Mine: 1. Golden State Warriors 2. Memphis Grizzlies 3. Oklahoma City Thunder 4. Portland Trailblazers 5. Utah Jazz
1. Golden State Warriors 2. Golden State Warriors 3. Golden State Warriors 4. Golden State Warriors 5. Golden State Warriors
I am not a big fan of the Spurs, until they solve the Parker problem. They lost David West and Tim, and everybody on that team besides Kawhi and Lamarcus are either past their problem or also rans.
If Portland gets Festus Ezeli, I might move them to 3. But it would be hard. OKC is far from dead even without KD, they are a tough team to beat. My surprise is Utah. At some point they are going to "get it." And with Exum coming back and JJ, and George Hill, they are going to be tough.
This. Here's some perspective. You could take away their best starter and their best bench player and not only would they still be the favorite in the West to go to the Finals, but you could anchor another playoff team with those two players. Screw this offseason. The NBA is done for the next 5 years.
I like the first round match up wish spurs. Atleast it would be fun if houston could make it go to 7 games.