Many teams have taken steps to improve their teams, but so far our team and GM have been played like a yoyo. Players are using our good name as a way to demand a bigger pay checks from their current team or other teams around the league. I don't believe that it is fair, but that is the way the ball bounces sometimes.

With all the acquisitions that most of the teams in the East have made, we sill definitely see a shift of power in our conference. All the teams that have not taken measures to improve their squads will replace the ones that have done so.

As it stands right now, here is my opinion

Detroit
Heat
Indy
N.Y
Milwa
Cleveland
Orlando
Boston

Raptors, Wizz, philly, will not make the playoffs

Bobcats may surprise some folks

its so impossible to tell anything other than

1 heat pistons pacers in whatever order you want

its almost impossible to guage any other team with moves not completed i can give a scenario for almost any other team

i even think charlotte will be a formidable expansion team[not playoff material but 23-25 wins]

i dont like what Orlando did today. they took a skill player out of the frontcourt when they couldve had 2 with cato as the defensive guy--now having cato and battie makes no sense and losing that skill guy hurts them even though their guards are good. i think they are better than last year but only marginally 25-28 wins

we have to see what finsishes with moves