here's mine with explanations, tell me what you think
1. Hornets (Posey is a good asset, plus paul is just getting better)
2. Lakers (they lost Turiaf, a good bench player, and age does catch up to kobe, hitting the 30 mark)
3. Rockets (I still fear injuries will be bound this year)
4. Spurs (we got younger and more scoring)
5. Jazz (premier pg in deron)
6. Suns (Nash is getting older..and hes really the carrier of the team)
7. Dallas (more time to gel with j-kidd)
8. Clippers (far-fetched, but we really havent seen Oden play yet, so the blazers can be a flop, but I think baron, ricky, camby, kaman can get an 8th spot)