I put mine in seed order, but that's not necessary if you don't want to take the time.

EC
Detroit*
Miami*
Chicago
New Jersey*
Cleveland
Washington
Orlando
Indiana

Just miss: Toronto & Milwaukee

WC
Phoenix*
Dallas*
San Antonio
Denver*
Clippers
Lakers
NO/OKC
Sacramento


*division winner

EC Playoffs;

1. Detroit
2. Miami
3. Cavs
4. Chicago
5. Nets
6. DC
7. Indy
8. Philly

WC Playoffs;

1. Mavs
2. Phoenix
3. Denver
4. SA
5. LAC
6. Utah
7. Hou
8. Sac

EC Finals: Miami vs CLE
WC Finals: Dallas vs SA
NBA Finals: SA vs Miami
NBA Champion: SA

MVP: LeBron
ROY: Brandon Roy
MIP: Chris Wilcox
6th: Nocioni

Eastern Conference
Detroit
Miami
New Jersey
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Indiana
Milwaukee

Western Conference
Phoenix
San Antonio
Dallas
L.A. Clippers
L.A. Lakers
New Orleans/OKC
Sacramento
Minnesota

Matt,

No Denver?

Matt,

No Denver?
i wanted to stick Minny in there with their additions (KG+MJ+RD = playoff team, imo). i think NO/OKC got better with Peja and Chandler might finally have a breakout season. that left me with the two LA teams, Denver, and Sacramento to drop. i picked Denver as the weakest of those three.

maybe it was just my predisposition to hate carmelo anthony.....

ESPN experts division winners and more:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/preview2006/news/story?page=Predictions0607

EAST
1 Miami over 8 Milwaukee
2 Detroit over 7 Indiana
3 New Jersey over 6 Washington
5 Chicago over 4 Cleveland

5 Chicago over 1 Miami
2 Detroit over 3 New Jersey

2 Detroit over 5 Chicago

WEST
1 Phoenix over 8 LA Lakers
2 Dallas over 7 Minnesota
6 Houston over 3 San Antonio
5 LA Clippers over 4 Denver

1 Phoenix over 5 LA Clippers
2 Dallas over 6 Houston

1 Phoenix over 2 Dallas

FINALS
1 Phoenix over 2 Detroit

Homer? Maybe, but I think it's as good as any out there.

Detroit
Miami
Cleveland
NJ
Chicago
Indy
Washington
Toronto (just because I wanna pick a dark horse for once)

Near misses: Bucks, Magic

West:
Dallas
Phoenix
San Antonio
Denver
Rockets
Clipps
Lakers
Minnesota

VERY Near misses: Jazz, NO/Ok, Kings, in that order

The West is really tough this season. Either of those last 3 could, factoring in Rocket health issues, replace any of the bottom four seeds.

The Magic will win the championship, we'll get a shitty pick, and I'll spend all summer with a pick of Darko shimmying in my sig.

No love for Orlando? LMMFAO

East (in no order)

Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, New Jersey, Miami, Washington, Milwaukee and the regular season loving Pacers.

West (in no order)

Spurs, Sacramento, Dallas, Phoenix, Denver, Clippers, Lakers and ....

Golden State as the 8th seed just to go out on a limb. Should be interesting to see if Don Nelson can do anything with that bunch.

Eastern Conference
Division champs:
Miami
New Jersey
Detroit

4-8 Seeds:
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington
Milwaukee
Orlando


Western Conference
Division champs:
Phoenix
San Antonio
Denver

4-8 Seeds:
Dallas
L.A. Clippers
Houston
Utah
New Orleans/OKC

Just in case some of you missed it. You no longer have to be a division winner to get the #2 or #3 seeds.

They changed the rule.

If a division runner up has a better record than one of the other division winners, they get the higher seed.

This is only for seeds 1-4, though.

It's early, but here are the standings so far:

Eastern Conference
Team W (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=wins&order=false&seasontype=2) L (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=losses&order=false&seasontype=2) PCT (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=winPercent&order=false&seasontype=2) GB (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=gamesBehind&order=false&seasontype=2)
[/URL]1 [URL="http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=orl"]Orlando (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=wins&order=false&seasontype=2) 12 4 .750 -
2 Detroit (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=det) 9 5 .643 2
3 New Jersey (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=njn) 6 9 .400 5 ½
4 Cleveland (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=cle) 9 6 .600 2 ½
5 Indiana (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=ind) 9 7 .563 3
6 Atlanta (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=atl) 6 7 .462 4 ½
7 Miami (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=mia) 6 8 .429 5
8 Philadelphia (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=phi) 5 9 .357 6

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Chicago (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=chi) 5 9 .357 6
Washington (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=was) 5 9 .357 6
Boston (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=bos) 5 9 .357 6
Milwaukee (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=mil) 5 9 .357 6
New York (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=nyk) 6 11 .353 6 ½
Toronto (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=tor) 5 10 .333 6 ½
Charlotte (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=cha) 4 11 .267 7 ½

Western Conference
Team W (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=wins&order=false&seasontype=2) L (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=losses&order=false&seasontype=2) PCT (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=winPercent&order=false&seasontype=2) GB (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/standings?season=2007&group=conference&column=gamesBehind&order=false&seasontype=2)
1 Utah (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=uth) 13 3 .813 -
2 Dallas (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=dal) 11 4 .733 1 ½
3 LA Lakers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=lal) 9 5 .643 3
4 San Antonio (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=sas) 11 5 .688 2
5 Houston (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=hou) 10 5 .667 2 ½
6 Sacramento (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=sac) 8 5 .615 3 ½
7 Denver (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=den) 8 5 .615 3 ½
8 Phoenix (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=pho) 8 6 .571 4

Golden State (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=gsw) 9 7 .563 4
NO/Oklahoma City (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=nor) 8 7 .533 4 ½
LA Clippers (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=lac) 7 7 .500 5
Minnesota (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=min) 6 8 .429 6
Portland (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=por) 6 10 .375 7
Seattle (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=sea) 6 10 .375 7
Memphis (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?team=mem) 4 11 .267 8 ½

I put mine in seed order, but that's not necessary if you don't want to take the time.

EC
Detroit*
Miami*
Chicago
New Jersey*
Cleveland
Washington
Orlando
Indiana

Just miss: Toronto & Milwaukee

WC
Phoenix*
Dallas*
San Antonio
Denver*
Clippers
Lakers
NO/OKC
Sacramento


*division winner

Just bumping this while we are still the #1 seed and while Orlando is still in, lol.

If I had to guess right now, this is how I would re-do it:


EC
Detroit*
Cleveland
Washington*
Toronto*
Miami
Chicago
New Jersey
Orlando

WC
Dallas*
Phoenix*
San Antonio
Utah*
Houston
Denver
Lakers
GSW

Well, in the West I only have NO and LA Lakers swapped (the seeds aren't right of course)

In the East I have NJ and Toronto swapped, and also NY and Orlando (though they are only a game apart)