Personally, I think the Spurs will get the Warriors in the West - hate that people just assume the Warriors will be in the finals.

The Cavs know they can't win. It's that simple. I asked my friend - what kind of image do you give off by hunting intensely around the trade deadline with a wishlist of players. For me that only says one thing - Lebron knows out and out he can't beat the Warriors or Spurs from the West with this current group.

Cavs will probably make the finals because the East is now even weaker than what he was a few years ago - Bulls, Pacers, Hawks have all regressed. And to me Toronto are flat track bullies who play in the Atlantic Divison with the Knicks, Nets and 76ers so of course their record is going to be good.

If they had a decent experienced coach they could push GSW or Spurs to 6 or 7 games.

Right now they should win the East and lose in 4-5 games.

I would be worried of a SVG coached team in the first round

The Cavs pushed the Warriors in the finals last year, and have improved their list this season (even though their current form is not great). I think they'll get to the finals again, certainly not going to be favourites but they'll challenge either the Warriors or the Spurs..

The West finals will be great to watch, looking forward to it already!

While I don't think they're necessarily clicking (and the griping about Irving has joined the griping about Love), any team with that much talent could get hot at the right time and knock off the Warriors. I think the Spurs would be able to tackle the Cavs more reliably though.

Cavs should get through the East because... well... who else would? Miami are a bit of a danger team to be honest, depending on who they match up against. They've got a big X-Factor in the middle, and Wade is still capable of looking like Wade if healthy.

No matter who makes it to the finals - Warriors or Spurs will sweep or win 4-1.

I'm a Cavs fan, and I don't even particularly enjoy watching them these days. Ugly iso ball and bricked open threes from Kevin Love, and everybody looks absolutely miserable... LeBron has turned into his own version of grumpy old man Kobe.

Cavs will win the East and lose the finals unless LeBron goes bezerk.

Cavs are a real step below Warriors/Spurs

If they had a decent experienced coach they could push GSW or Spurs to 6 or 7 games.


What, like David Blatt???

^ LOL, good call snooch

NBA Finals and will lose to either Warriors or Spurs.

So what did Lue promise that got him replacing Blatt? And has it been successful?

The Warriors are favourites for sure, but they're not that far ahead of everyone else. They have won a lot of close games this season having had to come from behind (at times, a long way behind).

San Antone is only 3.5 games behind them and, if they went undefeated for the rest of the season, would tie the Bulls 72-10 record. The Spurs are just as deep, have a better coach and play better D.

Biggest problem for the Warriors is coming out the gates strong vs lesser teams, which is kinda expected considering how good they are. But then they just flick a switch in the 2nd half and off they go.

Spurs are having a great season and I'll even give them the benefit of the doubt that they just had a bad night in that one Spurs-Warriors matchup earlier, but IMO the Warriors might be the best team of all time if we're talking relative to how much better they are then all the other teams in the league right now.

TBH, maybe I'm crazy, but it's made the league a bit of a bore for me this year. Finding myself watching more European basketball than NBA.

The Warriors winning hasn't made the league a bore for me. The Warriors shooting 35-45 three pointers a game has.

In fact, this love affair with three point shooting across the board is beginning to make basketball a bore imo. Hopefully adjustments are made in the way players are allowed to defend.

I love the way the 3-point shot pulls defenders out of the key and opens the game up for others to show their stuff.
Shooting threes is just as much a skill for me as dunking, which Seemed to be all the media cared about in the last few years. Call me old-fashioned but I'd rather see good outside shooting and dribble moves (skills!) than the bruising and holding stuff (not skills!) allowed inside the paint these days.

How is it disrespectful to point out the FACT the Spurs are only 3.5 games behind the Warriors?

Spurs will win today but not sure about 7 game series.

The smarter best coached side will prevail no doubt.

No one has spoken about oklahoma. Westbrook has gotta make u shit your pants & obviously Durant as well.

Whoever knocks off OKC beats Cavs in final!!

Westbrook might just decide its not just about these other 2. Guy can hoop!!!

The Warriors deserve favouritism, sure, I don't disagree. But, really, alpha dog? Fear factor? You really think Timmy D, Parker, Kawhi, LA, Manu etc etc really care about alpha dog mentality? They been there, done that, over a long period of time. No way they fear anyone.

The Spurs are having their best season in a long time and are really flying under the radar, just as Pop would like it. They don't really care about the regular season, just setting themselves up nicely for the playoffs - which is a whole new ballgame.

I truly believe they can push the Warriors should it come to it.

As for OKC, they've lost more games than any other team (including Philly) this year while leading at 3/4 time. They could do some damage, but I think there's something missing there mentally.

This game right now is showing that the Spurs are more than capable of competing. Has a very playoff-like feel to it.

Defence wins championships..