预测

正如我在做联盟预览的同时说，我倾向于远离预测游戏。我喜欢给人们一点点历史，改变摘要，也许是一个团队的一般可能趋势。预测特定结果的唯一点是如此，所以你们可以在晚些时候回来并说“戴夫，你很棒！”或“戴夫，你吮吸！”其中任何一个都应该是NBA预览的重点。所以我给你一般的信息加上一个常识分析前景，即该警告，即联盟并不总是根据常识或分析工作。

但是只是为了好玩,因为它强化了the idea of trends) I thought I'd give my projected ranges for each team. I read in the ESPN League Review that John Hollinger had done the same thing but I didn't look at his at all to avoid being swayed. I am still not going to give specific win totals because that's mostly luck and voodoo. But I have broken down the possibilities into several categories. For playoff teams you have NBA Finals, Conference Finals, Second Round, and First Round, meaning the highest round that team will reach. I did not bother to distinguish between NBA Finals and NBA Champion, figuring that anybody making the Finals has a presumed chance to be champion. Below the playoff scale you have three designations:

.500球（在39-43之间的某个地方胜过但不在季后赛之间）
三十岁（30-38胜）
二十多岁或以下（29或更少）

对于我所列出的每个团队，高度和低的范围。高度不是过度的。我们在这里没有投射奇迹。低的是我可以想象的最低点。

一个警告：我被认为是孤立的每个团队。虽然我怀疑它可以。不要抱着我。

东部

底特律活塞高：NBA决赛低：第二轮
克利夫兰骑士高：会议决赛低：第一轮
多伦多猛禽高：第二轮低：第一轮
迈阿密热量高：会议决赛低：.500球
芝加哥公牛高：NBA决赛低：第二轮
新泽西篮网高：第二轮低：第一轮
华盛顿巫师高：第二轮低：.500球
奥兰多魔术高：会议决赛低：第一轮
印第安纳步行者高：.500球低：三十岁
费城76''高：.500球低：二十只或下方
Charlotte Bobcats高：.500球低：二十岁或以下
纽约尼克斯高：第一轮低：三十岁
亚特兰大老鹰高：.500球低：三十岁
密尔沃基雄伟：33岁以下：二十四岁或以下
波士顿凯尔特人高：NBA决赛低：第二轮

西方

Dallas Mavericks高：NBA决赛低：第二轮
凤凰太阳高：NBA决赛低：第二轮
San Antonio Spurs High：NBA决赛低：第二轮
犹他州爵士高：会议决赛低：第一轮
休斯顿火箭高：会议决赛低：第一轮
丹佛掘金高：第二轮低：第一轮
L.A.L * KERS高：第一轮低：三十岁
金州勇士高：第一轮低：.500球
L.A.快船高：第一轮低：三十岁（如果受伤）
新奥尔良黄蜂高：第一轮低：.500球
萨克拉门托国王高：.500球低：三十岁
波特兰拓丁树高：.500球低：二十岁或以下
明尼苏达森林狼高：.500球低：二十岁或以下
西雅图超声物高：三十岁以下：二十几岁或以下
孟菲斯灰熊高：.500球低：二十多岁或以下

Also I always put aside my bias against predicting enough to project the NBA Finalists and Champion each year. I have not always been accurate on both Finals teams but I am working on some kind of ridiculous streak of 6 in 7 getting the actual Champion right. (I think I missed the Pistons over the Lakers in 2004.) This year, though, I want to really go out on a limb and test this streak thing. So I've decided to go away from the safe, sane pick...not too far out, but not the favorite by any means.

我预期的决赛：芝加哥公牛队在达拉斯小牛

There you go. I never change in the middle of the year. Now you'll have something about which to call me completely silly or genius-savant.

--dave（blazersub@yahoo.com.的）