did anyone see LeBron v Wade today? That was one of the best, and most entertaining games i've seen in a long long time.

figures, as soon as the cavs get hughes back, z sprains his ankle. OIC!

I thin LeBron James just made himself the regular season MVP today with their win against the Nets.

I think you got proven wrong on that. Nowitzki for MVP!!!

the media will still keep making excuses why he shouldn't be mvp.

I think he'll have a good shot at getting it, but I still think he's too one dimensional (all offense, no defense) to win the award, but he'd be in my top 3 (if I had a vote).

Like Kobe Bryant plays defense? ha!

I hate Kobe with a purple (and gold) passion.

I'm going with Chauncey Billups. Anybody that can overcome the name "Chauncey" and still be good at basketball deserves an MVP award. You can't argue with logic like that.

all the Cavs have to do is beat the Hawks to win 50.

Now that the seedings are pretty much settled, what are your playoff predictions?
MVP/DPOTY/6MOTY/MIP/ROTY/COTY predictions?

East
1. Detroit Pistons v. 8. Milwaukee Bucks
2. Miami Heat v. 7. Chicago Bulls
3. New Jersey Nets v. 6. Indiana pacers
4. Cleveland Cavaliers v. 5. Washington Wizards

West
1. San Antonio Spurs v. 8. Sacramento Kings
2. Phoenix Suns v. 7. Los Angeles Lakers
3. Denver Nuggets v. 6. Los Angeles Clippers
4. Dallas Mavericks v. 5. Memphis Grizzlies

Most Valuable Player
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


Defensive Player of the Year
1.
2.
3.

6th Man of the Year
1.
2.
3.

Most Improved Player
1.
2.
3.

Rookie of the Year
1.
2.
3.

Coach of the Year
1.
2.
3.

1st Round

East
1. Detroit Pistons in 4
2. Miami Heat in 5
3. New Jersey Nets in 6
4. Cleveland Cavaliers in 6

West
1. San Antonio Spurs in 5
2. Phoenix Suns in 6
6. Los Angeles Clippers in 7
4. Dallas Mavericks in 5


2nd Round

East
1. Detroit Pistons in 5
3. New Jersey Nets in 7

West
1. San Antonio Spurs in 7
2. Phoenix Suns in 5


Conference Finals

East
1. Detroit Pistons in 4

West
1. San Antonio Spurs in 6


Finals
1. San Antonio Spurs in 6 (Tim Duncan=Finals MVP again)


Most Valuable Player
1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Steve Nash
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Chauncey Billups

Defensive Player of the Year
1. Bruce Bowen
2. Ben Wallace
3. Andrei Kirilenko

6th Man of the Year
1. Mike Miller
2. Jerry Stackhouse
3. Leandro Barbosa

Most Improved Player
1. Boris Diaw
2. Dwight Howard
3. Paul Gasol

Rookie of the Year
1. Chris Paul
2. Andrew Bogut
3. Deron Williams

Coach of the Year
1. Avery Johnson
2. Flip Saunders
3. Phil Jackson

Eastern Conference
(8) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (1) Detroit Pistons (In 4)
(7) Chicago Bulls vs. (2) Miami Heat (In 5)
(6) Indiana Pacers vs. (3) New Jersey Nets (In 6)
(5) Washington Wizards vs. (4) Cleveland Cavaliers (In 7)

Western Conference
(8) Sacramento Kings vs. (1) San Antonio Spurs (In 4)
(7) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (2) Phoenix Suns (In 5)
(6) Los Angeles Clippers vs. (3) Denver Nuggets (In 7)
(5) Memphis Grizzlies vs. (4) Dallas Mavericks (In 5)

lol no upsets in the first round

CAVS ALL THE WAY!!!!



lol ok, ok....maybe not all the way but i'd still like to see them win their first round series. it won't be easy because the wiz have always given the cavs fits. larry hughes is really gonna have to step up and lock down gilbert arenas.

