2008 NBA Champions

[UDRIH14]

spurs over celtics in 4 games

[wermolwermol777]

Washington Wizards

[CanadianKnicksFan]

I said Mavs before the season started, and I still stand by my comment...

[Ballings7]

how are the Suns supposed to win with that interior D? they might have to deal with Duncan, who usually dominates them..Boozer would have a big series, Bynum would have a big series..they would have to avoid those 3 teams IMO and then potentially KG in the finals, if they make it that far..and add to that, their offense just doesn't seem as explosive as it was last year..

they are definitely still a team that won't be ignored, but it's difficult to pick them to win a championship..

Yeah.

Plus Dirk. Who since improving as a player and being influenced by Avery after the 05 Suns series - Dirk's basically destroyed Phoenix. They lack the defenders and team defense (interior, specifically) to contain him over a playoff series, like other teams have in the past. The stand-out being the 50 and 12 game in G5 of the 2006 WCF.

Then, you have all the high-level guards, quick guards, and good role-playing big men, to play well against the Suns defense.

[Dtown84]

Right now, I'm favoring either Boston or Detroit.

Spurs may be the best team, but I don't like them winning three straight series on the road. If they make their normal second half run though....

[RoyceDa59]

The addition of Gasol has surely changed the course of the West, by not only adding another true championship contender in LA, but also making the road to the finals for any western conference team that much more difficult.

The western conference playoffs will be absolutely INSANE this season.

[MagicFan3]

BOS vs LAL in the Finals is now a possibility... how sweet would that be?

[EiRON]

It's between these four teams

- San Antonio Spurs
- Boston Celtics
- Detroit Pistons
- Los Angeles Lakers

[bleu]

TEH JAZZ!!!

(Homer pick, but seriously the way they've been playing lately they could do it)

[SOUL]

It's between these four teams

- San Antonio Spurs
- Boston Celtics
- Detroit Pistons
- Los Angeles Lakers

I still don't trust Lakers absolutely beating Suns/Dallas.. even the Jazz in a 7 game series, nobody knows if the Pau thing will make them 20x better.. even though obviously it will help.

I pick Detroit.

[Mateen Cleaves]

Pistons or Spurs.

[kobe#8]

Dallas Mavericks(before gasol)

Los Angeles Lakers(after gasol)

[Bgil]

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I still don't trust Lakers absolutely beating Suns/Dallas.. even the Jazz in a 7 game series, nobody knows if the Pau thing will make them 20x better.. even though obviously it will help.

I pick Detroit.

From time to time, the Suns already make Kwame and Luke look like Hakeem and Sampson. No way they can do anything to stop Bynum and Gasol. Hell, they can't even stop Lamar from putting up 20/15. That's one team I''m not worried about AT ALL.

I still gotta go with Boston vs Spurs (assuming the get back healthy). Spurs take it for their first bakc to back. If the Spurs don't get it back rolling then Boston probably takes it over LAL.

[elephunk]

NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Cavs

Lakers come out victorious.

[Ballings7]

Phoenix already had problems with the Lakers before Gasol, with Bynum. See the two games before the last game without Bynum. How are they going to beat them now with Gasol, with or without Bynum?

Rebounding? Lakers
Half-court offense? Lakers
Defense? Lakers
Coaching? Lakers
Depth? Lakers
Toughness? Lakers
Chemistry? Suns

Chemistry will be in development with Gasol. But, there's at least going to be something developed by the point of possibly facing the Suns in the playoffs. Being enough, to where the Lakers obvious advantages on Phoenix negates the chemistry advantage the Suns have.

The Lakers can run well selectively, too.

[TruSkool]

celtics, coming from a lakers fan!

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

It's between these four teams

- San Antonio Spurs
- Boston Celtics
- Detroit Pistons
- Los Angeles Lakers

I don't even have the Pistons favored over Cleveland. Cleveland's the hottest team in the East right now, and almost swept the Pistons last year, a year where LeBron actually played pretty bad in the playoffs (compared to his season numbers and numbers from the year before).

Los Angeles over Cleveland in the NBA Finals.

[Dtown84]

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I don't even have the Pistons favored over Cleveland. Cleveland's the hottest team in the East right now, and almost swept the Pistons last year, a year where LeBron actually played pretty bad in the playoffs (compared to his season numbers and numbers from the year before).

Los Angeles over Cleveland in the NBA Finals.

Not going to knock the Cavs cause they deserved to win, but almost swept? They could have just as easily been down 0-3 in that series considering the first four games. Lebron not playing well? Guess it must have been some other superstar to put up a historic game during game 5.

[Buckeye-NBAFan]

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Not going to knock the Cavs cause they deserved to win, but almost swept? They could have just as easily been down 0-3 in that series considering the first four games. Lebron not playing well? Guess it must have been some other superstar to put up a historic game during game 5.

LeBron went:
Game 1: 5-15
Game 2: 7-19
Game 4: 8-19
Game 6: 3-11

He shoot pretty poorly in 4 of 6 games and for the series. His shooting percentage for last year's playoffs was a full 6% lower than the year before.

No doubt all those games were close, but what I meant was, the Cavs led for most of the first two games. They really controlled those games more than the Pistons did.

[TheHeatWarrior]

Celtics over Lakers in a classic NBA Finals.