rank the east....

[blaha112]

1. Cavs
2. Stones
3. Magic
4. Celtics
5. PACERS - watch this team, great talent
6. Hawks
7. Heat
8. Raptors

[NEM]

If Boston has home court in 7 games, they beat Cleveland. If Cleveland has home court, id say its 50/50. Therefore, I think Boston is better when they play aggressive for 40+ monutes.

1. Boston
2. Cleveland
3. Orlando (Orlando has nobody that can come close to defending Lebron)
4. ATL
5. Detroit
6. Miami
7. NJ
8. Mil (they actually have a pretty decent starting 5 in Ridnour, Redd, Jefferson, Charlie V, and Bogut)

and the other 28 teams do???

thats like saying that the knicks couldnt beat the bulls cause they had no one that could guard jordan.

as for the question right now it's

1. CLE
2. ORL
3. BOS
4. DET
5. MIA
6. ATL
7. MIL (look at their SOS and you'll see why)
8. NJN

it might be a toss up between ORL and CLE because both teams are playing off the charts right now

[ansoncarter]

1.cleveland - too strong. Lebron is too tall
2.orlando - too strong. Dwight is even taller than lebron
3.boston - I hate garnett so I put them below orlando
4.toronto - I like them, because I live there
5.atlanta - one player away
6.miami - beaely will explode soon
7.new york - because gallinari will explode too
8.washington - I think they got a comeback in them

[tombattor]

for rating purpose in the finals im sure the fans across the world would love to see a laker vs celtic match up again. but i really do think that it would be

new orleans hornets vs orlando magic in nba finals.

now i might be a homer cause i love the magic. but i have been a season ticket holder since dwight came in orlando and i have never seen such a great team working together. so i say it will be a hornets vs lakers in western conference finals with hornets winning the series. and celtic vs magic eastern conference final with the magic winning in 7.

this is the year of the magic. just watch

Yeah, the Magic has joined the elites this year, but I don't think this is Magic's year. Unfortunately, I don't think this is Celtics' year either. I hope I'm wrong, but I just feel like Lebron is going to win his first title this year.

[vincecarter4pres]

1 Cavs
2 C's
3 Magic
4 Hawks
5 Heat
6 Pistons
7 Nets
8 Bucks