Your 04-05 Playoff Teams

East
1. Detroit Pistons
2. Indiana Pacers
3. Miami Heat
4. Philadelphia 76ers
5. Boston Celtics
6. Cleveland Cavaliers
7. New York Knicks
8. New Jersey Nets

West
1. Minnesota Timberwolves
2. San Antoinio Spurs
3. Memphis Grizzlies
4. Sacramento Kings
5. Denver Nuggets
6. Houston Rockets
7. Los Angeles Lakers
8. Dallas Mavericks

If you go by divisons, those can't be the seedings. here is my up-to-date predictions.

East-
1: Pistons
2: Heat
3: Knicks
4: Pacers
5: Cavaliers
6: 76ers
7: Magic
8: Celtics

West-
1: Spurs
2: Wolves
3: Kings
4: Grizzlies
5: Rockets
6: Nuggets
7: Suns
8: Lakers

East
1: Pistons
2: Heat
3: Knicks
4: Pacers
5: Magic
6: 76ers
7: Cavaliers
8: Celtics

West
1: Spurs
2: Wolves
3: Kings
4: Nuggets
5: Grizzlies
6: Rockets
7: Lakers
8: Jazz

East:
1-Detroit Pistons
2-Indiana Pacers
3-Miami Heat
4-New York Knicks
5-Boston Celtics
6-Orlando Magic
7-Cleveland Caveliers
8-Philadelphia 76ers

West:
1-San Antonio Spurs
2-Minnesota Timberwolves
3-Sacramento Kings
4-Dallas Mavericks
5-Los Angeles Lakers
6-Houston Rockets
7-Memphis Grizzlies
8-Denver Nuggets

Last edited by . on Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Hornets are in the west now

Ohyeah

I dont care about them bumbs anyways.

Division Winners East: Detroit, Philly, Miami

Division Winners West: Spurs, Minny, Kings

Playoffs East (in no particular order):
DET
IND
MIA
PHI
ORL
TOR
NYK
CLE

Playoffs West (same):
MIN
SAS
SAC
PHO
DEN
DAL
HOU
MEM

Oh fine, I'll rank em...

East:
1. Indy
2. Miami
3. Philly
4. Detroit (only because of the division thing)
5. Cleveland
6. Orlando
7. Knicks
8. Toronto

West:
1. Minny
2. Spurs
3. Sacto
4. Memphis
5. Denver
6. Dallas
7. Houston
8. Phoenix

I think the divison thing is interesting. Due to the fact that Pistons and Pacers are in the same divison one of them is going to get bumped to the 4th seed. Homecourt goes by wins, not seeding, this year. But if Pacers get 4th seed and Pistons get #1 then we might see a Pacers/Pistons rematch in the semi-finals.

I think the divison thing is interesting. Due to the fact that Pistons and Pacers are in the same divison one of them is going to get bumped to the 4th seed. Homecourt goes by wins, not seeding, this year. But if Pacers get 4th seed and Pistons get #1 then we might see a Pacers/Pistons rematch in the semi-finals.

I really hope not. Sorry but the best basketball I saw all of last year was the IND-DET series. It was the NBA Finals for me. Lots of people think defensive struggles like the games were are boring, but the intensity level was so incredibly high and I love watching good defense.

Unfortunately that will remain the case as long as both teams are in the Central Division and each division winner is assured a top three seed.

My picks will probably change pending further movement this offseason, but here's my early prediction:

East
1. Pistons
2. Heat
3. Celtics
4. Pacers
5. Bucks
6. Knicks
7. Nets
8. Magic

West
1. Timberwolves
2. Spurs
3. Kings
4. Mavericks
5. Nuggets
6. Lakers
7. Rockets
8. Hornets

I think the Grizzlies, Jazz and Blazers could probably steal one of those bottom three seeds though - the West is always difficult to pick, especially the last couple of spots.

