Some things you may want to know about the NBA this year

It's been almost 35 years (Seattle vs. Washington '78-'79) since the NBA finals didn't have 1 of the 3 best players in the NBA playing finals, that bodes well for LeBron James, Kevin Durant and a healthy Dwight Howard

Not including the 2004 Detroit Pistons who beat a dysfunctional Shaq/Kobe Lakers team, it's been almost 35 years since an NBA championship has NOT been won by one of the 25 best players to ever play and yes I have Dirk Nowitzki in my top 25

For those 2 reasons, I will not be mentioning teams like the Indiana Pacers, Philadelphia 76ers or the Denver Nuggets, cause it's really 'not there year'!

Ray Allen took half as less money to play with his former team's hated rival, if that ain't a 'hold Deez Nuts' moment then the term doesn't exist.

For proper perspective that's Brian Urlacher leaving the Bears to play for the Packers...for less money...
Hell yeah, Ray Allen felt disrespected

Speaking of the Mavs, is Eddy Curry really the starting center for them?!!! Oh how they will struggle to make the playoffs

Amare Stoudemire is out for the 1st 6 weeks of the NBA season and that's a good thing for the Knicks...

And upon his return he would best be served as the 6th man...

Which means the Knicks is all Melo's team and I pick Carmelo Anthony as my 1st half NBA MVP

Jeremy Lin will be one of the worse starting point guards in the league

Oklahoma City has a chance to be better than they were before they traded James Harden, yes I believe in Kevin Martin as a 3RD option that much

Consider this, I think that James Harden was the teams 3rd best scoring option but he was going to be  their 4th best player behind the defensive monster Serge Ibaka, so no I don't think that losing your 4th best player on the team and replacing him with someone almost as good, while still keeping 2 of the best 10 players in the league, effects them at all

The Boston Celtics and San Antonio Spurs are mirror images of themselves, past their prime veterans, mixed with nice young talent, 10 deep rotation and ultimately not enough firepower to dethrone the superstars in the league.

The Los Angeles Clippers have rebuilt themselves with a really deep team, much like the Celtics and Spurs and unlike those 2 they have a legitimate superstar in Chris Paul, but unlike those 2 they don't have a coach to manage that many egos, sorry Vinny Del Negro

The Los Angeles Lakers having Kobe Bryant averaging 20 points a game will be better than Kobe Bryant averaging 25 points a game

The Miami Heat are better than they were a year ago...yikes!!!

Damon Lillard the starting point guard for the Portland Trailblazers will give the New Orleans Hornets Anthony Davis a run for his money for NBA rookie of the year

The Charlotte Bobcats will again be the worse team in the NBA...Sorry MJ, but not next season...Yay MJ!!!

The NBA is as good a product as it's been since Michael Jordan and the Bulls heyday

Deron Williams will remind everyone that he is every bit as good as Chris Paul is

Kevin Durant will win his 4th scoring title in a row and win the MVP this year, if only because everyone is tired of giving it to Lebron James. Think Karl Malone and Charles Barkley winning it over MJ

Lebron James is not MJ, he's got a long way to go before he touches MJ, buuuttt.... he has a chance to be and who thought we would ever say that

And why wouldn't you want to watch that

Everyone compares Lebron James to Jordan and Magic, but in reality he's a better version of Scottie Pippen and you know how I feel about Pippen

Derrick Rose is gonna come back before he's scheduled too and ain't nobody gonna want to play them in the playoffs

The Miami Heat does not match up well with the Los Angeles Lakers but they match up well with the Oklahoma City Thunder who don't match up well with the Miami Heat but matches up well with the Los Angeles Lakers....

And that math ends up Heat over the Thunder in 6 games