just thought i would throw an open thread out there to see what peoples thoughts are on who is going to win it all this year,  seedings in the playoffs, who you think is going to conference finals or if any  big moves are going to be made before the trade deadline. obviously this post is not pistons-centric.

i'm going to say that the finals will finally be nike's wet dream of lakers/cavs, with the cavs winning the finals(as much as it pains me to say) and pretty much a replay of last years conference finals (lakers/nuggets and cavs/magic). my dark horse candidates for teams to make noise in the playoffs are dallas and atlanta.

what are your predictions?