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YOOOAdrian’s 2010 NBA Preview- NBA Predictions

EAST

  1. Miami (67-15)
  2. Orlando (60-22)
  3. Boston (58-24)
  4. Chicago (48-34)
  5. Atlanta (52-30)
  6. Milwaukee (43-39)
  7. New York (42-40)
  8. Philadelphia (40-42)
  9. Washington (40-42)
  10. Indiana (39-43)
  11. Charlotte (39-43)
  12. Detroit (37-45)
  13. Cleveland (35-47)
  14. New Jersey (26-56)
  15. Toronto (22-60)
  16. 

WEST

  1. LA Lakers (57-25)
  2. Dallas (55-27)
  3. Oklahoma City (54-28)
  4. San Antonio (52-30)
  5. Denver (52-30)
  6. Utah (50-32)
  7. Portland (48-34)
  8. New Orleans (47-35)
  9. Phoenix (46-36)
  10. Houston (43-39)
  11. Memphis (43-39)
  12. LA Clippers (28-54)
  13. Golden State (27-55)
  14. Sacramento (24-58)
  15. Minnesota (19-63)

NBA MVP- Kevin Durant (OKC)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR- John Wall (Wash)

6th MAN- George Hill (SA)

NBA PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals

  • (1) Miami vs (8) Philadelphia (Mia in 4)
  • (4) Atlanta vs (5) Chicago (Chi in 7)
  • (3) Boston vs (6) Milwaukee (Bos in 5)
  • (2) Orlando vs (7) New York (Orl in 5)
  • (1) LA Lakers vs (8) New Orleans (La in 5)
  • (4) San Antonio vs (5) Denver (SA in 6)
  • (3) Oklahoma City vs (6) Utah (OKC in 7)
  • (2) Dallas vs (7) Portland (Dal in 6)

Semifinals

  • (1) Miami vs (5) Chicago (Mia in 5)
  • (2) Orlando vs (3) Boston (Orl in 7)
  • (1) LA Lakers vs (4) San Antonio (LAL in 5)
  • (2) Dallas vs (3) Oklahoma City (OKC in 6)

Conference Finals

  • (1) Miami vs (2) Orlando (Mia in 6)
  • (1) LA Lakers vs (3) Oklahoma City (LAL in 6)

NBA FINALS

  • Miami vs LA Lakers (Mia in 6)

YOOOAdrian’s 2010 NBA Preview- WESTERN CONFERENCE (Southwest)

Dallas Mavericks

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Jason Kidd– 7.5 Rodrigue Beaubois Jose Juan Barea    
Shooting Guard Caron Butler– 7.5 Jason Terry Dominique Jones    
Small Forward Shawn Marion– 7.25 DeShawn Stevenson      
Power Forward Dirk Nowitzki– 8.5 Brian Cardinal Alexis Ajinca    
Center Brendan Haywood– 7.25 Tyson Chandler Ian Mahinmi    

(Dirk Nowitzki)

BENCH- 7.5

TOTAL- 46.5

 

Houston Rockets

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Aaron Brooks– 7.5 Kyle Lowry      
Shooting Guard Kevin Martin– 7.25 Courtney Lee Jermaine Taylor    
Small Forward Shane Battier– 7.25 Chase Budinger Mike Harris    
Power Forward Luis Scola– 7.25 Chuck Hayes Jared Jeffries Patrick Patterson Alexander Johnson
Center Yao Ming– 7.75 Brad Miller Jordan Hill    

(Aaron Brooks)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 44.25

 

Memphis Grizzlies

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Mike Conley– 7 Acie Law Greivis Vasquez    
Shooting Guard O.J. Mayo– 7.5 Tony Allen Damien Wilkins    
Small Forward Rudy Gay– 8 Sam Young DeMarre Carroll Xavier Henry  
Power Forward Zach Randolph– 7.25 Darrell Arthur      
Center Marc Gasol– 7.5 Hasheem Thabeet Hamed Haddadi    

(Rudy Gay)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 44.25

 

New Orleans Hornets

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Chris Paul– 8.75 Jerryd Bayless      
Shooting Guard Marco Belinelli– 7 Marcus Thornton Willie Green    
Small Forward Trevor Ariza– 7.25 Peja Stojakovic Quincy Pondexter    
Power Forward David West– 7.25 Jason Smith Joe Alexander Pops Mensah-Bonsu  
Center Emeka Okafor– 7 Aaron Gray D.J. Mbenga    

(Chris Paul)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 44.5

 

San Antonio Spurs

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Tony Parker– 8 George Hill Garrett Temple Curtis Jerrells  
Shooting Guard Manu Ginobili– 8 James Anderson Gary Neal    
Small Forward Richard Jefferson– 7.25 Alonzo Gee      
Power Forward Tim Duncan– 8.25 DeJuan Blair Matt Bonner    
Center Antonio McDyess– 7 Tiago Splitter      

(Tim Duncan)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 45.75

YOOOAdrian’s 2010 NBA Preview- WESTERN CONFERENCE (Pacific)

