05-07-2013, 12:41 AM
Some wildly safe predictions, which will guarantee that they're not right.
Conference semis
Heat 4-2 over Bulls
Indiana 4-3 over Knicks
Spurs 4-1 over Golden State
OKC 4-3 over Grizz
Surest bet: Heat; it'll be a tight series because the Bulls are so well-coached, but Heat just have too many weapons and I am a LeBron believer
Toughest bet: OKC; it hurts because KD is amazing but they are not a better than the Grizz without Russ. In this era, the Harden trade may go down as something like the Pedo trade from the Expos; K-Mart 2 isn't Delino DeShields, but I fear that this will turn out to be a franchise ruiner in the LeBron era.
Misc.
Conference semis
Heat 4-2 over Bulls
Indiana 4-3 over Knicks
Spurs 4-1 over Golden State
OKC 4-3 over Grizz
Surest bet: Heat; it'll be a tight series because the Bulls are so well-coached, but Heat just have too many weapons and I am a LeBron believer
Toughest bet: OKC; it hurts because KD is amazing but they are not a better than the Grizz without Russ. In this era, the Harden trade may go down as something like the Pedo trade from the Expos; K-Mart 2 isn't Delino DeShields, but I fear that this will turn out to be a franchise ruiner in the LeBron era.
Misc.
- No Derrick Rose
- Carmelo shoots < 40%
- Timmy D. averages 18/10
- KD averages 33 ppg