
Oh My....NBA today.
Don't flashback too far Big M, and especially try to avoid flash backs to your birth, it might leave you mentally scared.
Lets be honest, Celtics, Spurs, Heat, Bulls, Mavs, Lakers and Magic (and maybe...longshot maybe the Thunder) are the only teams you wanna put money on having any chance of making the finals. The only real intersting things left between now and mid April is the All-Star weekend, blockbuster trades between the mid-range and bottom end teams and Blake Griffen coming up with new dunks.
Kudos to the Lakers for throwing the Cav fans a bone.

(Big Marty has Flashback to 2007 Finals)
Marv Albert: And so the Lakers have been knocked out of the playoffs in the 1st Round by Phoenix 4 games to 3.
(Return to Present)
Whoa, that was scary.
(Big Marty has Flashback to 2006)
Marv Albert: And so the Lakers have been knocked out of the playoffs in the 1st Round by Phoenix 4 games to 3.
(Returns to Present)
Sorry, Lickety Split I just had a flashback. Yes, I'm fairly sure that they can get wiped in the 1st round considering it's happened a few times in recent memory.
You're blind assumptions that they won't are hilarious considering they just survived against the Thunder last time round. Had the Thunder learned the ancient art of boxing out; they would have won their series last year quite comfortably.

Lakers won't 3-peat. Even the Thunder have the edge on them this year IMO.
I suspect a First round knockout of the Lakers by Portland or the Jazz.
Doubt Bynum will go; or Odom. I think they'll try and ship Artest, Brown or Fisher.
Lakers really need more youth in the Backcourt now.

Not expecting the Heat to make a trade, actually I don't even think that they will make the Finals. Boston has the wood on them, and I am hoping the Bulls do as well when healthy.
The Lake show, that is another story though. Surely Artest is on the way out (wouldn't Ariza be handy now?) and Odom could be used as bait in this as well.
Maybe the Melo rumour could come true?

I think the Lakers will definitely make a trade. I know they are probably in cruise mode ATM, but they just don't seem to scare teams anymore. Maybe Bynum, Artest, Odom or Brown may be on the block I reckon.
The Heat cannot do anything really, as they have nothing to offer to other teams, besides maybe an injured Haslem?

