sleeper team? i'd have to go with indiana b/c watching that team is gonna put everybody in a coma.

Posted by Anji:

Fighting the Sixers, Celtics and Magic for the eight-seed.

[Edited by - Anji on 07-17-2007 4:34 PM]

You can keep on doubting the Knicks if you want, but you and several others are really underestimating this team. The Sixers are a nice young team, but they aren't ready for primetime just yet. Don't let that late season surge impress you. Teams were falling like flies last year and they just happened to play hard and win some games, but i don't think they can replicate that over an 82 game season.

Boston may just have a good year with what they've done. Pierce, Allen and big Al is a very nice trio. Health is their only issue and the lack of a strong D. The quality drops off a bit after the starters in terms of experience.

The Magic aren't bad either. Solid defensive team and now they added a scorer they needed bably. It's hard to really guage just how much Lewis will help them tho. I'd guess they'd be able to sustain good play for most of the season, unlike last year.

NJ is gonna be tough. They will be back at full strength and that's not good for the rest of the Div. The thing is that they won't have as many easy nights like they've had in the past and that will wear on them. VC and Kidd won't be able to sustain high levels all year and that will put the onus on their bench. They have a decent bench but we'll have to see how they do.

I think the Knicks are right there with all of these teams. So it's gonna be a dog fight.

The east is gonna be very compeditive this year. The east division alone is gonna be battle for the ages.

Clevland hasn't made any changes. Wanna bet the fall off like Miami did?

Maybe Jersey, and Washington fall off next year. Its not going to be easy for us to jump these teams, but you gotta believe we can play a couple games over 500 with this team and get a 6 or 7 seed. Should be the next step at least.

Eastern Conference 
                W  L PCT
1 z-Detroit     53 29 .646 
2 x-Cleveland   50 32 .610
3 y-Toronto     47 35 .573 
4 y-Miami       44 38 .537 
5 x-Chicago     49 33 .598  
6 x-New Jersey  41 41 .500 
7 x-Washington  41 41 .500  
8 x-Orlando     40 42 .488 
 
  Indiana       35 47 .427  
  Philadelphia  35 47 .427 
  Charlotte     33 49 .402
  New York      33 49 .402
  Atlanta       30 52 .366  
  Milwaukee     28 54 .341 
  Boston        24 58 .293