Ready to Lose on Tuesday Night

Can't you just feel it?

This is totally a game the Celtics would win. The old guys don't have the seasonal miles on them yet but the more important thing is this:

Mike Brown.

If any of you didn't know, Mike Brown has these little "minutes sheets" where he has the minutes of his rotational players...I don't think I really need to explain what a minutes sheet would be. Last year, the Cavs started 1-2, mostly because we had a new starting point guard, but also because, before he gets his minutes sheets down and ready, Mike Brown looks somewhat lost in the substitution game.

That along with the fact that we have a new starting center, everyone has been sick all preseason and we don't (probably) have Delonte West are all reasons I'm assuming we are going to lose on opening night.

It did appear, however, that nobody on the Celtics can guard Shaq whether he knows that plays or not so who the hell knows.

Buddies' NBA Power Rankings

We're going to start something new. I'm going to give you my NBA Power Rankings of the top five teams only because why would I list the other ones? Here's what I have to start the season...

1. LA Lakers

I know I'm not the first to say this, but the Lakers are essentially the perfect team. Their only potential issue is the fact that they have a few weirdos in Lamar, Artest and Kobe. Luckily for them, they have ARGUABLY the best and most dependable big man in the game in Pau Gasol and the best coach maybe in history. It's really not fair.

2. Orlando Magic

On paper, these guys aren't too far behind the Lakers. As much as I hate them and have belittled them in the past, they are a fearsome team. They don't miss threes, they have a monstrous center and they have athletes. I'm not sure I trust the decision-making of any of their players if things are going wrong, but as long as their threes are falling, it won't matter.

3. Boston Celtics

This will change. Old people aren't old in the first game of the season. I expect them to be fifth by the end of the season.

4. Cleveland Cavaliers

I don't believe that there is "turmoil" with a team led by LeBron James, but there have been road bumps in their practice schedule and that is the reason they are so far down. They just haven't practiced enough. Don't let this ranking make you think I'm buying into the idea that Shaq is a bad teammate and can't share the spotlight because I'm not.

5. San Antonio Spurs

You can't lose so easily in the first round and be higher than this the next season. I think that all of their singular players in their "big three" are a little overrated (I don't like to use that word), but when they are all healthy, it doesn't matter how good (or not that good) they are by themselves, they are horrifying when united. Add in Jefferson and McDyess AND DaJuan Blair and age is the only thing wrong with this team, but honestly, that suits them because they are the most intellectual team in the league with Pop at the helm.