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Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 11/24, 07:51 PM
Eastern Conference

Atlantic
1.Boston Celtics
2.New Jersey Nets
3.Toronto Raptors
4.Phildelphia 76ers
5.New York Knicks

Central
1.Detroit Pistons
2.Cleveland Cavaliers
3.Milwaukee Bucks
4.Chicago Bulls
5.Indiana Pacers

Southeast
1.Orlando Magic
2.Washington Wizards
3.Charlotte Bobcats
4.Miami Heat
5.Atlanta Hawks

Western Conference

Northwest
1.Denver Nuggets
2.Utah Jazz
3.Portland Trail Blazers
4.Seattle Supersonics
5.Minnesota Timberwolves

Pacific
1.Phoenix Suns
2.Los Angeles Lakers
3.Los Angeles Clippers
4.Golden State Warriors
5.Sacramento Kings

Southwest
1.San Antonio Spurs
2.Dallas Mavericks
3.Houston Rockets
4.New Orleans Hornets
5.Memphis Grizzles

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 11/24, 09:04 PM
Disagreement #1: New Jersey ahead of Toronto.
I put New Jersey ahead of Toronto beacuse Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Nenad Krstic, Richard Jefferson. Very good players and the Nets are overall better than the Toronto Raptors. Their top players are Chris Bosh, T.J. Ford, and Andrea Bargnani (who isn't starting.) New Jersey also has Jason Collins and Jamaal Magloire who aren't bad.

Disagreement #2: Milwaukee ahead of Chicago
Milwaukee is 5-0 at home and 1-4 on the road. On the road will be their only challenge. The Bucks are also 2-0 in division play. The Bulls are 1-3 at home and 1-6 on the road. They are 1-1 in division play. The Bucks top players are:

Mo Williams
Michael Redd
Desmond Mason
Yi Jianlian
Andrew Bogut
Charlie Villanueva
Charlie Bell

The Bulls top players are:

Ben Gordon
Ben Wallace
Luol Deng
Kirk Hinrich
Andres Nocioni
Tyrus Thomas(not so)

The Bulls don't really have very good depth. Their best players are their starters and only 1 backup. That isn't good. The Bucks best players are their starters and a couple of backups. The Bucks are better and will finish ahead of the Bulls.

Dyhard:Homecoming Week said 11/24, 11:35 PM
Disagreement #3: Charlotte over Miami
Charlotte has been playing outstanding this year so far and Dwayne Wade isn't 100% healthy and I don't think that he will be for a while. I think that he won't play as good as he should and he won't be able to carry the Heat to 3rd in the Southeast division.

Disagreement #5: Denver over Utah
Denver has some good players in Carmelo Anthony, J.R. Smith, Allen Iverson, Kenyon Smith, and Marcus Camby. They also have a good bench that will be able to carry them over the Utah Jazz and able to take the division. Utah doesn't have as good of players as the Nuggets do. They are: Carlos Boozer, Deron Williams, Mehmet Okur, and Andrei Kirilenko. Ronnie Brewer isn't bad. They don't really have as strong as a bench as Denver and that is what will carry Denver over Utah, the bench.

Disagreement #6: Portland over Seattle
Portland has good players and Seattle did lose Ray Allen, and Rashard Lewis. The Trailblazers key players are LaMarcus Aldridge, Channing Fyre, Brandon Roy, and Steve Blake. They may not have Greg Oden, but they are still better than Seattle. Seattle's key players are: Delonte West(reserve), Kevin Durant(starter) and Wally Szczerbia