Golden State Warriors

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Stephen Curry– 7.75 Charlie Bell Jeremy Lin    
Shooting Guard Monta Ellis– 7.25 Reggie Williams      
Small Forward Dorell Wright– 7 Vladimir Radmanovic Rodney Carney    
Power Forward David Lee– 7.5 Brandan Wright Ekpe Udoh    
Center Andris Biedrins– 7.25 Louis Amundson Dan Gadzuric    
           

(Stephen Curry)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 43.75

 

Los Angeles Clippers

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Baron Davis– 7.5 Eric Bledsoe      
Shooting Guard Eric Gordon– 7.5 Randy Foye Rasual Butler Willie Warren  
Small Forward Ryan Gomes– 7 Al-Farouq Aminu Marqus Blakely    
Power Forward Blake Griffin– 7.25 Craig Smith Brian Cook    
Center Chris Kaman– 7.5 DeAndre Jordan Jarron Collins    

(Eric Gordon)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 43.75

 

Los Angeles Lakers

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Derek Fisher– 7 Steve Blake      
Shooting Guard Kobe Bryant– 9.5 Shannon Brown Sasha Vujacic    
Small Forward Ron Artest– 7.5 Matt Barnes Luke Walton Devin Ebanks  
Power Forward Lamar Odom– 7.5 Derrick Caracter      
Center Pau Gasol– 8.25 Theo Ratliff Andrew Bynum    

(Kobe Bryant)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 46.75

 

Phoenix Suns

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Steve Nash– 8.5 Goran Dragic      
Shooting Guard Jason Richardson– 7.25 Josh Childress Matt Janning    
Small Forward Grant Hill– 7 Hedo Turkoglu Jared Dudley    
Power Forward Channing Frye– 7 Hakim Warrick Earl Clark Gani Lawal  
Center Robin Lopez– 7.25        

(Steve Nash)

BENCH- 7.5

TOTAL- 44.5

 

Sacramento Kings

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Beno Udrih– 7 Luther Head Pooh Jeter    
Shooting Guard Tyreke Evans– 7.75 Francisco Garcia Antoine Wright    
Small Forward Donte Greene– 7.25 Omri Casspi      
Power Forward Carl Landry– 7.25 Jason Thompson Darnell Jackson Hassan Whiteside  
Center DeMarcus Cousins– 7 Samuel Dalembert      

(Tyreke Evans)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 43.5

YOOOAdrian’s 2010 NBA Preview- EASTERN CONFERENCE (Southeast)

Atlanta Hawks

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Mike Bibby– 7.5 Jeff Teague      
Shooting Guard Joe Johnson– 8.25 Jamal Crawford Jordan Crawford Pape Sy  
Small Forward Marvin Williams– 7 Maurice Evans      
Power Forward Josh Smith– 8 Josh Powell      
Center Al Horford– 8 Zaza Pachulia Jason Collins Etan Thomas  

(Josh Smith)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 46

 

Charlotte Bobcats

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard D.J. Augustin– 7 Shaun Livingston Sherron Collins    
Shooting Guard Stephen Jackson– 7.5 Gerald Henderson Matt Carroll    
Small Forward Gerald Wallace– 7.75 Eduardo Najera Dominic McGuire    
Power Forward Boris Diaw– 7.25 Tyrus Thomas Derrick Brown    
Center Nazr Mohammed– 7 DeSagana Diop Kwame Brown    

(Gerald Wallace)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 43.75

 

Miami Heat

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Mario Chalmers– 7 Carlos Arroyo Patrick Beverley    
Shooting Guard Dwyane Wade– 9 Eddie House Kenny Hasbrouck    
Small Forward LeBron James– 9.5 Mike Miller James Jones Da’Sean Butler  
Power Forward Chris Bosh– 8.5 Udonis Haslem Juwan Howard Shavlik Randolph  
Center Joel Anthony– 7 Zydrunas Ilgauskas Jamaal Magloire Dexter Pittman  

(Bosh, Wade, James)

BENCH- 7.5

TOTAL- 48.5

 

Orlando Magic

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Jameer Nelson– 7.75 Chris Duhon Jason Williams    
Shooting Guard Vince Carter– 7.75 J.J. Redick      
Small Forward Mickael Pietrus– 7.25 Quentin Richardson Stanley Robinson    
Power Forward Rashard Lewis– 8 Ryan Anderson Brandon Bass    
Center Dwight Howard– 9 Marcin Gortat Daniel Orton    

 

(Dwight Howard) 

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 47

 

Washington Wizards

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard John Wall– 7.5 Kirk Hinrich      
Shooting Guard Gilbert Arenas– 7.25 Nick Young      
Small Forward Josh Howard– 7.25 Al Thornton      
Power Forward Andray Blatche– 7.75 Yi Jianlian Trevor Booker Kevin Seraphin  
Center JaVale McGee– 7 Hilton Armstrong      

(Andray Blatche)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 44

YOOOAdrian’s 2010 NBA Preview- EASTERN CONFERENCE (Central)

