They won't Vegas will have them as heavy favorite , no doubt .... Long season not many 3 peat in modern era , just Chicago I believe In modern era have , no guarantees but definatly the team to beat , no argument ...just no lock to me

Right 2. As I said as I believe only Chicago , Forgot that one so 2 organizations and chi town twice did it , impressive if they do it for sure

Ahhh you believe that as well ... Still believe that's a secret that will surface in a memoir one dAy. David stern was not gonna be a Bart giammitti ( rip )

I believe that as well

Dirk was great but Wade was even better.
Wade Scored 26.5 pts on .546% 7 reb 5.2 ast 1.5 b and 1.5 st
Dirk   scored 26.0 pts on .416% 9.7 r 2.0 ast .7b and .7 st

No doubt Wade was great, but go watch the 4th quarters of those close-out games.

Oh, and this game changed everything...

Why the fuck did the bobcats take Zeller at 4? They are never gonna get out of the lottery. MJ probably thought it was his brother.

And this is how you poster someone....

Tbh, I don't mind the Zeller pick. He's probably not a #4. More like a #7 or #8, but in this draft where there wasn't much difference between #4 and #8, it wasn't the worst draft pick. I think some are blowing that pick way out of proportion.

In this draft, the #25 pick had just as much of a chance of becoming an all-star as anyone in the Top 3. So I don't know if anyone knows for sure whether they did well or not. It could turn out that Zeller is perfect.

I remember when the Bulls took Joakim Noah. A lot of people felt the Bulls were dumb to take a project who couldn't shoot with a "fragile" frame at #9 when he would have slipped to the second round. Do that same draft today and Noah would either be the #2 or #3 draft pick easily (only four all-stars came from that 07' draft. A lot of front office guys and fans were wrong that year).

In the end, I think too many people are focusing on the spot Zeller was taken, instead of the player that was taken. If the Bobcats had the #8 pick, instead of the #4, a lot people would be saying they made a good pick.

I personally believe Zeller was one of the safer picks to take this year no matter where he went. He actually reminds me A LOT of Noah, high basketball IQ, good leadership, mobile, good passer, high motor, good rebounder, hybrid Power Forward/Center, he's a guy who will work his ass off and won't quit, not flashy, but makes the right play, and two years with a winning program. His profile is extremely similar Joakim Noah. I think for once, the Bobcats made a good pick.

All valid points, but i still think Noel would've been the better choice. He is extremely limited offensively and the bobcats already have Bismack, who is very similar to Noel, but I can't imagine Zeller ever willingly his team to win like Noah did this postseason, granted that Chicago is a far better team. I expect him to be a solid rotation player and maybe at best a Brad Miller-eque (w/o the 3pt shot) player and with regard to how weak this draft was maybe thats a good thing, but i wouldn't be surprised to see guys like McLemore, Burke, Carter-Williams, hell even guys like Bullock and Shabazz have better pro careers Zeller.

Still he isn't the worst pick ever and comes from a winning culture, seems like a good guy, and has some intangible basketball skills, and sometimes thats just what a needs.

In other news still not 100% on board with Bennett going number 1 to the Cavs, but I'm excited to see him and Kyrie can do.

I'm telling you Cast, Zeller will turn out to be a better pick than most thought.

Kid is delusional. He wasnt even the best player in the league when he won MVP.