Last season there were the usual suspects for the crown of NBA Champion — the Spurs, Mavs, Pistons, and Suns… but one man (and an officiating crew) took the trophy to South Beach. The “New Breed” of NBA talent is and may have already taken over the league. D-Wade, LeBron, Melo, Chris Bosh, and Dwight Howard are going to get some of that superstar attention, and it’s well deserved. Those guys are the real deal. Some mainstays, like Kobe, AI, K-G, and Paul Pierce are going to whittle away on sub-par teams. Meanwhile the Spurs and Mavs will plug away victory after victory, and the Suns will…run.
The Champion comes from the East, but the competition is in the West. I get the inkling that 7 of the top 10 teams in the league are west of the Mississippi. I don’t have many big predictions, or bold statements to make, because I think they are all futile given no one has played a game yet. For all I know, the two teams I like to play in June could be in the lottery, that is how fragile some teams’ hopes are. This is just an average man’s take on what might happen in the 06-07 NBA season. Good luck fellas.