Predict The Next 5 NBA Champions?

rewill17 · Post #61 » by **rewill17** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:44 pm

hermes wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

if the lakers are going to win one, it will be before 2012

June 2012:
Andrew Bynum, age: 26
Kobe Bryant, age: 33
Pau Gasol, age: 31
Lamar Odom, age 32

kandiking · Post #62 » by **kandiking** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:02 am

suns over pistons in 5
spurs over celtics in 7 (kevin garnett misses a free throw with 0.1 seconds left after a 35/25 game)
spurs over celtics in 7 (garnett is never the same, averaging only 15/7 in the finals)
blazers over cavs in 6
knicks over lakers in 4

JES12 · Post #63 » by **JES12** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:30 am

2008 - Any team but Spurs
2009 - Spurs
2010 - Any team but Spurs
2011 - Spurs
2012 - Duncan Retires

RobertGlory · Post #64 » by **RobertGlory** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:32 am

i'm surprised not many are saying the jazz

08 spurs beat pistons
09 lakers beat celtics
10 hornets beat magic
11 jazz beat magic
12 blazers beat magic

JES12 · Post #65 » by **JES12** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:38 am

RobertGlory wrote:i'm surprised not many are saying the jazz

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a rumor during the off-season that Sloan was going to retire soon? Maybe I'm mistaken, but Sloan is one of the few coaches that makes his team outplay the sum of the parts and if he leaves, I don't see Utah going anywhere.

EHL · Post #66 » by **EHL** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:36 am

07-08: Lakers over Pistons
08-09: Lakers over Celtics
09-10: Lakers over Cavs
10-11: Cavs over Blazers
11-12: Lakers over Cavs

But I'm a homer.

farzi · Post #67 » by **farzi** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:44 am

RobertGlory wrote:i'm surprised not many are saying the jazz

12 blazers beat magic

I think that could be a GREAT series, if both teams keep the majority of their current parts, and both teams C's will be about to enter their primes.

Could be fun

slamdunk · Post #68 » by **slamdunk** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:03 am

2008 Boston Celtics
2009 Los Angeles Lakers
2010 Los Angeles Lakers
2011 Portland Trail Blazers
2012 Cleveland Cavaliers

KobeFarmarEra · Post #69 » by **KobeFarmarEra** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:54 am

rewill17 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

June 2012:
Andrew Bynum, age: 26
Kobe Bryant, age: 33
Pau Gasol, age: 31
Lamar Odom, age 32

Lamar Odom will not be on the team in 2012 so take him off. No one wants a 32 year old Lamar Odom.

Although:

Jordan Farmar, age 27
Trevor Ariza, age28

TonyMontana · Post #70 » by **TonyMontana** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:31 pm

Frosty · Post #71 » by **Frosty** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 5:41 pm

Clearly, LA has a championship level team and coach.

If they don't win a few in the next five years Kobe is going to take a lot of heat.