hahahahaa...so they all said the same about the Heat last year and the Mavs choked in the end. Sleepyspur, your statement really makes no sense: "I hope people dont get too excited and forget how watered down the East is". The East has been World Champions for 2 of the past 3 years now and every year people keep bringing out the same comment on sajha as to how the East would never win as there is just not enough depth in the conference. Even in 2005, when the Pistons lost to the Spurs, it wasn't a scenario where the East was "watered down": The series went to 7 games!! Once again, the Spurs are a veteran team laden with stars and hard to beat, but it is not an impossible task. LeBron and the Cavs are the underdogs here and as far as I see it, there will be an upset in the finals that would signal the beginning of the LeBron era. Go Cavs!!