If the final is Spurs/Pistons again, that will be the most boring finish. There needs to be more parity in the league.

Spurs and Suns out first round! I want some excitement in the playoffs!

East
1. Detroit Pistons v. 8. Milwaukee Bucks - In 4
2. Miami Heat v. 7. Chicago Bulls - In 5
3. New Jersey Nets v. 6. Indiana pacers - In 7
4. Cleveland Cavaliers v. 5. Washington Wizards - In 6

West
1. San Antonio Spurs v. 8. Sacramento Kings - In 4
2. Phoenix Suns v. 7. Los Angeles Lakers - In 6
3. Denver Nuggets v. 6. Los Angeles Clippers - In 6
4. Dallas Mavericks v. 5. Memphis Grizzlies - In 5

Most Valuable Player
1. Lebron James
2. Steve Nash
3. Kobe Bryant
4. Tim Duncan
5. Shaquille O' Neal

The other categories I don't know enough about.

1st Round

East
Detroit Pistons in 5 over Milwaukee
Miami Heat in 6 over Chicago
New Jersey Nets in 6 over Indiana
Washington Wizards in 6 over Cleveland

West
San Antonio Spurs in 5 over Sacramento
Phoenix Suns in 5 over the Lakers
Denver Nuggets in 7 over Los Angeles Clippers
Dallas Mavericks in 5 over Memphis


Most Valuable Player
1. Chauncey Billups
2. Steve Nash
3. Lebron James
4. Dirk Nowitzki
5. Tim Duncan

Defensive Player of the Year
1. Ben Wallace
2. Brude Bowden
3. Ron Artest

Rookie of the Year
1. Chris Paul
(there's no contest here...)

Most Improved
1. Boris Diaw
2. David West
3. Carmelo Anthony

Coach of the Year
1. Flip Saunders
2. Mike D'Antoni
3. Avery Johnson

LeBron James was brilliant in his first career playoff game, notching a triple=double as the Cavs take game 1 against the Wiz 97-86

Wow, Spurs turn it on just like that when playoff time comes. Pacers are looking decent and Nets are looking like a big tease winning all those games in a row at the end of the season.

you let me down Carmelo. he couldn't buy a fucking basket in the 4th.

that Pacers/Nets game was one piece of shit to watch.

I got a parlay going for $20 ( i'll get 6x that if I win ) picked the Lakers over Suns +7 1/2 so I won that, easy to see Suns are a bunch of chumps who will never ever get to the finals with a team like that, all offense, thats it.

Got Bucks over Pistons +12, so far so good, even with Redd playing mediocre.

and last Grizzlies over Mavs +7, I wouldnt be surprised if Grizz win the game.

So far no real shockers in the first round. Although my two underdog picks (Denver and Washington) didn't come through for me yet. My Pistons looked really, really rusty with Billups and Hamilton sucking hard. However, it doesn't really matter with their defense... it appeared the could stop the Bukcs at will. It's a good sign if they looked bad and won by nearly 20 points!

As Kill said, I thought the Suns look pretty piss poor. The fact they could barely beat the Lakers on their home floor and while holding Kobe to 22 points is not a good sign. I wouldn't be that shocked if they end up getting beat by the Lakers. Defense wins championships... these teams that are all offense always get an early boot in the playoffs.

We should just save everybody time and jump right to the Spurs vs. Pistons finale... it's no coincidence that those are two of the top defensive teams in the league.

I'm honestly fine about it being Pistons vs Spurs again, if any other team gets in it's basically an upset and would be a total fluke because no other teams deserve to be in the finals except these two. I'd like these two teams to settle the score, see if Spurs really are one of the G.O.A.T or if Pistons can prove that they deserve that recognition aswell.

eh looks like the cavs just may have dug their own grave. that choke job in the 4th may just have cost them the series. they have to play the next two on the road where they are awful. cleveland rocks....