I’m Miles Miller!

So a lot has happened in the last month in the NBA.  The Lakers dominated the Rockets and Nuggets in the West, and then the Magic in the Finals.  The Cavs were simply no match for the Magic offensively or defensively.  Dwight Howard did everything he wanted in the paint and left Lewis, Turkoglu, Pietrus, and Lee wide open on the perimeter.  LeBron did everything for the Cavs offensively while four other guys in Cleveland uniforms stood around and watched.  My picks finished the playoffs 11-4.

In case you missed, it was an interesting week in trades as LeBron got a new teammate in Shaq, Vince Carter is now with Dwight Howard in Orlando, Richard Jefferson is now with Tony Parker and Tim Duncan, and playoff hero Hedo Turkoglu opts out of his contract to become a free agent.  There could be a lot of teams changing faces as the list of other unrestricted free agents include Jason Kidd, Carlos Boozer, Mehmet Okur, Ron Artest, Lamar Odom, Shawn Marion, Rasheed Wallace, Allen Iverson, Ben Gordon and some guy named Kobe Bryant.
 
The NBA draft also happened last week.  #1 pick Blake Griffin is a Clipper (who lost the last game of the regular season at home to the Oklahoma City Thunder by 41).  Have fun.  The Clippers may be better with a lineup including Griffin, Baron Davis, Marcus Camby, Chris Kaman, Al Thornton and Zach Randolph, but it won’t matter in the West.

Memphis Grizzlies are also stacking up young talent as they get 7-3 center Hasheem Thabeet of UConn, Mizzou’s DeMarre Carroll and Sam Young from Pitt to go along with OJ Mayo and Mike Conley.  Give them a couple years and they will be making noise in the Western Conference.