TBrown
Wolf of Beale Street
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No team has made it to the finals 4 years in row since the 80s. History is not on their side, but I don't know who I'd pick over them. I don't think anybody made enough improvements to think they would be better than the Heat, except maybe Houston. Spurs are a year older, Pacers didn't get better other than PG and LS's gains in experience, Bulls maybe...
Bulls are the only threat in a playoff for the Heat. I don't see any other East teams that could take them more than 4 or 5 games.
Nets just don't rebound well enough. If they play Evans a bunch, they can do pretty well on the glass, but they only played him 24 MPG last year, and so far only 11 MPG this year.
They've got scoring all over the floor and decent defense, so they match up well with a team like the Heat, but they will get murdered by teams that rebound well, like the Bulls and the Pacers.
I readily admit I forgot about the Nets. I am interested to see how the old guys are by the end of the year. Gonna have to hold Pierce and Garnett back at times to keep them fresh.
Pacers still got work to do. Yeah, they took them to 7. But when it mattered the Heat showed up and crushed the Pacers. If the Heat play like that it's over for every team. And if Oden and Beasley can contribute it'll help a lot.