If all healthy, you cannot IGNORE the "DENVER NUGGETS" of the worlds in the Western Conference. AI and MELO in the same back Court. Ouchie... and that dude JR SMith they acquired in the off-season is not bad either. So, watch out for them. Besides, it would be same old Suns, Mavs, Spurs, rockets who will move up. Rockets need to have Yao and T-MAC playing together. Defense is still going to beack the Achille's heel for the SUns. Spurs might just be getting little too old. MAVS... welll they are still the same old MAVS... no matter how much we talk about AVERY JOHNSON brining the defense in Dallas, they still are porous. WIth Kristic banked in IR list, NETS are in some trouble. WIth AI gone - Philly don't scare anybody either. Once again, Lebron-lead Caviliers would scare some people. If the Deisel can get back to his game-shape before the Playoffs starts Miami is a serious contender. BEN wallave or NO Ben Wallace, Pistons are still the Sleepers. Chicago and Magic add more flavor to the Eastern Conference battles. I will throw in Wizards also. Just because they can score a lot of points. GO CELTICS