NBA season is here!

[junYUN]

list your top 5, then list who you root for.

1. spurs
2. pistons
3. timberwolves
4. lakers
5. rockets

i'm a lakers fan (flame away)

[2Tone]

Even though it has gone down hill since its glory days. My picks

1. timberwolves
2. mavericks
3. pistons
4. rockets
5. pacers

Rooting for the Sonics is an exercise in futility this year, but they are my team. Most hated: The Knicks.

[Tuff Luck]

I'm not a huge NBA fan, but I have to root for my sixers. And for what's on everyone's mind, how do you think the Lakers are going to do without shaq, and how do you think he's going to do this season? (new team and everything)

[eddo31]

i think that shaq will be motivated, and have a monster season. with him playing in the east, he shouldnt have any competition at all. he should dominate.

1. timberwolves
2. spurs
3. pistons
4. kings
5. dallas

rooting interests: timberwolves, celtics.

right now the nba is brutal. it is rare fo ran american player to have a well rounded skill set, and that really makes the game boring.

[junYUN]

shaq is going to have a great season, kobe is going to have an epic season (numbers wise). the lakers have a good run and gun team, but as the jazz showed us last night all you need is a little swarm defense and the lakers are toast. miami makes the #2 seed in the east while the lakers MAYBE make the playoffs at 7 or 8.

spurs win championship.

[GeoffM]

Top 5 for me is:

1- Detroit
2- Spurs
3- Heat
4- T-Wolves
5- Mavs

Kings don't make it, since Chris Webber is healthy .

The reason I put Miami up there is because they are in the weakest division of all-time, and will likely reach the 60 win plateau this year, along with home court in at least the first 2 rounds.

I cheer for the Raptors, but Vince is a wussy.

I also think the Lakers will make the playoffs, because even thouugh they lost Shaq, looko what the got for him. When Vlade is good to play they'll be fine and sneak into the playoffs, then lookout.

[junYUN]

resting the collective laker playoff hopes on the return of vlade divac is a bit of a stretch don't you think

[Penguinfan]

Stupid ****ing Pistons, you can win a championship but you can't beat Toronto, way to mail it in guys!

[junYUN]

i think the pistons are highly overated, last year they won because the lakers didn't show up basically. the pistons are a poor man's spurs (great defense, team oriented, lots of hustle) and the lakers ran off four straight on them. it just goes to show if you cruise into the NBA finals like you're gonna run the table you will lose.

[jimmytheg]

no way the pistons are overrated....two legitamate go-to guys in crunch time with billups and hamilton....the best collection of big men on any team, east or west conference.....good team defense (a larry brown staple), and on that same note good coaching.....they are also a deep team, which comes in very handy during the long regular season.

I think it will be a pistons-spurs finals...and i think the pistons will win it again

[junYUN]

billups is a go-to guy in crunch time? please. the pistons will get beat pretty badly by the spurs if they went heads up in the finals