The Mike D'Antoni era in Phoenix is now over, with the coach going to New York and even though the Suns played some amazing basketball in the last seasons, the truth is that they couldn't even reach a NBA final. Since Steve Nash joined the team in 2004, the Suns had a record with more than 70% of wins in the regular season and always they had to face the Spurs in the postseason, the result was the same: a loss. ... Read more

The Kings were one of the less talked teams last season, but managed to do better than the regular supporter was expecting, whose expectations were pretty low. The team managed to finish the regular season with a 38-44 record, despite several problems. Mike Bibby just started the season in January and after playing 15 games left to Atlanta. Artest missed the first 7 games of the season, due to suspension and later... Read more

The Clippers are probably the most unpredictable team this season, as it won't be a surprise if they reach the Playoffs due to their roster changes this offseason, but it won't be a surprise neither if they fail to reach the postseason, as the chemistry (or the lack of) between the players and the coach will be their biggest problem for this season. In 2005, the Clippers had everything to be a very competitive... Read more

On my last season's preview of the Hornets, I wrote two sentences that it makes sense to remind them right now: "After analyzing the probable starting lineup the preview is clear: if these guys stay healthy, Hornets will make some damage." and "This season can be Chris Paul's Prime time in NBA". One year has passed and I can say the Hornets have done what I predicted and they even did better than what the most optimistic... Read more

If there was any logic in the numbers, we could say the Spurs would be the champions this season, as this season will end in 2009 and they were champions in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007. However, their challenge this season will be huge and surely the task for them to keep the team on the top is getting harder every season. We are talking about the oldest team on the league and looking at their starting team, Tony... Read more

Besides the Celtics and the Lakers no other team had the spotlight the Rockets had last season. After all, the team had a winning streak of 22 games (the second longest ever on the NBA) and to prove how competitive has been the Western conference, the Rockets even with the streak still finished the regular season tied with the Suns on the 4th position of the conference. Rick Adelman had a good first season in... Read more

The last three seasons were a nightmare for Mark Cuban, who saw his team failing when they weren't supposed to. In 2005/2006, they finished the regular season with a 60-22 record and went to the NBA finals, where they lost to Miami by 4-2, when they were up by 2-0. In 2006/2007 they had an even more amazing regular season record of 67-15, but they suffered the biggest upset ever on the first round of the Playoffs... Read more

Last season, just two persons in the world thought that trading Memphis' best player, Pau Gasol, to the Lakers for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, Aaron McKie (who retired) and the draft rights of Marc Gasol would be a nice deal: Grizzlies GM Chris Wallace and the team's owner Michael Heisley. After this bizarre trade which made the Lakers so much stronger that made them go to the NBA finals, Memphis gave a clear... Read more

The Pistons have created some kind of a dynasty on the East, without however having great results. The team reached last season the Conference final for the 6th season in a row, but they have just won the NBA title once and another final in that span. After the Game 6 against the Celtics last season, where they lost at home, team president Joe Dumars promised a revolution, which started with a coaching change. Flip... Read more

Lebron James' contract is one season closer to the end and the Cavs GM Danny Ferry has been doing everything to improve the team and keep it as most competitive as possible, the same is to say "keep Lebron happy". The trade the Cavs made in the middle of last season by bringing Ben Wallace, Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West to the team didn't have the expected results and the Cavs ended the regular season with a 45-37... Read more