Dallas vs. Atlanta in the Finals. Dallas wins. & after watching the Rangers lose to the Giants in six, Cuban will rub Nolan's face in the championship. Bud Selig's, too.

monty perdictions, lol

mavs winning it all is crazy talk

will never happen

only if the barrelhead is the size of a dime

that is the easiest bet ever made, and if I had any money to my name I'd take it in a heartbeat.

Sorry, but unless a scabies outbreak ravages the league, Pau isn't gonna be within sniffing distance of that MVP trophy. Unless Kobe goes down hard early and he manages to lead them to the finals, it ain't gonna happen.

Yeah, I could see him as a finals MVP, but I'd bet (less comfortably) against that as well.

i tend to agree with you, BUT who ever thought steve nash would win one mvp, much less TWO

I'd say I could've seen him winning one no problem. Still not sure how he got the second.

Pau also is also VERY doubtful to improve with age the way Nash did. He doesn't condition himself as hard, gets hurt easier, and his knees are carrying about 100 lbs/7 inches more than Nash's.

Yeah, gotta say Harry is a little off base with the thought Pau is an MVP this year...the only recent comparison I could think of would be Duncan who won it twice and had similar stats. It could happen I guess, but I'll take that bet.

What are the terms, Harry?

define similar stats

Also, Duncan was the best player on his team.

Gasol averaged 18 pts 11 boards 1.7 blocks last year, and Duncan during his mvp years averaged 17.5 points 10 boards and a little over 2 blocks. It's possible Gasol could up his blocks this year and match Duncan there.

Duncan averaged 23.3/25.5 pts, 12.7/12.9 boards, 2.5/2.9 blocks and slightly higher steals/assists numbers in his MVP years.

I'd be more impressed than anyone if Pau ups his defensive game this year, but he's still gonna get pushed around by any contender that isn't Miami.

man, wtf was I reading...

Jeezus...nba.com had the Preseason stats on the top of the page, and that's what I was looking at.

Dude, srsly. I don't think I've been less excited about a Hawks season since Year 2 of the Woodson era.

I suppose I'm being ungrateful because Playoff ball is better than none but nothing the ownership has done in the off season tells me they will even be the 4th seed this year (I think the Bucks take it this year). But, it's still baseball and football season. I reserve the right to change my mind frivolously.

Then again, I'm on record here with regards to my issues with the NBA.

granted, the block stats are similar, but even harry has to admit duncan in his prime was a FAR SUPERIOR defender to gasol past, present or future

gasol is basically a bearded spanish tom chambers

blake griffin jumps over everyone. however, cant hit a shot outside of 5 feet.

I would've accepted "swarthy"

Lol, sit down Big Baby you fat fuck.

This is the best game I've seen this year so far.

Rondo as Tiger is great, btw.

Well, shit...that sucked.

Rondo: best point guard in the league.

Honestly, can't argue with that.

Best of the Eastern Conference, sure.