2014-15 NBA Season Preview

A lot has changed in a few short months around the National Basketball Association. The last time the NBA was seen on TV, the San Antonio Spurs captured the title, beating the Miami Heat in Five Games. Now that the season is ready to get underway, we have some new faces in new places. There are new head coaches in New York (Derek Fisher), Minnesota (Flip Saunders), Milwaukee (Jason Kidd), Brooklyn (Lionel Hollins), Utah (Quin Snyder) Los Angeles Lakers (Byron Scott), Golden State (Steve Kerr), Cleveland (David Blatt) and finally Detroit (Stan Van Gundy). This season will also see the return to glory of the Charlotte Hornets. The newly established Hornets retain the 10 year history of the Bobcats, as well as regain the original Charlotte Hornets team records from the 1988–89 NBA season through the 2001–02 NBA season. The New Orleans Pelicans retain the remaining history that exists under the New Orleans Hornets name from the 2002–03 NBA season through the 2012–13 NBA season including the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets name from the 2005–06 NBA season through the 2006–07 NBA season.

Also this season will see some international exposure for the game. The Houston Rockets and the Minnesota Timberwolves will play at the Mexico City Arena on November 12, 2014, while the New York Knicks and the Milwaukee Bucks will play at The O2 Arena in London on January 15, 2015. While all this is going on, there have been some new faces moving into new places, while others go in with new deals in their pockets. During the summer, we saw Carmelo restructure his deal with the Knicks, Lebron leave Miami and head home to Cleveland, while Wade and Bosh re-did their deals with the Heat, and Pau Gasol joined the Bulls, Paul Pierce signed with the Washington Wizards for a two year, $11 million contract, amongst other moves.

So with all this being said and done during the offseason, here's how we see things playing out this year in the NBA.

Matthew "Solly" Solomon (Host)
1. Chicago Bulls
2. Cleveland Cavaliers
3.Washington Wizards
4. Miami Heat
5. Toronto Raptors
6. Charolette Hornets
7. Brooklyn Nets
8. New York Knicks

1. Oklahoma City Thunder
2. San Antonio Spurs
3. Los Angeles Clippers
4. Golden State Warriors
5. Houston Rockets
6. Dallas Mavericks
7. Memphis Grizzlies
8. Portland Trial Blazers

Steven Carollo (Host)
1) Cleveland Cavaliers
2) Miami Heat
3) Chicago Bulls
4) Toronto Raptors
5) Washington Wizards
6) Brooklyn Nets
7) New York Knicks
8) Atlanta Hawks

1) Oklahoma City Thunader
2) San Antonio Spurs
3) Los Angeles Clippers
4) Golden State Warriors
5) Dallas Mavericks
6) Houston Rockets
7) Portland Trail Blazers
8) Memphis Grizzlies

Danny Delaney (Intern)
1. Cleveland Cavaliers
2. Chicago Bulls
3. Miami Heat
4. Toronto Raptors
5. Washington Wizards
6. New York Knicks
7. Charolette Hornets
8. Brooklyn Nets

1. San Antonio Spurs
2. Houston Rockers
3. Los Angeles Clippers
4. Oklohama City Thunder
5. Portland Trail Blazers
6. Golden State Warriors
7. Memphis Grizzles
8. Dallas Mavericks

Gregory Delaney (Executive Producer)
1. Bulls
2. Cavs
3. Raptors
4. Heat
5. Wizards
6. Hornets
7. Knicks
8. Hawks

1. Spurs
2. Clippers
3. OKC
4. Houston
5. GS
6. Portland
7. Dallas
8. memphis

So there you have it, our predictions for the 2014-15 NBA Season!

(Authors Note: All predictions made were done so BEFORE the start of the NBA Season)