OK If healthy, who do you put your money down on this season to win the NBA title?

[BrianG103]

If everybody is healthy who is supposed to be healthy by playoff time in the NBA, who would you place a bet on to WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR?

Lakers
PG- Gary Payton
SG- Kobe Bryant
SF- Deveon George
PF- Karl Malone
C- Shaq O'Neal
6th man- Derek Fisher
Kings
PG- Mike Bibbby
SG- D.Christie
SF- Peja Stojakovic
PF- Chris Webber
C- Vlade Divac
6th man- Brad Miller
Spurs
PG- Tony Parker
SG- M.Ginobili
SF- Bruce Bowen
PF- Tim Duncan
C- R Nesterovic
6th man- H.Turkoglu
Mavericks
PG- Steve Nash
SG- Michael Finley
SF- Dirk Nowitzki
PF- Antoine Walker
C- Danny Fortson
6th men- A.Jamison, J.Howard
Nets
PG- Jason Kidd = that's it....

Place your bets one one of the four teams...

 

[WildBill]

Kings, lets just see if they indeed get all their players on the court for this postseason. If they do they should win it.

 

[johndoe]

kings by far if healthy

 

[1cheater]

I vote Kings also..

Spurs 2nd

 

[JudgeWapner]

kings

 

[gb9327]

deffinately the kings if weber gets in the linup. it is amazing to see how well vlade is playing at his age. i think the toll of long season just may slow him down in the playoffs. Stoyakivich may be the best pure shooter we have ever seen.

 

[SurfBoard]

i hate to say it...lakers

when i see 4-1 on them ...im refinancing my house

 

[Seymour]

Spurs or Lakers - and NO ONE ELSE!

 

[bryan305]

Minnesota

 

[RobFunk]

definatly NOT the lakers. theyre just too slow. they remind me of the celtics when they got old.

they just dont have the talent the other lakers teams had, I dont care what's on paper.

sacramento has finnaly proved they can play on the road and dal has shown some toughness with the emergence of josh howard.

i dont see the spurs getting it done, they are far too one dimentional in campirson with the super charged sac and dal teams

itll be sac winning it all, once they have their 3 (3,count them!) players back. they will be back soon and have more than enough time to gel.

think about this: sac with 3 key guys out is better than LA with their power forward out.

 

[Redneckman]

Lakers

 

[RobFunk]

i dont see how anyone can say itll be LA with any degree of seriousness. do you guys follow the NBA at all or are you just remembering the sportscenter hype of payton and malone from last summer? they are there, theyve played, they suck. LA is the 4th or 5th best team in the west healthy or not.

minnesota, dallas, san antonio, sacramento, houston and maybe denever would all beat LAL in a series dont kid yourself.

 

[Redneckman]

You stand to make alot of money on those series then Rob, as Lakers will be favored in all of those with exception of Kings series would probably be a pick.

 

[wilheim]

Current betable numbers to win 2004 NBA Title:

Los Angeles Lakers +120
Sacramento Kings +300
Dallas Mavericks +1500
San Antonio Spurs +500
Minnesota Timberwolves +550

wil.

 

[TheFunkMonkey]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by wilheim:
Current betable numbers to win 2004 NBA Title:

Los Angeles Lakers +120
Sacramento Kings +300
Dallas Mavericks +1500
San Antonio Spurs +500
Minnesota Timberwolves +550

wil.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Best value is Mavs @ +1500. I know they're soft, I know they don't have a tough PF/C. However, if they get hot for 3-4 weeks, they don't need to play defense. They can win 119-113.

Finley is suddenly playing like the Finley of 1999. Josh Howard provides energy off the bench.

I think the Mavs have won 17 of 22! This includes wins against Minny, Jersey, Sacramento, Houston, Detroit, San Antonio.

I know, Duncan was injured last night. But the Mavs were pulling away before Duncan got injured. Anyway, not saying the Mavs will win the title, just saying they have the best value. Finley is the key!

 

[RobFunk]

I agree with mavs being the best value.they are more than worth a shot at that price.

and theyre getting a little tougher with howard playing minutes kinda reminds me of a young dennis rodman.