Lakers will win ring, as the team's 3rd option (Bynam) wins the Finals MVP. And Odom will be traded before the Feb trade deadline.
"Woe is me" will be sidelined by lower back problems again. it will be Yao/Scola/Artest leading the TMacless-Rox to the playoff.
Ron will be a guy who have most helpfull for team in the west! Yao will have 72-75 games in season! because he needs to rest. Houston will have 56-60 wins ! and finsh 2th (or 3th) in the west. Dallas finsh 8th in the west . Denver or Sun 7th . Jazz 5th . San Antonio 4th . Houston or New Orleans 3th . Lakers 1th ! Oden will be a guy who get "12+10". MVP -- Paul or James .
That is a REALLY bold statement, considering he has a back treatment specialist (Patterson), who has pretty much been a godsend. If he goes down, I can pretty much guarantee that it won't be due to his back.
I might be fanatic, but I can't see Houston winning less than 60 games. You are talking about a team that won 22 games in row and finished exactly two games out of 1st place with MIAs, Yao (in 30 games), T-Mac, Rafer Alston, and struggling in the first part of the year. You add Ron Artest and have Scola and Adelman in their second year, how is this team just winning 53 to 55 games?
*I think Beasley is going to have a MONSTER rookie season and just eat up the eastern conference. the heat will get an MVP caliber season from a healthy wade and will take one of the top 3 seeds in the east. pat riley will be back on the bench again. *people will feel foolish for writing dallas off so quickly. they are still very dangerous and rick carlisle will put them back into the mix of contenders.
Artest gets injured Mcgrady and Yao stay healthy all year and we finally get to see how to the Mcgrady/Yao Project would have turned out.
