04/25/24
October 29, 2002
The NBA season starts tonight. Who you got this year?
posted by corpse to basketball at 10:49 AM - 12 comments
Here's my predictions, they will certainly not happen: Eastern Conference Playoff Teams Nets Hornets Celtics Pacers (Eastern Champs) Hawks Whizzies Magic 76ers Western Conference Playoff Teams Lakers Kings Spurs (Western Champs) Mavs Rockets Clippers T-Wolves Suns Spurs over the Pacers in the finals. MVP: Tracy McGrady ROY: Drew Gooden
posted by corpse at 02:14 PM on October 29, 2002
Blazers.
posted by djacobs at 02:36 PM on October 29, 2002
This will be the T-Wolves year because they added...oh wait.
posted by emoeby at 02:48 PM on October 29, 2002
Go C-Train! The Celtics...this train is bound for glory!
posted by Conquistador at 04:42 PM on October 29, 2002
My heart hopes for a Lakers-free championship, my head says the Lakers will win. I like the Kings, and they're the closest decent team geographically. (Sure there's the Golden State Warriors, but I lived in San Francisco for five years before I realized the Warriors are in Oakland. But then I'm not a big basketball fan.)
posted by kirkaracha at 09:15 PM on October 29, 2002
I like corpse's prediction: Pacers win the East.
posted by jacknose at 11:07 PM on October 29, 2002
Jersey wins the East, The Kings win the West, and fun is had by all because Shaq's mumbling ass is home.
posted by jbou at 11:42 AM on October 30, 2002
No love for the Raptors? *cricket cricket* Guess not. But I gotta root root root for the home team nonetheless.
posted by grum@work at 01:36 PM on October 30, 2002
What's not to love in Raptorland, grum? "Chip on my shoulder" Vince & "Looking for my contract" Mo-Pete gonna lead us to the promised land... ...which, sadly, is the 7 or 8 spot in the east if we're lucky and a first round exit unless someone steps up and really surprises like Jelani...or Nate... or Mamadou or ...oh never mind.
posted by WilberT at 03:37 PM on October 30, 2002
All I know is that the Celtics are DONE for the next few years due to the dumbest trade in the history of the NBA: Vin Baker.
posted by McBain at 03:39 PM on October 30, 2002
Does the East even count, or should we just pay attention to the West again this year? That said, we had a Yankee-free World Series, and I would love it if we could have a Lakers free Championship. I'd like to see the Mavs go all the way, but I don't really see it happening. The Kings would be fine with me, so long as they play the Mavs again in the playoffs, b/c last year's was probably my favorite NBA playoff series ever.