Chicago Bulls

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Derrick Rose – 8.25 C.J. Watson      
Shooting Guard Ronnie Brewer – 7 Kyle Korver Keith Bogans    
Small Forward Luol Deng – 7 James Johnson      
Power Forward Carlos Boozer – 8 Taj Gibson      
Center Joakim Noah – 7.5 Kurt Thomas Omer Asik    

 

(Derrick Rose)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 44.75

 

Cleveland Cavaliers

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Mo Williams – 7.5 Ramon Sessions      
Shooting Guard Anthony Parker – 7 Daniel Gibson Christian Eyenga Manny Harris  
Small Forward Jamario Moon – 7 Joey Graham Jawad Williams    
Power Forward J.J. Hickson – 7.5 Antawn Jamison Leon Powe Samardo Samuels  
Center Anderson Varejao – 7.25 Ryan Hollins      

(J.J. Hickson)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 43.5

 

Detroit Pistons

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Rodney Stuckey– 7.5 Will Bynum Terrico White    
Shooting Guard Richard Hamilton– 7.5 Ben Gordon Tracy McGrady    
Small Forward Tayshaun Prince– 7.25 Austin Daye DaJuan Summers    
Power Forward Greg Monroe- 7 Charlie Villanueva Greg Monroe Chris Wilcox  
Center Ben Wallace– 7 Jason Maxiell      

(Rodney Stuckey)

BENCH- 7.5

TOTAL- 43.75

 

Indiana Pacers

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Darren Collison– 7.25 T.J. Ford A.J. Price    
Shooting Guard Mike Dunleavy– 7.25 Brandon Rush Dahntay Jones Lance Stephenson  
Small Forward Danny Granger– 8 James Posey Paul George    
Power Forward Tyler Hansbrough- 7 Josh McRoberts Magnum Rolle    
Center Roy Hibbert– 7.25 Jeff Foster Solomon Jones    

(Danny Granger)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 43.75

 

Milwaukee Bucks

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Brandon Jennings– 7.25 Keyon Dooling Earl Boykins    
Shooting Guard John Salmons– 7.5 Chris Douglas-Roberts Michael Redd    
Small Forward Corey Maggette– 7.25 Carlos Delfino Darington Hobson    
Power Forward Drew Gooden– 7 Luc Richard Mbah a Moute Ersan Ilyasova Jon Brockman Larry Sanders
Center Andrew Bogut– 8 Brian Skinner      

(Andrew Bogut)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 44.25

YOOOAdrian’s 2010 NBA Preview- EASTERN CONFERENCE (Atlantic)

 

Boston Celtics

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Rajon Rondo– 8.25 Delonte West Avery Bradley    
Shooting Guard Ray Allen– 8 Nate Robinson Von Wafer    
Small Forward Paul Pierce– 8 Marquis Daniels Stephane Lasme    
Power Forward Kevin Garnett– 8 Glen Davis Luke Harangody    
Center Jermaine O’Neal– 7.25 Shaquille O’Neal Semih Erden Kendrick Perkins  

(Rajon Rondo)

BENCH- 7.5

TOTAL– 47

 

New Jersey Nets

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Devin Harris– 7.75 Jordan Farmar Ben Uzoh    
Shooting Guard Terrence Williams– 7 Anthony Morrow      
Small Forward Troy Murphy- 7.25 Stephen Graham Quinton Ross Damion James  
Power Forward Derrick Favors 7 Travis Outlaw Kris Humphries    
Center Brook Lopez– 7.5 Joe Smith Johan Petro Brian Zoubek  

(Brook Lopez)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 43.5

 

New York Knicks

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Raymond Felton– 7.25 Toney Douglas      
Shooting Guard Kelenna Azubuike– 7 Roger Mason Andy Rautins    
Small Forward Danilo Gallinari– 7.25 Wilson Chandler Bill Walker Landry Fields Patrick Ewing Jr.
Power Forward Amare Stoudemire– 8.25 Anthony Randolph      
Center Ronny Turiaf– 7 Timofey Mozgov Eddy Curry    

(Amare Stoudemire)

BENCH- 7

TOTAL- 43.75

 

Philadelphia 76ers

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Jrue Holiday– 7.25 Lou Williams Chris Quinn    
Shooting Guard Andre Iguodala– 8 Evan Turner Jodie Meeks    
Small Forward Thaddeus Young– 7 Andres Nocioni Jason Kapono    
Power Forward Elton Brand– 7.5 Darius Songaila Craig Brackins    
Center Spencer Hawes– 7 Marreese Speights      

(Andre Igoudala)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 44

 

Toronto Raptors

POS STARTER 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
Point Guard Jose Calderon– 7 Jarrett Jack Marcus Banks    
Shooting Guard DeMar DeRozan– 7.25 Leandro Barbosa      
Small Forward Linas Kleiza– 7 Sonny Weems      
Power Forward Ed Davis- 7 Reggie Evans Ed Davis Julian Wright Joey Dorsey
Center Andrea Bargnani– 7.5 David Andersen      

 

(Andrea Bargnani)

BENCH- 7.25

TOTAL- 43