Make your picks. Here are the experts picks: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...slug=ys-nba_2011-12_season_predictions_122311
Heat vs Thunder seems to be the consensus right now. So I picked other. I personally am hoping the Grizzlies make it
I don't understand the lack of love for the Griz. They almost made it to the conf. finals without their second best player..
The real MBA finals will be when the bulls and heat meet in the eastern conference finals. The west doesn't have a chance against either of those teams.
I don't think anybody can matchup with the Knicks front line. It is scary. Chandler Stoudemire Anthony This is a scary group, with length and athleticism. They are going to run through the finals in my opinion. The grizzlies can beat any team in the west, but I do worry that if Zach can really bring it again. I think that the thunder are probably going to get to the finals. Had Darrell not gotten hurt, I'd have picked the grizzlies. thunder v knicks.
Marc Gasol Zach Randolph Rudy Gay Comes close. I would say Grizzlies have a better backcourt than the Knicks
The grizzlies front line and the knicks are very close and are certainly the cream of the crop. Anybody that believes the bulls are going to run over the knicks are sadly mistaken. The knicks in my opinion are built to take out the bulls. The heat can match up a lot better against the knicks, (battier, Lebron, bosh) plus they have an outside game/facilitator Wade. The bulls are at best 3rd in the east.
You must be drunk. For starters they are still coached by mike d'antoni. That frontline is ball dominant. You need great pg play in d'antonis offense to be successful, which they don't have. You need another coach to be auccessful on defense. They cannot go through the 3 best defensive teams in the nba(bulls, heat and celtics. They will fail mikes teams always look good till the playoffs come around and teams punch them in he mouth with some hard working d. Plus, they are going to relie on two injury prone players to have a complete team( Davis and chandler). I still like the hawks over Knicks. 1 and done for the Knicks in the playoffs to Atlanta in the first round, book it.
Maybe your not watching what a pg with no offensive scoring ability outside of driving for layups is doing to the Knicks right now. Derrick rose will torch the Knicks. Noah>chandler, amare>boozer but amare can't guard boozer either so it's not that bad a liability because Noah will probably guard amare when they play. Rip>any guard on the Knicks squad. Defense>offense, this ain't the nfl.
