Does anybody think that the denver nuggets will make it pass the first round in the playoffs this year?
437192
If their players are healthy like Camby.. they can pass the 1st round..
702853
They'll turn it around and possibly go deep in the playoffs....they need chemistry and since they got Big Ben they are in a funky  adjustment period. But they got too much talent. Ben Gordon is as consistent as my gf on PMS, but Harry Potter, er, Kirk Heinrich is solid and they will challenge Cleveland and Detroit as the season progresses.
255701
No. First of all I see that the rockest are heatlthy but have alot of weaknesses on defense and there offense needs to improve the only team that i believe will make the playoffs is the sacramento Kings because they have a much improved team with Ron Artest.
56153
Only if they get past the Pistons, which I don't think they will. The Western Conference isn't as dominant as it was a couple years ago, so they have a legit shot; provided they get past their toughest opponent, Detroit.
341823
Yes. They have a very deep roster, and in the playoffs that is crucial. If they can continue to play defense, Dirk steps up, and the bench produces, they have a great chance.
415092
Yes, I believe the NBA awards the top 'three' seeds to the three division winners, regardless of the overall W/L records within the conference.\n\nHowever, home court advantage IS determined strictly by W-L record, so if a division winner has a worse record than a 2nd place finisher from another division, the 2nd place team would get the home court advantage if they met head-to-head.\n\nUsing this years Western Conference as an example, the playoff seedings are:\n\n1. San Antonio 63-19 Division Winner\n2. Phoenix    54-28  Division Winner\n3. Denver     44-38  Division Winner\n4. Dallas     60-22\n5. Memphis    49-33\n6. L.A. Clippers 47-35\n7. L.A. Lakers  45-37\n8. Sacramento   44-38\n\nYou'll notice that Denver is a #3 seed, even though they had only the 8th (tied) best record in the conference. This is why they are opening the playoffs on the road. Their only chance of getting home court advantage in a Western Conference playoff is if they play Sacramento (they both finished 44-38), but I'm not sure who would win the tie-break between Denver and Sacramento. But since the only way they can meet is in the Conference finals, let's hope it doesn't get that far.
34937
They certainly have the ability to, but with home-court advantage in sight already, they will probably rest their starters near the end of the season right after securing the #1 seed. I say they end up 68-14.
204221
Go Knicks!!!!!!!----- better chance of the Devil Ras winning the W.S. than the Knicks doing anything for the next 2 years.\n\nI think the Mavs will take it down this year. Tgey have improved their defense alot and with their scoring, they are nearly unstopable.
651887
NO I DONT THINK PISTONS WILL TAKE IT...I THINK SPURS WILL DO A REPEAT AND IT WILL BE SPURS AND PISTONS AGAIN... LOOK AT LAST YEAR...NOONE HAD ANY HOPE FOR THE SPURS EXCEPT THE SAN ANTONIANS... I MEAN PISTONS HAVE A GREAT EVERY THING..NOT ONLY A STARTIN 5 BUT LOOK AT THEIR BECNH.. HUNTER, MCDYESS.... ALL THE POISONS R GOOD...BUT THEY ALSO HAD THE SMAE PLAYERS AS LAST YEAR AND LOOK WHO WON... PLUS SPURS HAVE ADDED MORE GOOD PEOPLE.... WELL TO SAY IT I THINK PISTONS WONT TAKE IT...
528914
I believe they will. They have been in the same exact situation before, many times, and they have what it takes to be a championship team, the Mavs do, but they just don't have enough playoff experience, they don't know what to do when they get there. The Spurs will come back in the series and win in 7 led by Tim Duncan.
333350
The Clippers had a better overall record than the Nuggets during the regular season, so they were given home court advantage. \n\nThe only reason the Nuggets are seeded higher is because they won their division. This is a stupid system that will result in the two best teams in the West playing each other in the 2nd round, and an untimely exit for the Mavs :(
286976
There has never been a 16th seed team to beat the 1st seed.  There have been one or two close calls, if you want to look at those look at ESPN, there was an article about it today.
951216
Yes the Lakers are going just like they did last year and they will go past the 1st round. Thats an obvious statement.......\n\n\nTo the guy who said the last good Laker team was in Minneapolis...are u @#$%^*! Magic...Kareem, Worthy, SHOWTIME.......or did u forget......
735405
If they keep this up, they do have a chance of making it to the playoffs, but not as deep as the 6th seed. Pachulia and Johnson have been having excellent starts, and Claxton should follow as well.\n\nJoe Johnson? He's certainly on my AllStar list this year, but in my list he should be in the top 15 or 20, since Atlanta has been doing fine and his 29 PPG looks great. \n\nAnyway, Im from Georgia, but dont think of this as bias or some sort. Im in the South part but I will watch a Hawks game sometime in December.
197269
I think they will get some where from a 2-4 seed. I think they will definitely make it to the Sweet 16, maybe even the Final 4.
466650
At this point, they have potential to do great things in the NBA playoffs, I felt at the beginning of the season that they would have a great chance to upset the heat as a 6th or 7th seed, and now that looks very possible.  They are playing at their apex right now, and could carry that streak into the playoffs.  They are better than every team in the east besides miami and detroit, and can play with miami.  They also took care of detroit convincingly a few games ago, and historically they have played well against the pistons.  When the pistons were a pure defensive stalwart, they stifled the nets, but now with a more offensive tone to their team, the nets have a better chance at dominating the pistons.  In fact, I think the nets match up better with the pistons than the heat.  Who knows what happens if they do reach the NBA finals, if they meet the spurs, the spurs could very well fatigued by that point, or have a hurting tim duncan.  One other point about the nets everyone should realize is that they are a very good defensive team, which always is a plus in the playoffs.  They could end up anywhere from the 2nd round to winning it all in my opinion.
15188
It's going to be tough with milwaukee and cleveland this year.  If they do you better hope they don't face Detroit in the first round. They have gotten blown out in both games so far.