Rose is the real deal but for some reason I don't think this is the Bulls year. In a 7 game series it only takes a couple sub-par efforts from Rose and the Bulls are done. I think the Bulls need one more piece to the puzzle. Celtics messed up when they traded Perkins, Magic are too up and down plus Howard may not make it a whole series without getting enough technicals and suspended a game. That leaves you know who, not because of Lebron but because Wade is that good, I think the Heat win the Eastern Conference.

San Antinio are old and injury prone, Lakers MUST have a healthy Bynum, good luck with that, Dallas never gets the job done, which leaves the team that NOBODY wants to play Oklahoma City Thunder. Durant just won the scoring title for the second year in a row, Westbrook is an outstanding point guard and the Celtics loss is the Thunders gain in the inside presence of Kendrick Perkins. OKC is too young to know they should not win the West but too good not to. I see an OKC / Heat finals as hate to say it but the "Heatles" get the job done. As much as I don't want to see it for the way James thought he was bigger than the game when he "took his talents to South Beach".