time to dig out of the huge crater they are in, the Nets are starting over at square one, and I'm just not feelin' the Heat...they have no point guard, no center, and Shawn Marion doesn't seem like a very good fit there plus he's crazy. You can't win in the NBA with just two guys unless you also have a pretty good supporting cast.

On paper we look to be about as good as the Bulls, Wizards, and Sixers IMO...that's the Fringe Playoffs Team club. (I can't put the Bulls any higher than that, not with a rookie point guard, and not until they get some better frontcourt guys.)

Barring injuries or some sort of nonsense, the Hawks, Raptors, and Magic look like pretty solid playoff teams to me.

And the Celtics and Pistons will contend for the conference championship, with Cleveland as a darkhorse.

I'm not buying the Bulls/Heat/Hawks where they're projected here. The Heat could make a big leap if Wade stays healthy, but Marion is not a star and Beasley hasn't played a single game yet. The Bulls big man rotation is pretty iffy, and they've got a lot of baggage to sort out between now and the start of the season. The Hawks, well, I just don't like that team. I think Joe Johnson is pretty good, but I don't have a lot of faith in the rest of them. At the end of the season last year, the Hawks were younger and cheaper, but I thought the Pacers were a better team than they were...and the Pacers weren't very good.