Season Starts Withen Month!

Well this is the first blog for my online publishing class with the wonderful National Basketball Association. With the season looming around the corner starting on October 29th on a Tuesday ESPN has put out their first power rankings for the league in their preseason edition. Appearing at the top was no surprise the back to back world champions Miami Heat who were led by all-star small forward Lebron James. James and all-star shooting guard Dwayne Wade hope to make it a trio in championship titles which is very well possible. In the off season the Heat picked up Oden and Beasley which was almost all they could do because of the Luxury Tax. The main struggle for the Heat will be making it out of the East which is much tougher than previous years. Number 2 on the power rankings were the Indiana Pacers who gave the Heat all they could handle last year in the Eastern Conference finals losing in game 7. Coming back from injury is Dany Granger who will defiantly add to the scoring duo of Roy Hibbert and Paul George. Coming in 3rd in the rankings was probably one of the most talked about teams this off season due to the drastic changes they made the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn picked up Kevin Garnet and Paul Peirce to add to Joe Johnson, Derron Williams and Brook Lopez making this one of the best starting line-ups in the league. The team will be led by recently retired point guard Jason Kidd we will see if his coaching skills will be as good as his basketball skills. Coming in 4th was the first team from the western conference the Los Angeles Clippers. This is due to Doc Rivers one of the best coaches in the NBA if not the best to go along with the high powered and talent filled line up of L.A. I believe it will be a disappointing season if the Clippers do not make it at least to the Western Conference Finals. Rounding out the top 5 were the runner ups from last year the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs are riddled with Veterans that know how to win always making them a contender.