East
1. Pistons
2. Celtics
3. Heat
4. Pacers
5. Magic
6. Magic
7. Bulls
8. Bucks

West
1. Spurs
2. Timberwolves
3. Nuggets
4. Rockets
5. Lakers
6. Mavericks
7. Kings
8. Jazz

East:
1. Pacers
2. Heat
3. Knicks
4. Pistons
5. Nets
6. Bucks
7. Celtics
8. Magic

West:
1. Spurs
2. Timberwolves
3. Kings
4. Mavericks (especially if they get Dampier)
5. Rockets
6. Nuggets
7. Jazz
8. Lakers

Grizzlies could be in there too.

West: Utah
But there is one major problem,Carlos want's more money for playing in the PO-s.

East

1. Pistons
2. Heat
3. Celtics
4. Pacers
5. Magic
6. 76ers
7. Knicks
8. Raptors


West

1. Spurs
2. Wolves
3. Kings
4. Mavs
5. Rockets
6. Nuggets
7. Lakers
8. Griz

if it does end this way the first round match ups might be interesting. get to see the wolves and lakers rematch. a heat/knicks match in first round(maybe even a fight or 2). i love watching the celts and 76ers go at it if only to remember the past. finally a mavs/rockets battle would be damn fun for me to watch. i guess in all honesty i just love basketball and like almost any match up lol.

one more note, i tried to think of ways that the lakers would miss the playoffs but i could not. i dont think they have a snowballs chance in hell to make it into round 2 but i am sure kobe and the new kids can bring them to top 8 in west. i also tried to get the suns in there if only to justify nashes contract, but i could not.

these are meant to be bold and beautiful. sure they will be probably way off, but if they really happened, you heard it first

west
twolves
spurs
suns
rockets
mavs
kings
nuggets
grizz

east
indiana
miami
76ers
pistons
nets
magic
cavs
wizards

these are meant to be bold and beautiful. sure they will be probably way off, but if they really happened, you heard it first

west
twolves
spurs
suns
rockets
mavs
kings
nuggets
grizz

east
indiana
miami
76ers
pistons
nets
magic
cavs
wizards

Besides Wizards-Raptors, we have the same exact playoffs teams. Lol.

EAST
1. Indiana Pacers
2. Detroit Pistons
3. Miami Heat
4. New York Knicks
5. Philadelphia 76ers
6. Milwaukee Bucks
7. New Jersey Nets
8. Cleveland Cavaliers/Boston Celtics (if this GP trade doesn't implode)

WEST
1. Minnesota Timberwolves
2. San Antonio Spurs
3. Denver Nuggets
4. LA Lakers
5. Dallas Mavericks
6. Houston Rockets
7. Sacramento Kings (higher if they don't dissolve)
8. Utah Jazz/Memphis Grizzlies

EAST
1. Indiana Pacers
2. Detroit Pistons
3. Miami Heat
4. New York Knicks
5. Philadelphia 76ers
6. Milwaukee Bucks
7. New Jersey Nets
8. Cleveland Cavaliers/Boston Celtics (if this GP trade doesn't implode)

WEST
1. Minnesota Timberwolves
2. San Antonio Spurs
3. Denver Nuggets
4. LA Lakers
5. Dallas Mavericks
6. Houston Rockets
7. Sacramento Kings (higher if they don't dissolve)
8. Utah Jazz/Memphis Grizzlies

Your playoff predictions CAN'T happen because Detroit and Indiana are in the same division and Nuggets and Twolves.

Er... calm down? It's 7am, I don't particularly pay attention to these things.

hes upset his grizzlies are being predicted to be lower 7th and 8th seed.

hes upset his grizzlies are being predicted to be lower 7th and 8th seed.

actually I'm not because if I was then I would've said something about them not being in the other people predictions.

Still, it was a bit weird...

Still, it was a bit weird...

That's because other people did it too and I don't think nobody mentioned that the division winners get the 1st 3 playoff spots.

If you go by divisons, those can't be the seedings.

7th or 8th who cares,what difference that makes?
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